News from around St. Marys.
Lincolns sign new 16-year-old defenceman Brayden Hislop By Pat Payton Last week, defenceman Sam Sedley, 16, signed a Standard Player Agreement with the Ontario Hockey League’s Owen Sound Attack. “Sedley stood out all week long in training camp,” Owen Sound GM Dale DeGray stated on the Attack website recently. “He played the same game he…
By Pat Payton The 2019 Club Championships were held over Labour Day weekend at River Valley Golf and Country Club. Golfers had to battle the rain on the second day of the annual two-day event. Two solid rounds gave Jeff Griffiths, of St. Marys, the Men’s Club title this year. Griffiths had rounds of 69…
By Pat Payton It was a day to remember for the Sandbaggers! On Monday, Sept. 2, two members of the early-morning golfing group recorded hole-in-ones at St. Marys Golf and Country Club. The aces came on different holes, but the two golfers were riding on the same power cart. It was also the third hole-in-one…
On Sunday, September 15, St. Marys will mark the beginning of the 2019 United Way Campaign in a way that captures everything that is special about our community. The launch will be hosted by the Front Porch Show (FPS). Created three years ago, FPS is an outdoor talk show featuring the talented and giving people…
This year will serve as National VP By Stewart Grant In St. Marys we are fortunate enough to have both a Kinsmen Club and Kinette Club who both do so much for our community. Their list of annual projects is long. Kinsmen Projects include the Kinsmen Santa Claus Parade, Kinsmen Summerfest, Firewood Sales at GoCo…
September 9, 2019 St. Marys, ON – St. Marys Station Gallery is hosting the first Juried Art Show by artists from St. Marys Stonetown Arts. The gallery mandate was to give the artists of Stonetown Arts an opportunity to exhibit new work which has been produced within the last two years. After many submissions, a…
Social media and local coffee shop discussions have been abuzz about the Drag Queen storytime program scheduled for this Saturday at the Library. The Library says the event is hosted by Rainbow Optimist Club-Southwestern Ontario, and St. Marys Public Library. They add that drag queens will read such stories as: A Family is a Family,…
Do you have a question for the candidates? The writ is expected to be dropped this week to officially start the Federal election campaign, which is scheduled to be held on Monday October 21. The Stratford & District Chamber of Commerce are holding two candidate debates with the first one to be held in St.…
Planting at Lind Park A historic elm tree will be planted in the Town of St. Marys on Saturday September 14, 2019. The sapling was propagated from the Historic Elm Tree on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, which grew next to the statue of Canada’s First Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. The tree was one…
By Pat Payton Annually, there is a company-sponsored golf tournament for all active and retired employees of St. Marys Cement Company. Money raised each year is donated to local charities. This year, all funds raised were donated to the St. Marys Salvation Army food drive. The amount was $1,920. The winners of the golf tournament…