There will soon be a hole in Alvinston’s downtown. Brooke-Alvinston officials have been working with building inspectors from Lambton County on property standards issues at 3241 River St, next to the Alvinston Legion. And officials have told neighbours the building is about to be torn down. Brooke-Alvinston Clerk-Administrator Janet Denkers says there have been problems… Read more »
Dave Hext and members of Petrolia’s Heritage Committee are constantly finding pieces of the history of Victoria Hall. Just last week, a resident gave him the flag that was flying atop the clock tower that fateful January day in 1989 when the building caught fire. Hext says there are so many stories, about the fire,… Read more »
Teresa Verbeek just wants to see her son smile again. Tyler, 18, has a severe form spina bifida and lost his hearing after an operation as a child. But, he’s really a normal teenager. “I refused to put him in a bubble when he was born,” she says. “I told him, ‘you are going to… Read more »
Matt Mueller is moving his dream to Petrolia. The 16 year-old tennis phenom has been working for the last three years with the City of Sarnia to build an all-season multi-sport complex complete with three tennis courts. But Mueller says the project is stalled because a location can’t be found. So he’s moving his $2.2… Read more »
