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Sparta pupils learn how to snowshoe
Environmental educator Shannon Queen, left, helped Sparta Public School Grade 3 pupil Abby Lemke strap on a pair of snowshoes at Jaffa Environmental Education Centre on Wednesday morning, Feb. 18. Ms. Lemke and her classmates were given a quick tutorial on the history of snowshoes and how to put them on before being led out…
Read MoreMinivan rolls into field in Lyons
Jake Quiring of North Side Towing of Aylmer was among the emergency responders who were called to a single vehicle crash on Lyons Line just east of Imperial Road on Wednesday morning, Feb. 18. A minivan slid off the road and rolled over into a field on the south side of Lyons Line shortly before…
Read MoreFire destroys John St. S. house
A fire destroyed the inside of a house on John Street South in Aylmer in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Feb. 17. Aylmer Fire Chief Sam Taylor said firefighters were called to the blaze at 12:58 a.m. and by the time the first crews arrived the house was entirely engulfed in flames. Chief Taylor…
Read MoreParents and pupils reading over breakfast
Jennifer Fulton, left, and her daughter Samantha, 10, had some muffins and other morning-themed food and read a book together during Port Burwell Public School’s monthly Breakfast with Books event on Friday, Feb. 13. Up to 75 parents, grandparents or adult guardians and pupils attend the event that is helped staged with a Parents Reaching…
Read MoreCrash at Hacienda and Glencolin
A two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Hacienda Road and Glencolin Line northeast of Aylmer blocked traffic in the area shortly before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 12. While it did not appear anyone was seriously hurt, an ambulance arrived on scene shortly after this photo was taken. The roads in the area at the…
Read MoreBig rent hike for Springfield concession booth?
Malahide councillors are considering raising the annual rent for a concession booth at Malahide Community Place in Springfield from $1,500 to $10,500 over two to three years. At a budget committee meeting Monday, Feb. 9, Finance Director Suzanna Dieleman said she’d studied the booth rent after a taxpayer raised it at a session a week…
Read MoreIGPC to receive $3.7-million federal loan
Aylmer’s IGPC ethanol plant will receive an interest-free $3.7-million loan from the federal government, part of a $10-million technology investment that will increase the facility’s production by 10 percent. The announcement was made Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 10 by federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz at the Integrated Grain Processors Cooperative (IGPC) ethanol plant in Aylmer. The…
Read MoreReversing course on Lyons sidewalks
Malahide councillors at a meeting Thursday, Feb. 5, rescinded an October resolution to replace Lyons sidewalks this year at an estimated cost of $32,000 paid from their 2015 budget. But instead of reducing the scope of or even eliminating the work, as had seemed councillors’ intent following a budget session Monday, Feb. 2, they’re now talking…
Read MoreDozens turn out for Belmont spaghetti dinner
Dozens of diners, both young and young at heart, helped support South Dorchester Public School by attending a spaghetti dinner sponsored by the local Lions Club at Belmont Community Centre on Friday night, Feb. 6. The Lions Club donated all of the proceeds of the dinner, which included Caesar salad, garlic bread and beverages, to…
Read MoreAvro Arrow exhibit opens at County Museum
The new Elgin County Museum exhibit, The Avro Arrow: A Dream Denied, officially opened on Friday, Feb. 6 to a packed gallery. Those attending listened to Port Stanley’s Andrew Hibbert talk about his experiences trying to find the test models of the aircraft that are believed to be at the bottom of Lake Ontario off Point…
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