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Lights on in Straffordville
Christmas lights in a parkette at the intersection of Plank Road and Heritage Line in Straffordville were turned on for the holiday season Friday night, Dec. 4. The lighting was organized and sponsored by Straffordville Community Committee and local businesses and private donors.
Read MoreNew Complex GM hired
The East Elgin Community Complex has a new general manager. James Allen was appointed as the new general manager of the twin ice pad facility after both Aylmer and Malahide councils accepted a recommendation by the Complex Interim Board Recruitment Committee on Wednesday night, Dec. 2. The recommendation was presented during a closed door session of…
Read MorePolice cadets celebrate graduation
Several of the cadets graduating from the Ontario Police College formed a drill team and showed off their discipline and marching skills as part of the March Past and Review Ceremony on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 3 that marked their graduation from the facility located northeast of Aylmer off Hacienda Road. York Regional Police Chief Eric…
Read MoreFire on Talbot East
Aylmer firefighters used a fan to exhaust smoke fumes from a house at 333 Talbot St. E. on Wednesday morning, Dec. 2. Details weren’t immediately available, but no one was reported hurt in the fire.
Read MoreTwo dead after fall from St. Thomas train trestle
The St. Thomas Police confirmed on Monday evening, Nov. 30 that two adults had died after falling from the train trestle at Sunset Drive and Fingal Line in the southwest area of the city earlier that day. St. Thomas Police Constable Jeff De Leeuw sent out an email statement about the incident shortly after 8…
Read MorePark in Belmont lit up for Christmas
Belmont Community Park was full of local families who witnessed the Christmas lights be turned on there on Sunday evening, Nov. 29. The All that Glitters Committee celebrated the 20th year of having a park in Belmont be decorated with displays and lights for the Christmas season. Belmont’s Main Street (Belmont Road) is also decorated with…
Read MoreAylmer Santa Claus parade attracts thousands
The MM Robinson Drumline marching band from Burlington was just one of the many star attractions of the 71st annual Aylmer Kinsmen Santa Claus parade on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 28. The parade was well over an hour long and one observer estimated there had to be upwards of 5,000 spectators lining Talbot Street along the…
Read MoreSailors hand out candy at Port Stanley parade
Members of the Port Stanley Sailor Junior C hockey team loaded up on candy to hand out to spectators along the route of the annual Dicken’s Days Parade to welcome Christmas to the village on Friday night, Nov. 27. Rain earlier in the day eased to a light mist by the time the procession started.
Read MoreChristmas sounds at Old Town Hall Theatre
Katherine Thompson of the Aylmer Area Community Choir not only sang during the annual Christmas concert that was held by the Choir and the Aylmer Area Community Band at Old Town Hall Theatre on Friday night, Nov. 27, she did double duty as the master of ceremonies. She explained the background and provided interesting and…
Read MoreChristmas lights go up in Port Bruce
A group of volunteers with the Port Bruce Ratepayers Association helped two employees of Eastlink while they strung up the Christmas lights on the tall tree in Wonnacott Park on Wednesday morning, Nov. 25. The volunteers were surprised when not just one Eastlink ladder truck but two showed up for the task. The Port Bruce…
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