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Taking a ride along the Tillsonburg to Port Burwell rail line
Local train enthusiast David Harding took a crowd at the Vienna, Edison and Area Museum along on a 1980 expedition he filmed travelling by pumper car on the former Tillsonburg to Port Burwell railway line, now torn up and a utility corridor, recently. He noted that he was a founding member of the Port Stanley…
Read MoreKinsmen donate $1,000 in food to Corner Cupboard
Aylmer Kinsmen Club members Joe Gaudette, left, Al Bradford, Robert Jans, Stacey Gaudette, Andy Beck, Perry Babb, Paul Bode, Doug Waite, Jack Gaudette and Harrison Bates wheeled four grocery cart loads of food purchased from Miller’s Independent grocery store in Aylmer to East Elgin Community Assistance Program’s Corner Cupboard food bank next door on Saturday…
Read MoreWarming up for gymnastics meet
The 67 gymnastics team members at Assumption Catholic School in Aylmer have been practising their routines for a meet for Gr. 1 through 8 pupils in London on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Here, Gr. 2s Oakleigh Barham, left, and Atourina Barber rehearsed a partner balance. (AE/Rob Perry
Read MoreBest winter for snowmobilers
This winter has been the best in 20 years for local snowmobilers, Poplar Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club President Martin Baelde said Saturday, Feb. 18… but it almost didn’t happen. Coming into this winter, the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs had expected to have to cut 20 percent of its 30,000 kilometres of groomed trails across…
Read MoreAMHA U9 Black team wins tourney title
Thane VanKasteren of Aylmer Minor Hockey’s Under 9 Black team cut between two Lambeth defenders as he raced toward their goal on Friday, Feb. 6. Aylmer won that game 9-2. AMHA hosted a three-day weekend tournament for U9 teams at East Elgin Community Complex, and the final in one division Sunday came down to this…
Read MoreEagles take down CASS 7-3
Jamieson Weber of host East Elgin Secondary School’s boys hockey team made a lobbing pass that flew the puck over a Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School player’s stick during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Feb. 5. EESS took the win, 7-3. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreGeerts Memorial U7 Jamboree
The competition was intense but fun loving at the Jason Geerts Memorial U7 Jamboree on Jan. 31, at the East Elgin Community Complex, in Aylmer. The Jamboree is named in honour of Jason Geerts, who died in 2019 at the age of 35 years after struggling with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease,…
Read MoreKeeping the rink smooth at Belmont Community Park
Belmont Community Pond was resurfaced and reopened Jan. 25 after the recent thaw jeopardized the season with bumps and ridges. A small crew braved -15 C weather to ready the ice surface, including Belmont Community Park Trustees Committee Chair Bruce Shackelton, left, Central Elgin Councillor Dave Baughman and his son Nathan Baughman, as well as…
Read MoreSetting up a throw
Peyton Thiessen of East Elgin Secondary School set up for an arm throw on her opponent during a wrestling meet at EESS on Wednesday, Jan. 14. She placed first in her group of four wrestlers. More pictures are in the Jan. 21 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreSt. Thomas welcomes 2026
The first annual New Year’s levée hosted by St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston was held at the Horton Street Winter Market on Saturday morning, January 10. among the city councillors attending were Joan Rymal, left, Jim Herbert and Gary Clarke. (AE/Rob Perry)
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