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Dogs get a spring cleaning
Nikola Vaessen, left, and Aniela Becerla Caceres of Port Stanley and District Leos gave a reluctant dog a wash during a fundraiser at the Pet Valu store in St. Thomas on Saturday, April 15. The Leos were raising money to train dog guides for the blind, and also plan a fundraising walk for the same…
Read MoreBayham okays reduced scope for community centre improvements
Bayham councillors, in a split 3-2 vote on Thursday, April 6, approved proceeding with improvements to the Straffordville Community Centre at a cost of $2.3-million, but that doesn’t include a $200,000 contingency fund included in the original estimates for the work. The original expected cost of the improvements, both inside and outside the community centre,…
Read MoreRezoning rejected to convert store to apartments
Aylmer councillors voted 4-3 on Wednesday, April 5, to reject an application to rezone 230 John St. N., formerly a Home Hardware store, into an eight-unit apartment building. The store is now owned by Mike Hutchinson Properties Inc. No neighbours objected to the proposed rezoning, but a narrow majority of councillors did. Their concerns included the…
Read MoreHouse fire started with gasoline
A fire that destroyed a new house that had just been built on Aspen Parkway in Aylmer on March 24 at about 2:30 a.m. was deliberately started with “a large amount of gasoline that exploded,” Aylmer Police have revealed. Smoldering clothing was found near the house as police arrived, leading to the belief that one…
Read MorePolice seek hit-and-run driver
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police are looking for the driver, believed to be in his mid-50s, of a dark-coloured Ford sports-utility vehicle with a missing rear window who fled the scene of a collision that injured a motorcyclist, 24. Const. Brett Phair said the crash took place at the intersection of John Wise Line and Quaker…
Read MorePlanned Belmont school just got bigger
A much-delayed new public elementary school to be built in Belmont will see its expected capacity grow to 507 pupils from the previously approved 354, Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Rob Flack announced on Friday, March 31. He said the provincial government had approved an expansion of the previous plan, as well as additional funding of $3.4-million, bringing…
Read MoreMalahide woman found safe
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police reported Saturday, April 1, that a missing woman, 33, from Malahide tahat they had been seeking had been found safe.
Read MoreMalahide man faces child pornography charges
A Malahide man, 57, has been charged with making, distributing and possession of child pornography by Ontario Provincial Police. The OPP’s Child Sexual Exploitation Unit (CSEU) announced on Friday, March 31, that the previous day, it and Elgin OPP had executed a search warrant in Malahide, following an investigation. In addition to the child exploitation…
Read MoreTalbot Street re-opens
Talbot Street East between John and King streets in Aylmer, closed since a fire that destroyed two buildings downtown on Monday night, March 20, re-opened to traffic on Friday, March 24, at 11 a.m. Traffic lanes have been pushed northward to get by fencing in front of the ruined buildings.
Read MoreSuspicious fire on Apsen Parkway-updated
A fire in a house under construction on Aspen Parkway, in a subdivision north of Dingle Street, in the early-morning hours of Friday, March 24, has been deemed suspicious in origin by Aylmer Police. No one was residing in the home yet, police said in a statement. An investigation has started. Police believe that one…
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