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Petrolia needs to build a new water reservoir. It’s planning to build two, new steel water storage tanks at the site of the existing Mandaumin Reservoir on Confederation Line in Plympton-Wyoming. It will cost $2.7 million. The reservoir is a holding tank at the mid-way point between Petrolia and its water treatment plant in Bright’s Grove. It’s been in need

Pat Davidson has left a mark on Lambton County and now her name will be immortalized as a reminder of her work as a municipal politician and Member of Parliament. Davidson served nine years as Sarnia-Lambton’s MP and has been hailed by many as the person responsible for millions of dollars of funding for projects in the area including most

Inwood farmer Don McCabe has been acclaimed as the president of Ontario’s largest farm organization. This will be the second year McCabe has served as the president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. McCabe has been an active member of the OFA for years, serving on local boards. In 2008, he became vice president. He was named to the top

Petrolia Councillor Grant Purdy wants to see more young people involved in local politics. He’s proposing the town set up a youth committee to get ideas from local teens. Purdy would like 10 young people from the community between the ages of 13 and 18 to “act as an advisory board to Petrolia Council…identify and bring forward issues affecting youth…and

After months of work, the final asphalt is being laid on Petrolia Line Thursday afternoon. The first phase of the $4.5 million project is likely to be complete by Friday – a week behind schedule.

This could be the last year the wildcats roar at South Plympton. Next school year, students at South Plympton Public School could be going to class at Wyoming Public School. Closing the rural school which houses Junior Kindergarten to Grade 3 students is just one of a raft of recommendations made by staff of the Lambton-Kent District School Board as

Work is underway to restore roads which were damaged as Suncor Energy built its wind facility near Camlachie. The company built 46 wind turbines in the area this summer after a long planning process which included several trips to court fighting the municipality, which was opposed to the project. But the construction took a toll on the roads, according to

If Ontario’s Minister of Community and Social Services is serious about providing equal pay for people with intellectual disabilities, she might want to turn her attention to Petrolia and Central Lambton. This week Helena Jaczek was under fire after an investigation by The Toronto Star on sheltered workshops. In many communities, people with intellectual disabilities do piece work in segregated

Even though the weather has been more spring like than November, there are still people thinking about Christmas. Sandra Hartman and the volunteers at Christmas for Everyone are sorting through toys and accepting applications for this year’s Christmas Hampers. Hartman says this year Christmas for Everyone worked with the County of Lambton to distribute request forms for the food and

The Alvinston Optimist has until 2017 to raise up to $400,000 for an addition to the Brooke-Alvinston-Arena. And they know they won’t be getting any tax dollars to help. The concession stand and washrooms are in need of repair and was scheduled to be replaced in 2016. Instead of simply renovating or replacing the stand-alone building, the service club proposed

It will be a new face, but a familiar place. Sarnia-Lambton’s new MP Marilyn Gladu will open  her new constituency office Nov. 30 on Finch Drive, in the same location as former MP Pat Davidson’s office. “I’ve decided to maintain the office kept by the previous MP, Pat Davidson, due to its central location, overall good accessibility and to provide

  If you were hoping to drive on nice smooth pavement on Petrolia Line next Monday morning, you’ll have to wait. Mike Thompson, Petrolia’s Director of Operations, confirms the reconstruction of Petrolia Line won’t be complete by Nov. 22 as laid out in the contract with Birnam Construction. The company had asked for an extension last week. However, town officials