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Willow Toews, left, and Audrey Chipchase made their hands into bowls while singing a song during the return of Children’s Choice story time at Aylmer Old Town Hall Library on Thursday morning, Jan. 19. Running every Thursday starting at 10:30 a.m. for the rest of the winter at the Aylmer Library, Children’s Choice provides free…

Presley Fehr, a Grade 3 pupil at Immanuel Christian School in Aylmer, wore a Duck tape hat and suspenders as she worked on math exercises in class on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Pupils were encouraged to demonstrate their ingenuity by coming up with improvised clothing using the tape for a Spirit Day.

Town public works employee Peter Loewen swept debris shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18 after the north side lights of the overhead crosswalk at Talbot Street West at Myrtle Street in Aylmer were broken. Seen behind Mr. Loewen were long-time town public works employee Jim Legg along with Aylmer Police Sergeant Nick Novacich…

The late Josh Field, an East Elgin Secondary student who died following a car crash in 2009, still lives for his family, including his mother Kathryn. That’s because she and her husband approved the donation of his organs, which went to improving or saving the lives of several others, who, as she said, continue to…

Catfish Creek Conservation Authority issued a flood watch on Thursday morning, Jan. 12 with warmer than normal temperatures melting the snow and ice and the expectation of rain showers later in the day. “This is an assessment that a high probability exists for flooding of low-lying flood-prone areas within the watershed,” CCCA water management technician…

High winds and resulting damage done to trees caused wide-spread power outages for rural Hydro One customers throughout southern Ontario including in Malahide and Bayham overnight Tuesday, Jan. 10 into Wednesday, Jan. 11. Jim Stafford of Hydro One confirmed there were “numerous outages” in the East Elgin area. He said Hydro One crews from Aylmer…

Thames Valley District School Board representatives faced a litany of questions about the effects of proposed area school closures and changes during a Public Accommodation Review (PAR) meeting held Monday night at East Elgin Secondary School. Malahide Mayor Dave Mennill, the only non-school representative to speak at the meeting, drawing from his experience as an…

Bayham councillors during a special meeting on Tuesday night, Jan. 3 approved the 2017 operating budget that includes $77,563 more in taxation over 2016, a two-percent tax levy increase. During the meeting, councillors approved a staff recommendation to add a “reserve transfer” of $138,410 to the 2017 operating budget to make the two-percent increase. The…