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“The Drawer Boy” opening at PSFTA
Scott Maudsley, left, and Jeff Culbert, playing bachelor farmers, rehearse a scene from “The Drawer Boy,” the new play opening at Port Stanley Festival Theatre Wednesday, Aug. 5, and continuing through to Saturday, Aug. 22. A young actor comes to stay with the two men to research a role, but long-held secrets emerge as they interact.…
Read MoreAylmer Fair opens Friday, Aug. 7
Aylmer Fair has a new Junior Board of Directors (JBOD) that’s helping out this year, assisting with running the show, organizing impromptu concerts by local musicians throughout the fair and preparing their own car for Saturday’s demolition derby. They are, front, Jack Gaudette; back, from left: Jenna Gilbert, Joseph Gaudette, Monique Froese, Josh Gaudette and…
Read More$250,000 for Straffordville Community Centre
Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Joe Preston on Friday, July 31, announced a $250,000 grant toward needed renovations of the Straffordville Community Centre, which has been closed to the public over safety concerns. Bayham Mayor Paul Ens said his council would now have to decide whether or not to match the grant to make the renovations needed to re-open…
Read MoreCruiser rammed, man charged
An Aylmer man, 33, has been charged with dangerous driving after allegedly ramming an Ontario Provincial Police cruiser while trying to flee from officers, Wednesday, July 29. Aylmer Police Chief Andre Reymer said town officers began looking for the man that afternoon, based on concern for his well-being created by texts sent to his family,…
Read MoreConversation starters at Bethel Church
Volunteer Karinna DeJong, left, helped Douglas Krahn make his “conversation can” at Bethel United Reformed Church’s Vacation Bible School on Wednesday morning, July 29. After he completed the project, Douglas was to take the can filled with questions printed on little slips of paper home so that he could use them to start conversations with…
Read MorePracticing Mad Science in Belmont
Isaac Anjema, left, and Ben Flikkema poked their fingers into a beaker filled with water and some “hydrophobic” blue sand that was floating on top during a fun but still educational Mad Science session provided by scientist Polly Helix (played by Jennifer Vanoorspronk) at the Belmont Library on Tuesday morning, July 28. The theme of…
Read MoreLocal boy recovering after ATV crash
The nine-year-old Malahide boy who was seriously hurt in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) collision Monday, July 6 is improving, Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said in an update on Tuesday morning, July 28. “The boy remains in hospital, however his condition has improved and he has regained consciousness,” he said. “He has…
Read MoreNeighbours protest proposed severances
Summers Corners residents sent letters and turned up in person at an Elgin County land division committee meeting Wednesday, July 22, where members deferred a decision on five applications to sever lots in a subdivision proposed by John and Mary Harms. The Harms sought to sever in half four lots that had been approved for…
Read MoreHelping prevent drownings
Swimming instructor Mark Cairns, left, kept a watchful eye on Jonathan Fehr, 9, as he made his way across the shallow end of the pool during the Learn to Swim day for children and youth of the Mennonite community held at the Ontario Police College northeast of Aylmer on Saturday afternoon, July 25. Elgin County…
Read MoreWho’s walking who?
Kaylee Hunt, 13, left, and her sister Milana, 11, took turns carrying Peaches the puppy during the Helping Paws Rescue Walkathon in Aylmer on Saturday, July 25. The annual dog walkathon started at Elgin Feeds at the intersection of John Street North and Beech Street and headed south towards Steen Park and along some other…
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