Two motorcyclists were sent to hospital to be treated for injuries after they collided in Central Elgin, on Dexter Line between Imperial Road and Harding Smith Line, Sunday, Aug. 10, at 2:56 p.m. OPP Const. Liz Melvin said a St. Thomas man, 53, was driving west on a 2013 Kawasaki on Dexter Line and somehow collided with a 2004 Suzuki motorcycle being…
Kendra Horlick of host Belmont Van Bommel Farms Under 18 Girls soccer team sent a long, lobbing shot that dropped into the opposing net during the team’s final regular season game against OAK Tae Kwan Do, Sunday, Aug. 10. Belmont, which leads its division, has already advanced to the final of West London Soccer’s Challenge Cup. The girls will take…
Brandi Cook of host Springfield Brewers Girls Squirt baseball team uncorked a fast pitch during the second game of an Ontario Rural Softball Association “A” Division championship series against Innerkip on Thursday, Aug. 7. Springfield took that game, and the series in two straight.
The Springfield Brewers Atom Girls team, ages 8-9, won the Ontario Rural Softball Association “A” Division championship with a victory over Wyoming Tuesday, Aug. 5. Springfield’s Squirt Girls are vying for a title of their own, and won the first game of an “A” series at Innerkip Wednesday, Aug. 6. The Springfield team will return home for the second game at Malahide…
Tyler Lammers of Whirlpool Roszell’s Furnishings reacted after heading the ball during an East Elgin Soccer Under 15 house league game on Monday, Aug. 4. Roszell’s came out on top of Pioneer 8-3.
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.
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.
Scott Claringdon of Tillsonburg passed the ball during a beach volleyball tournament that was part of Port Burwell’s annual Tub Daze celebration on Saturday, Aug. 2. Several teams came out despite the threat of rain much of the day and, at one point in the early afternoon, a thunderstorm passed just to the north, pouring rain on Aylmer and Vienna.
Actor Jamie Williams, while talking to an unseen caller, Danielle Nicole in a variety of characters, describes an intimate encounter he overheard in “The Fixer-Upper,” the new play opening at Port Stanley Festival Theatre on Wednesday, July 30, and continuing through Saturday, Aug. 16. Mr. Williams portrays a landlord dealing with seven different callers in a comedy written by Lorne Elliot.
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 help of city police.