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John Hiemstra, left, was near the start of the process of growing a bee beard groomed by his brother Henry Hiemstra during the 10th World Bee Beard Championship at Clovermead Adventure Farm north of Aylmer Friday evening, July 25. Henry Hiemstra started the apiary at Clovermead many years ago which is now run by his…

Shalom Hernandez, left, and Kaia Macrae drew pictures on the rear parking lot of Malahide Community Place on Thursday, July 24. They were among many youths participating in drop-in activities held every Thursday starting at 10:30 a.m. for participants in the “Eureka!” summer reading club at Springfield library. The club has 123 registered members to…

At least five participants of the essay writing contest to win a Malahide home have received partial refunds of their entry fees. All confirmed refunds were money orders for $92 and were received through the regular mail with what appeared to be a form letter thanking the entrants for participating in the contest. The letter…

Judy Bergen, 12, left, held the launcher while Sophie Neudorf, 6, stomped on the “button” (a two-litre pop bottle full of air) to send her bottle rocket into the air during a crafts workshop for children outside Aylmer Old Town Hall Library on Thursday, July 24. In behind helping with the launch was library assistant…

Central Elgin councillors on Monday, July 21, gave the nod to rezoning for a light industrial park on vacant land at 143 Borden Ave. in Belmont. That’s on the south side, behind a former Borden plant that’s been converted to other industrial and commercial uses. Height of the buildings in it is to be restricted…

Two lightning strikes during an overnight thunderstorm damaged a pair of Aylmer homes in the early morning hours of July 23. Aylmer Fire Chief Sam Taylor said 16 volunteer firefighters responded to the first lightning strike at 4:30 a.m. to a home on John Street South. Electrical wires were downed and minimal damage was caused…

The Ontario Human Rights Commission has delivered a submission to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director in their review of Ontario Provincial Police practices for obtaining voluntary DNA samples. The review stems from a Justicia for Migrant Workers complaint that was filed with the OIPRD relating to the OPP investigation into a violent…

A woman who was the passenger in a dark grey Chevrolet Impala was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Imperial Road and Lyons Line north of Aylmer on Tuesday afternoon, July 22. The two occupants of the white Chrysler 200 were…

Malahide Mayor David Mennill and Deputy Mayor Jim Jenkins insisted Thursday, July 17, that spending $11.75-million for a new Elgin County administration centre, including museum, archives and provincial offences court, is better than replacing Terrace Lodge, where residents are two to a bedroom and four to a washroom. Mayor Mennill told fellow township councillors that renovating the…

William Ropchan, 8, left, Cecelia Lunn, 5, Tim Flikkema, 8, and Mason Lunn, 8, attached a switch to the robot arm they were constructing during a Mad Science workshop at the Belmont Library on Tuesday, July 22. Twenty-five children aged 5 to 12 participated in the workshop that was offered in the library’s lower level.