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Inspection blitz on Progress Drive
Aylmer Police Constable Darrin Lockwood, left, spoke to St. Thomas Police Const. Travis Sandham during a commercial motor vehicle inspection blitz on Progress Drive in Aylmer’s industrial area on Wednesday morning, April 11. The blitz continued until 2 p.m. that day. Const. Lockwood said the joint operation involved officers with both the Aylmer and St.…
Read MoreCelebrating learning
Uri Dalm played Professor John Spiritus Baptismo in the Wednesday morning, March 28 performance of the Life School Musical at Immanuel Christian School during the Aylmer private school’s Spring Celebration of Christian Learning day. In the evening the same day, pupils showcased their classroom learning and art with their families and ended the celebration with another…
Read MoreTruck fished out of creek
Four weeks to the day after starting a fateful crossing of the Imperial Road Bridge in Port Bruce, a dump truck finally completed its journey with help from a crane and a large crew of workers Friday, March 23, at about 2:15 p.m. It touched down on the north side of the creek, to be…
Read MoreThe Saidat Show visits Springfield PS
London motivational speaker and children’s entertainer Saidat Vandenberg brought her Saidat Show to Springfield Public School on Friday morning, March 23 for two assemblies, one for the Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3 pupils (seen here) and a second for the older children. Here Ms. Vandenberg is seen with a softball which is about the size…
Read MoreVienna Farms apple facility $3-million fire loss
A Bayham volunteer firefighter sprays water on the smouldering ruins of the Vienna Farms apple storage facility on the east side of Plank Road between Vienna and Port Burwell on Wednesday morning, March 21. Bayham Fire Chief Randy White said about 45 firefighters from his two stations, two stations in Malahide and a Norfolk station…
Read MoreTown library addition pegged at $1.6-million
Any decision on adding new library space in Aylmer will now have to wait until May. After some discussion during their Monday, March 19 meeting, Aylmer councillors deferred further discussion on putting an addition onto the current Old Town Hall Library until after they finish the 2018 town budget. The library addition will come up…
Read MoreMinistry orders temporary halt to truck salvage
A worker on Monday morning, March 19, swung a pickax to loosen gravel in the back of a dump truck that fell along with the Imperial Road Bridge in Port Bruce on Friday, Feb. 23. Emptying the truck of its load took the rest of Monday to complete, with the truck expected to be lifted…
Read MoreWork starts on removing truck
Elgin County announced early Friday morning, March 16, that work was commencing on the removal of a stranded dump truck from the remains of the Imperial Road bridge collapse. The truck removal was estimated to take three days, with the diesel fuel from the vehicle and the gravel and fill in the back of the…
Read MoreTemporary bridge coming to Port Bruce
Elgin County councillors on Tuesday morning, March 13, ordered a temporary one-lane bridge installed to reconnect Port Bruce with Imperial Road, work that might be completed in as little as two months. The bridge would be able to carry a normal highway load, including heavy fire trucks. The bridge will go in to the east…
Read MoreEgg Drop fun at EECC Day Camp
Volunteer Jordan Steele, second from right (in red hoodie), dropped one of the wrapped packages containing a fragile cargo during the “Egg Drop Challenge” held as part of the science fun on Monday afternoon, March 12 during the East Elgin Community Complex March Break Day Camp. The 13 children formed four separate teams who were…
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