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Dennis Wilson, 65, of Central Elgin was killed on Sunday morning, Feb. 12 after the car he was a passenger in crashed into a tree on Elgin Road south of Cromarty Drive between Mossley and Highway 401. Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Liz Melvin said police, Thames Centre volunteer firefighters and Middlesex London Emergency…

Grade 5 pupil Tyler Fisher took a shot at the hockey accuracy game, one of several activities set up during South Dorchester Public School’s annual Winter Carnival on Monday afternoon, Feb. 6. The weather conditions were ideal with bright sun and the temperature hovering at between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius.

Owen Charlton, 7, was thoroughly enjoying his noodles and tomato-meat sauce during the annual Belmont Lions Club Spaghetti Dinner at Belmont Arena and Community Centre on Friday evening, Feb. 3. Attended by dozens of hungry local residents, the spaghetti dinner, which included garlic bread and Caesar salad, raises money for Belmont Lions Club initiatives including purchasing…

A red Ford pickup truck rolled over onto its side into the west ditch along Imperial Road just south of Aylmer town limits and north of Bradley Creek Line late on Friday afternoon, Feb. 3. This photo was taken at about 5:45 p.m. as Malahide volunteer firefighters inspected the truck. The condition of the truck’s…

Volunteer Rick Dykxhoorn, left, provided advice as Aylmer Immanuel Christian School pupil Joshua Manning put together a small engine during one of the winter Electives workshops held at the school on Friday afternoon, Feb. 3. In its second of five consecutive weeks, the Electives “serve as a means to make learning come alive and spark…

Malahide councillors, after a secret session Thursday, Feb. 2, authorized purchasing a three-acre parcel of land on Imperial Road south of John Wise Line to be the home of a new combined fire station. The township will pay Ann DeRyk $20,000 an acre for the land. The new station will merge the volunteer forces from…

Malahide Deputy Mayor Mike Wolfe, a small business owner and entrepreneur noted for his community-minded and helpful nature, died at London Health Sciences Centre’s University Hospital on Monday afternoon, Jan. 30. He was 49. His wife, Trudy Knott, said Mr. Wolfe died of a combination of illnesses after suffering a heart attack at his Dingle…

A 51-year-old Central Elgin man was rescued by Malahide volunteer firefighters from a corn silo he became trapped in at Kingsmill located on Ron McNeil Line northwest of Aylmer on Friday afternoon, Jan. 27. A representative of Kingsmill confirmed on Monday afternoon, Jan. 30 that the incident happened at their business and that the man…

An old building housing a long vacant garage, shop and apartment on Wellington Street just south of Talbot Street West in Aylmer was demolished by excavator operator Rodney Clark of Gagnon Demolition of McGregor (located about a half hour south of Windsor) on Wednesday morning, Jan. 25. Removing the building, which once was part of…