News from around St. Marys.
Masks mandatory at official grand re-opening By Pat Payton The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 236, is re-opening this Saturday, Aug. 1 and will hold a meat draw upstairs, starting at 5 p.m. “It will be our official grand opening since Covid,” Legion past president Peter Bushfield told the Independent. “We shut down when everybody else…
to Help Families with Young Children Afford Food Huron Perth Public Health recently received a $3,375 donation from the United Way Perth Huron. The donation will help local Perth families, connected to the Health Unit through the Healthy Babies Healthy Children program, purchase food and other essential baby items. The funding comes at a critical…
Effective immediately, thanks to consistent enough rainfall over the past week, the open air fire ban has been lifted in the County of Perth, including the Town of St. Marys. Burn permits can now be issued and must abide by the respective municipality’s open air burn by-law. To apply for a burn permit for the…
From August 4 to September 25 Church Street will be closed between Queen Street East and Station Street from Tuesday, August 4 to Tuesday, September 25. The Town had awarded the contract for the project to MacLean Taylor. The closure is due to work being done on the Church Street Bridge that includes: Bridge deck…
Lucas Jeffrey joins staff with his business Riverside Barber By Pat Payton The stylists at Glo are working hard to keep their clients safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. Glo was one of many local businesses forced to shut down in mid-March when the government deemed hair salons non-essential workplaces. Closed for over three months, the…
Defenceman Mulder joining Trenton Golden Hawks of the OJHL By Pat Payton St. Marys Lincolns will have two new goaltenders stopping pucks when the 2020-21 GOJHL season starts sometime this fall. Lincs recently got Ryan Wheeler’s name on a players’ card. The 17-year-old joins veteran goalie Sean Andrus, 19, who the Lincolns signed earlier this…
Two-day, 36-hole July event held on weekend at St. Marys G&CC By Pat Payton Shootouts and chip-offs! There was lots of excitement as the annual ‘Battle of Gowanbrae’ was held this past weekend at St. Marys Golf and Country Club. A total of 96 golfers took part in the two-day, 36-hole July event. There were…
By Pat Payton The week of Aug. 20 to 23 is Club Championship Week at St. Marys Golf and Country Club. The Junior girls and boys will play for titles on Thursday, Aug. 20, and admission is free. There are four divisions for the Junior golfers: 8 and under; 9 to 11; 12 to 14;…
Scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10 at St. Marys G&CC By Pat Payton St. Marys Healthcare Foundation’s 27th annual golf tournament has been scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 10 at St. Marys Golf and Country Club. The tourney format is again a four-person Texas Scramble. The entry fee is $150 per golfer. It includes green fees (for…
By Spencer Seymour, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Subjects up for discussion at the July 13th Heritage Advisory Committee meeting included temporary patio permits, the first heritage grant applications of the year, and a property being removed from the non-designated properties list. Grant Brouwer, Director of Building and Development for the Town of St. Marys, spoke…