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Meyah Blanchard, 4, of St. Thomas got a high five from Smokey the Bear at the Springwater Maple Syrup Festival on Saturday morning, March 5. The Festival will continue on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) until March 20 and on March Break (March 14-18) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Springwater Conservation Area located on…

Aylmer Fair Board President Scott Lewis, left, handed Mike Vecchio, the husband of Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Karen Vecchio, a new egg to colour while Whitney McWilliam, the executive assistant for MPP Jeff Yurek, continued colouring her egg during the opening ceremonies of the seventh annual Aylmer and East Elgin Home, Garden and Rec Show at East Elgin…

Aylmer councillors managed to bring a tax levy increase of 9.84 percent down to 5.87 percent as they whittled away at the 2016 draft budget line by line during the Wednesday, March 2 Finance Committee meeting. They reduced the amount of taxation in the budget by $198,500 in several different areas, the largest line item…

A build up of ice from freezing rain caused a large portion of an old tree to fall across power lines on John Street South in Aylmer in the early evening of Tuesday, March 1. This photo was taken the next morning shortly after 8 a.m. Erie Thames Powerlines reported that the fallen tree branches…

Aylmer councillors did a lot of listening and little decision making during the second finance committee meeting of 2016 on Monday, Feb. 29 to work on the 2016 budget. Rather than make any decisions during the meeting, finance committee chairman Ann Laur suggested councillors just listen to the staff reports and wait to do a…

Malahide councillors on Monday, Feb. 29, gave preliminary approval to a 2016 budget of $6.37-million that calls for a 3.55 percent increase, or $218,000, in the township’s property tax levy. Finance Director Suzanna Dieleman said that would mean a home assessed at a value of $250,000 would pay an additional $53 to Malahide this year,…

Full-day kindergarten pupils Cooper Walcarius, left, Mya Klassen and Jada Wiebe joined in the Pink Shirt Day fun at Summers Corners Public School on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Many pupils in all grades wore pink shirts, shoes and other pieces of clothing to school that day.

Aylmer Councillor Pete Barbour asked the key question during the first town budget session of 2016 on Monday afternoon, Feb. 22. After Finance Director Lisa Pelton gave an overview of how the draft 2016 budget documents were set up to help the finance committee members (all of council) understand the numbers, Cr. Barbour asked her…

The former White Villa gas station, variety store and snack bar located near the intersection of Talbot Line (Highway 3) and Heritage Line east of Aylmer was vandalized with graffiti recently. Someone driving by the vacant White Villa building on Monday morning, Feb. 22 noticed the spray painted damage there and stopped into the Aylmer…

First Aylmer Cub Scout Nate Nuckowski, 9, placed his custom made “Kub Kar” on the track prior to a heat during the 37th annual Kub Kar Rally at Elgin Mall in St. Thomas on Saturday morning, Feb. 20. A total of 68 Cub and Beaver Scouts from Elgin County and St. Thomas participated in the…