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Port Burwell Public School pupils Kalee Broughton, left, and Stacey Kaufmann-Norris tried not to get into each other’s way while browsing for new-to-them titles during a used book swap at their school on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Pupils were encouraged to bring in used age-appropriate books from home for the swap that was held in celebration…

With a new billing model implemented this year by Ontario Provincial Police, the Elgin Group Police Services Board seems to have no way to reduce local costs. At a meeting Wednesday, Jan. 21, board members were told by Elgin Administrator Mark McDonald that the group had no “enhancements,” basically additional police officers or equipment, beyond…

A two-car crash on Talbot Street West in Aylmer between Park Street and Caverly Road appeared to cause at least minor injuries to one or more occupants of the vehicles in the early evening of Friday, Jan. 23. Paramedics were seen treating one victim at the scene and other emergency responders included Aylmer Police and…

A two-vehicle crash interrupted traffic for a few minutes in downtown Aylmer in the late morning of Friday, Jan. 23. A grey Buick and a white Oldsmobile, both four door sedans, collided at the intersection of Sydenham Street and John Street South at about 11 a.m. Neither of the drivers appeared to be injured following…

Jacob Wall, 49, of the Vienna area died on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 22 after the transport truck he was driving crashed into a concrete pillar at the Furnival Road overpass bridge near Rodney while travelling westbound on Highway 401. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said the crash happened at about 4 p.m. The…

A great horned owl tried to take flight from the hand of Shauna Cowan of the Canadian Raptor Conservancy during a show at the “Carolinian Carnival” held at East Elgin Community Complex, Saturday, Jan. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event was organized by East Elgin Secondary School’s Environmental Leadership Program with help…

Volunteer cooks, some having started as early as 7 a.m., put the finishing touches on an annual game dinner at Aylmer Optimist Club, Friday night, Jan. 16. Dishes on the menu included frog’s legs, squirrel, snails, smoked whitefish and lake trout and “Cajun catfish.” About 80 men attended, with proceeds to the club’s youth projects…

In a joint session on Thursday afternoon, Jan. 15, Aylmer and Malahide councillors both voted to abandon awarding a contract to a consultant to prepare a business plan for East Elgin Community Complex and instead will explore hiring a private firm to manage the operations of the twin ice pad facility. The clerks with both…

Robin Granger, president of St. Thomas Soccer, told a special joint meeting of Central Elgin and St. Thomas councils Thursday, Jan. 15, that developing the Hepburn farm on the southwest corner of Fairview and Southdale in Central Elgin would cost an estimated $4.5-million, including $2.2-million to purchase the land. A committee that included sports group,…