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Mayor Currie sworn into office
Incoming Aylmer Mayor Greg Currie waved to the gallery which included his wife Avril after he was presented with the official Chain of Office by Clerk Nancie Irving during the inaugural town council meeting on Monday night, Dec. 1. All seven councillors-elect were sworn into office during the meeting by reading a declaration while holding…
Read MoreChristmas concert attracts packed house
Aylmer Area Community Choir members Linda Baldwin, front row left, Katherine Thompson, Carol Ferguson, Carol Copeland, back left, and Miriam Helsdon sang a selection of carols in front of a packed house during the annual Sounds of the Season Christmas Concert at Aylmer Old Town Hall Theatre on Friday night, Nov. 28. The choir was…
Read MoreRecount applied for in Bayham election
Straffordville resident Will Arlow has applied for a court to rule on whether a recount will be conducted in the Oct. 27 Bayham election. Bayham Administrator Paul Shipway confirmed that municipal staff were served a notice of application and an affidavit at the end of the business day on Friday, Nov. 28. A hearing on…
Read MoreSunday school gives back with Operation Christmas Child
Mandy Penner, 8, left, and Nisa Bontrager, 9, were among about 100 children who paired up to put together shoe boxes full of small gifts for less fortunate children in developing countries around the world during Operation Christmas Child at Bradley Street Church of God in Aylmer on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 30. Operation Christmas Child…
Read MoreSanta arrives in Port Stanley
Sparta Scouts waved to spectators along the route of the annual Port Stanley Santa Claus Parade, organized by the village’s Lions and Lioness clubs, Friday night, Nov. 28. Weather was cold but clear until near the end of the parade, when snow began to fall.
Read MoreBayham man killed in Simcoe crash
A 63-year-old unnamed Bayham man was killed after the pickup truck he was driving rear-ended another vehicle in Simcoe on Thursday morning, Nov. 27. Norfolk County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Ed Sanchuk said the crash occurred at about 11:35 a.m. on Norfolk Street North in Simcoe. He said the Bayham man was driving northbound when…
Read MoreTwo charged in Bayham drug bust
Two Bayham men were arrested and charged with several illegal drug-related offences following searches at three properties on Tuesday, Nov. 25. A 38-year-old man from Bayham was charged with six counts of possession of a Schedule 1 substance for the purposes of trafficking and fail to comply with a recognizance. He was arrested without incident…
Read MoreHenry V staged at EESS
Review by Rob Perry of The Aylmer Express East Elgin Secondary School’s drama department has taken a brave turn, staging a production of Shakespeare’s Henry V last week. Usual high school fare tends towards musicals and comedies, where youthful voices don’t seem out of place, while dramas are limited to one-act plays. But drama teacher,…
Read MoreEns seeks warden’s chair
Bayham Mayor Paul Ens has announced he’ll run to be the Elgin County warden for 2015. He made his intentions known during the final session of the last county council on Tuesday, Nov. 25. County council will hold a special meeting the night of Tuesday, Dec. 9, to elect a warden.
Read MoreMarket Square is a road allowance
Port Burwell’s Market Square is, as it turns out, an oversized municipal road allowance, but that didn’t stop Elgin County councillors on Tuesday, Nov. 25, from unanimously approving a Bayham official plan amendment to change the zoning on the village’ former fire hall in one corner of the square to residential. That could eventually allow it…
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