Blake Ellis/The Independent Brooklyn Brown, a recent graduate of Lambton Central Collegiate and Vocational Institute, was one of five recipients receiving $1,000 scholarships from Gallery in the Grove on Aug. 13. Brown will be studying for her Bachelor of Fine Arts and English at Western University beginning in September. She hopes to become an art teacher since her art teachers

Barry Wright/The Independent The six best senior AA baseball teams in Ontario will again be in our area this weekend vying for an OBA championship banner. All but one of the contests will be played at Canton Park in Wyoming. The host Cattlebarons will begin defense of its 2024 AA championship when they take on the Beamsville Yellow Jackets on

The Independent Brooke-Alvinston and Adelaide-Metcalfe have been working together to deal with the proposed Venfor Inc. wind proposal and have received cash from the wind developer to hire a lawyer. Minutes of an Adelaide-Metcalfe meeting show the two neighbours have been working together since January and hired the law firm Miller Thomson to gather information to make the decision about

Heather Wright/The Independent Twins Bernadine and Harvey Jenkins, 8, watch as Vanitia Campbell from the Petrolia Library starts a zucchini race at the Petrolia Farmers’ Market Saturday. It’s the second year the library hosted the event.