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Port Burwell man arrested in Windsor
A 26-year-old Port Burwell man was arrested in Windsor on Tuesday, May 9 after Ontario Provincial Police and Windsor Police officers staged a “high risk” traffic stop. Essex County OPP Constable Jim Root said a member of the OPP Traffic Management Unit (TMU) at about 5 p.m. that day “observed a suspected wanted vehicle and…
Read MoreCelebrating Canada 150 in music
Katherine Thompson, right, of the Aylmer Area Community Choir made a sad face as she announced that Sarah Twinem, just left of her, was retiring after three years as the choir’s conductor, Friday night, May 5, at Aylmer Old Town Hall. Ms. Thompson praised Ms. Twinem for making great improvements in how the choir sounded.…
Read MoreFlood watch issued
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority issued a “flood outlook” statement on Thursday morning, May 4 in anticipation that there could be local flooding as a result of the weather forecast calling for heavy precipitation throughout the region over the next three days. “Rain is expected to spread into most of Southwestern Ontario today and rainfall is…
Read MoreMOMA talent shines through
The walls of the McGregor Public School gymnasium in Aylmer were covered with the work of pupils during the annual Museum of McGregor Art (MOMA) event on Wednesday evening, May 3. This year’s MOMA included many pieces of abstract art, a book fair in the library, math games and a scavenger hunt.
Read MoreLibrary to Complex killed
In a surprise turn of events, Aylmer and Malahide councillors, sitting together as the East Elgin Community Complex Interim Board on Wednesday evening, May 3, passed a resolution to not move the Aylmer library to hall space at the Complex. Aylmer Councillor Pete Barbour, who spearheaded the push to place a new, larger library at…
Read MoreYes, you can touch the turtle
Springfield Public School Senior Kindergarten pupil Bentley Vantyghem, right, expressed wonder when he touched a box turtle held by Paul Kennedy of Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo of Hamilton during a presentation at the school on Wednesday morning, May 3. Mr. Kennedy showed about 10 different reptiles and other exotic animal species to pupils from most…
Read MoreClosing New Sarum PS “dumb”–Doug Tarry
Thames Valley District School Board trustees held their first of two nights of public hearings on the potential closings of several elementary schools in Malahide and Central Elgin, and the proposed building of large new ones in Belmont and southeast St. Thomas, Tuesday, May 2. Most speakers on the first night opposed the closings of…
Read MoreFun with the fire department
Karter VanDyk, front, and his brother Mason got to sit in the front passenger seat of a Malahide fire truck when fire prevention officers Debbie Allen and Aaron Macedo from fire station 4 (Lyons) visited Malahide Community Place in Springfield on Thursday morning, April 27. Children aged 3 to 5 attending the Springfield Library’s Story…
Read More57 to speak on proposed school closures
Thames Valley District School Board trustees will, on Tuesday, May 2, and Wednesday, May 3, hear from a total of 57 speakers about the proposed closures of several schools in the Aylmer, Malahide and Central Elgin area, and the building of new ones in Belmont and southeast St. Thomas. Most will have only five minutes,…
Read MoreAylmer’s hot housing market
Realtors in the Aylmer area don’t have enough homes to list and show for all of the interested buyers. Lately, when homes do go up for sale, some are only on the market for a few days before multiple firm purchase offers flood in from hopeful potential buyers. It sounds like a good problem to…
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