Aylmer Police reported Thursday afternoon, Oct. 6, that a missing 17-year-old girl from Aylmer who they had been looking for had been found safe.
Elgin Ontario Provincial Police announced late Monday afternoon, Oct. 3, that a woman, 27, and her newborn child had been found safe in London. Police issued an alert asking for public assistance finding the woman and baby after a caller requested they check on her well-being. She and the baby had last been seen in Union in Central Elgin in…
Kenzie McMillan of host East Elgin Secondary School looked for a teammate to pass to while being screened by a Central Elgin Collegiate Institute defender in the EESS Senior girls basketball team’s regular-season home-opener on Thursday, Sept. 29. EESS won handily. (AE/Rob Perry)
Tyson Kana of host East Elgin Secondary School sped across his team’s backfield during a Junior football game against Woodstock College Avenue Secondary School in EESS’s home-opener under the lights on Thursday, Sept. 22. East Elgin romped to a 38-0 win, but CASS’s Senior squad took revenge later that night, besting EESS 14-0. (AE/Rob Perry)
Goalie Natan Farhi of host Aylmer Spitfires, at the team’s regular-season home opener at East Elgin Community Complex Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18, fended off a Dorchester Dolphins shot in the first period. Dolphins scored only 50 seconds into the game, but Spitfires came back to score three of their own before the end of opening period, and an insurance goal…
Nearly 60 quilts are on display at Aylmer Old Town Hall, including these in the second-storey theatre, as part of a second-annual show at the town library. The show opened on Thursday, Sept. 15, and continues through Friday. (AE/Rob Perry)
Southwestern Public Health announced its first positive case of monkeypox in its region, in an adult male, on Thursday, Sept. 15, but for now isn’t saying where, citing “an active investigation.” In a statement, the health unit said the virus was transmissible through direct contact with lesions, respiratory secretions, or materials contaminated by the virus, such as bedding. Symptoms usually…
Jack Cronk of Aylmer Spitfires went through a Woodstock Navy player, chasing puck after a face-off in a Professional Junior Hockey League exhibition game at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday, Sept. 11. Woodstock took the win, 5-1. Spitfires, in their season home-opener on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 2:45 p.m. at EECC, will host Dorchester. (AE/Rob Perry)
St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston, coached by Steve Speller, an International Plowing Match champion, produced straight furrows as he participated in a special competition for local elected officials at the Elgin County Plowing Match in Malahide in Saturday, Sept. 10. This year’s match was hosted by Ian and Connie Foster. More pictures in the Sept. 14 edition of The Aylmer…
Thames Valley District School Board trustees on Tuesday, Aug. 30, ordered the start of legal proceedings to expropriate land for a new elementary school in Belmont from Craigholme Estates, a developer in that village. Facility Services and Capital Planning Superintendent Geoff Vogt said that the board had taken all the steps it could to try to purchase the land without…