News from around St. Marys.
Some St. Mike’s players try to drive the ball past Marcel Scheele, left. The DCVI Senior Boys Soccer Team went unbeaten in two home games Tuesday. DCVI started the day with a 3-0 win over St. Anne’s. Then, that afternoon, stormed back after an early deficit to draw St. Mike’s 2-2. After four games, DCVI’s…
The Ontario Heritage Conference, a gathering of individuals with personal and/or professional interest in heritage preservation, is held each year in a different location across the province. The 2016 conference, May 12 to May 15, will be held in Stratford and St. Marys. While conference headquarters is the Arden Park Hotel in Stratford, some of…
Over 20 employees from McLean Taylor Construction Ltd. were on hand in Rannoch Monday morning when the business presented a cheque for $200,000 to the St. Marys Memorial Hospital Foundation as part of the foundation’s ongoing Someone I Know Capital Campaign. President Scott Taylor, just to the left of the cheque, was joined by vice…
St. Marys Memorial Hospital Auxiliary President Larry Beattie, second from left, is pictured alongside Perth—Wellington MP John Nater, Perth—Wellington MPP Randy Pettapiece, Hospital Auxiliary Association of Ontario (HAAO) President Marion Saunders, Town of St. Marys Mayor Al Strathdee, HAAO South Central Region Chair Joan Chesney and HPHA President and CEO Andrew Williams. These dignitaries and…
By Dan Rankin President of Palmerston’s Ag Business & Crop Inc. Felix Weber has never been satisfied with the amount of information at his disposal. Since starting to farm in 1986, he has always worked hard to grow his business. Then, when he became a consultant, he was always looking for other tools to get…
The Board of Directors of the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance (HPHA) is pleased to announce that the HPHA will be hosting a series of community forums for residents to provide input into the organization’s strategic planning process. Along with upcoming dates in Clinton, Seaforth and Stratford, a forum will be held at St. Marys Memorial…
Contamination “no threat” Because of the construction work starting this week Tim Hortons customers must use Peel Street whether they are going in for a coffee or are going through the drive through. The entrance/exit on Queen Street will be closed to traffic and the only access will be on Peel Street. This will be…
New home for “Health and Wellness” The building that houses lawyers Ron White and Stephen McCotter, on the corner of Water and Jones, has been purchased by Avery Gazel, who manages ‘Avery’s Health and Wellness”. Gazel purchased the building from Lorne Eedy. As a result, the two lawyers are moving their offices to a new…
The Thames River Cleanup takes place for the 17th year all across the Thames River watershed tomorrow, with over 1,500 volunteers chipping in during last year’s efforts to clean up about 200 km of the Thames. This year’s cleanup will take place locally at Milt Dunnell Field tomorrow (Saturday, April 23), when registration begins at…
April 28 will mark the last time blue box recycling and garbage collection takes place on a Thursday for Perth South residents. It will also be the last day collection takes place on the same day for Blanshard and Downie residents. Beginning May 2, waste and recycling collection for the two former townships will take…