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Ed Ketchabaw running for re-election
Ed Ketchabaw is seeking re-election as Bayham’s Ward 3 councillor in the Oct. 27 municipal election. Cr. Ketchabaw, who lives on the family farm north of Straffordville with his wife Sheri and two sons, aged 14 and 12, was first elected to council in 2006 and was acclaimed in 2010. He filed his nomination with…
Read MoreAylmer Fair opens Friday
Aylmer Fair Board President Scott Lewis gets a smooch from a pair of camels that will be among the exotic and farmyard animals on display at the three-day exposition Friday, Aug. 8, through Sunday, Aug. 10. Other features include demolition derbies, agricultural and homecrafts exhibits, a horse pull, livestock and horse shows and the Midway.
Read MoreFireworks over Port Burwell
Fireworks shot off the East Pier of Port Burwell’s harbour illuminated a huge crowd that came out to see the pyrotechnics. The display capped off the village’s annual Tub Daze celebration.
Read MoreDrowned teen’s body found
The body of Peter Hildebrandt, 15, of the Mount Salem area was found by a local fisherman about 100 metres off of the pier in Port Burwell Wednesday afternoon, July 30. He had been reported missing at about 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 27 after he and three other boys were in the water off…
Read MoreTeddy bears take over the library
Aylmer Old Town Hall Library supervisor Rachel Charette hung out with Bear Bear and Doreen and read a book with the animals during the Teddy Bear Sleepover Wednesday, July 30. Local children were encouraged to drop off their teddy bears and other stuffed animals at the library for the day and night while the library…
Read MoreDavid LaPointe seeking re-election
Aylmer Councillor David LaPointe is seeking re-election in the Oct. 27 municipal election. He submitted his nomination with the town clerk’s office on Tuesday morning, July 29. First elected in 2010, Cr. LaPointe is the chairman of Aylmer Police Services Board and had previously served on the East Elgin Community Complex Board of Management. He…
Read MoreTom Marks runs for deputy mayor
Former Central Elgin mayor, deputy mayor and councillor Tom Marks will run for deputy mayor in the Oct. 27 municipal election this year. He announced his candidacy on Monday, stressing he was a “team player” on council. He also called for more intense traffic patrols on busy roads north of St. Thomas, perhaps with the…
Read MoreVandalism on video
Aylmer Police are looking for a man, five feet eight inches to six feet tall, dressed in a hooded sweatshirt who broke the windows of a 1997 and a 1998 sports utility vehicle parked in an Elm Street driveway, Monday, July 28, at 2 a.m. The vandalism was recorded on a security camera, and here’s a…
Read MoreHouse fire on Victoria St. N.
Aylmer firefighters responded to a house fire on Victoria Street North on Sunday morning, July 27 after someone called 911 about smoke coming from a residence. Aylmer Fire Chief Sam Taylor said 17 firefighters responded to the call at 9:14 a.m. and found “heavy smoke” when entering. The house was searched and the fire, which…
Read MoreTeen missing in water off Port Burwell
Peter Hildebrandt, 15, of Malahide is presumed drowned after he went missing in the water by the pier off of Port Burwell main beach in the late afternoon of Sunday, July 27. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police, Bayham firefighters and paramedics are currently on the scene Tuesday morning, July 29 continuing the search for his body. The OPP Underwater…
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