News from around St. Marys.
The St. Marys Community Players are doubly proud tonight, as they prepare for opening night of their production of Steel Magnolias. The group is also proud to show off its new stage and seating thanks to funding they received from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Stratford Perth Community Foundation totalling over $40,000. The show…
By Emery Huszka, National Farmers Union-Ontario President Recently, farm families across Ontario have received MPAC notices reflecting dramatic changes in values. In some cases, assessment estimates are doubled from 2012. MPAC has captured what the National Farmers Union-Ontario (NFU-O) has been warning of for years. Investors and heavily financed, large-scale farm operations have created an…
On the afternoon of Wednesday, Oct. 26, Drama teacher Paula Hurst-Foster’s students from Grade 9 to 12 hosted a haunted house, raising money for a local charity while giving some scares to their fellow students and staff. The students took a class on special effects makeup from instructors at Fanshawe College in preparation for the…
By Dan Rankin At the Pyramid Centre on Monday, Oct. 24, World Polio Day, the Rotary Club of St. Marys hosted a dinner and presentation by Rotary UN Representative Doug Vincent, who is also a Charter Member and Past President of the Woodstock-Oxford Rotary Club, with 31 years perfect attendance. Vincent gave a colourful presentation…
By Dan Rankin Some rain last Thursday, Oct. 20 wasn’t enough to dampen the mood of St. Marys Town Council and downtown business owners, as they took a break from celebrating under tents and umbrellas to officially cut the ribbon on the newly reconstructed downtown. In his speech before the ceremonial ribbon-cutting, Mayor Al Strathdee…
Perth County Ontario Provincial Police officers are investigating a robbery that took place on Wednesday, October 26 in St. Marys. Shortly before 9:42 pm a male suspect entered the M & M Variety Store located on Water Street South in St. Marys. Once inside the store the male suspect threatened the clerk and then proceeded…
The bell will ring on Bell Tower Back in September Mayor Al Strathdee asked for a study to ascertain if a better police service other than the OPP could be beneficial to the Town. One of the alternatives was to examine if an arrangement for a police force with the City of Stratford was feasible.…
By Dan Rankin Not unlike a certain Toronto-based MLB franchise, DCVI’s Boys Baseball team’s season came to a disappointing end Wednesday, as they fell 11-7 to their hosts from Listowel in the Huron-Perth baseball semi-finals. The Salukis advanced to the semifinals with a 5-4 walk-off win over South Huron in St. Marys on Oct. 12. That…
By Dan Rankin It has been about four years since the Township of Perth South updated its website (PerthSouth.ca), and while it is still a functional tool to check out important municipal news or find out when the next council meeting is due to take place, it has not kept up with the times. For…
By Dan Rankin After snapping an eight-game losing streak on Sunday with a 5-4 road win over St. Thomas, the Lincolns will try to keep building momentum tonight against Strathroy as they look for their first home win since Sept. 16. Brandon Glover and Alessio Luciani each had a goal and an assist against St. Thomas,…