Santa Claus’ tiniest visitor at the Springfield fire station after the village’s Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, Dec. 6, was one-month-old Ellie-Mae McIntyre of Springfield, daughter of Kelsey and Adam McIntyre. (AE/ Joe Konecny)
The Grinch, accompanied by a pair of Minions, were part of an animated float by Westminster Mutual Insurance Company during Belmont’s annual Santa Claus Parade on Sunday night, Dec. 7. More pictures are in the Dec. 10 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Joe Konecny)
Grade 12 student Alexander Giesbrecht joined 13 other members of East Elgin Secondary School’s Guitar Ensemble for a concert on Tuesday night, Dec. 2. The ensemble includes students with varying levels of expertise, from Grade 9 through 12. They played Linus and Lucy, Tarantella Napoletana, Frosty the Snowman, Viva La Vida and a combination of Silent Night and O Holy…
Residents like Mary Vandewyngaerde, left, Shirley Nagy, Bill Underhill and Sharon Brown enjoyed each other’s company, exchanging holiday stories and people watching at the Hollyberry Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Terrace Lodge long-term care home. The annual holiday event is organized by the Terrace Lodge Auxiliary. (AE/ Joe Konecny)
Rainbow Connections is a year-old organization based in St. Thomas dedicated to providing a safe and accepting space for 2SLGBTQIA+ youths in Southwestern Ontario. It celebrated the opening of its first physical space, a Drop-in Hub at 15 Catharine St., Unit 305 (third floor) on Wednesday night, Dec. 3. Among those participating were, from left, Murray-Issac Boyse, Devon Church, Sista…
One excited group at the Springfield Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, Dec. 6 welcomed the jolly ole soul, waving the letters in his name and marking the location for the parade after party. More pictures in the Dec. 10 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/ Joe Konecny)
A two-storey house, built in 1848, at 9238 Sandytown Road in Bayham was demolished by a blast of unknown origin that left no evidence of flames or fire on Friday, Dec. 5, just after 10 a.m. Ed Ketchabaw, a neighbour (and mayor of Bayham), said the house had been in his family for years, but was transferred to a new…
A shot by a Glendale High School player bounced off East Elgin Secondary School’s girls hockey goalie Selena Woodford’s leg pad during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Nov. 27. EESS blanked Glendale 4-0, with Woodford earning the shutout. (AE/Rob Perry)
The Knox Presbyterian Church’s Advent Organ Series wraps up on Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, at 55 Hincks St., in St. Thomas, offering a festive exploration of the virtues of an instrument that made its Elgin County debut in the 1880s. “You don’t have to be looking for a religious experience to come to the organ series,” Knox Music Director…
Municipalities will have little influence with conservation “superauthorities” if the Ontario government goes ahead with plans to merge the province’s 37 authorities into just seven. That was what Catfish Creek Conservation Authority General Manager Dusty Underhill predicted during a meeting of his board Thursday, Nov. 27. Catfish Creek Conservation Authority, Long Point Regional Conservation Authority and Kettle Creek Conservation Authority…