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Heather Wright/The Independent Victoria Playhouse Petrolia hopes to go back to a pandemic-era practice and serve alcohol to patrons during performances. Laurissa Ellsworth, Petrolia’s director of marketing, arts and communication, asked council at the Jan. 12 meeting to move ahead with a plan for alcohol service in the balcony. Ellsworth, in her report to council, says in 2022, as part

The Mudmen are back on home turf in February. The Alvinston-based Celtic Rock Warriors grew up in Lambton County and graduated from LCCVI. While they’ve had a lot of commercial succes, including playing with some of North America’s top musical acts such as ZZ Top, Loverboy, Brooks and Dunn, Sarah MacLaughlin, Red Ryder, Glass Tiger, 54-40, they look forward to

Members of the Petrolia Community Theatre brought 1895 Christmas tales to life during the Victoria Christmas event Friday and Saturday. Seven vignettes about people who lived in the community at the time were presented with a carols sung between scenes. Here, Warren Graham, of Chauncey’s Chestnuts, serves up the hot roasted nuts with a side of gossip with the Pastor,

Sarnia’s mayor wants to remove American flags on municipal property. Mike Bradley, in a letter to council, says the city should not fly the nation’s flag since US President Donald Trump’s government “is doing everything possible to jeopardize Canada economically and socially and tries to make it the 51st state.” Bradley is asking council to approve the removal of all

Cathy Dobson/The Independent The motor coaches delivering visitors to Victoria Playhouse Petrolia’s annual Starbright Christmas show this week, isn’t just a sign the musical powerhouse is back for its 20th year. It’s adding some jingle to the pockets of the owners of restaurants and local shops part of an annual Christmas economic boom. This year, 30 motor coaches from all

LCCVI graduate Rylee Kerr was one of four winners of the annual Gallery in the Grove Art Scholarship. The photographer will receive $1,000 toward her education in photography at Lambton College this fall. Awards were also presented to Samantha Guertin and Reese Waller of Northern and Lina Chanaga of St. Pat’s. Submitted phot

Thanks to the efforts of local historians, Hamilton Shew Leong’s colourful art will live on. Leong is the creator of the historical murals that have long graced the walls of the Oil Rig restaurant —depicting scenes from Petrolia’s oil boom history. According to Petrolia Heritage Committee member Dave Hext, members were concerned the murals would be lost when the restaurant

For the last 147 years, people of Scottish descent – and those who wish they were – have been getting together in Petrolia for St. Andrew’s Day. St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and Nov. 30th became the time for the St. Andrew’s Society to meet and celebrate their roots. The tradition lives on in six communities in

Victoria Playhouse Petrolia is hoping a season of uplifting songs and comedy will let spirits soar. Artistic Directors David Hogan and David Rogers released the 2018 season line up recently and it includes the comedies Shirley Valentine and The Andrews Brothers. There are also four musical theatre offerings which includes everything from country gospel and music from Canada’s East Coast

Alvinston artist Liana Russwurm says as a child, she and her siblings were left to create their own fun. That she says may be part of her fascination with toys in her new exhibit, Out of the Tickle Trunk. It opened at First Friday in Sarnia. Russwurm was working on a series of masks and came to her marionettes and

People driving down Lasalle Line near Watford may have been spooked Saturday. Songwriters Neil Werden (at the right)and Paul Macguire collaborated on a song called Graveyard Dance and Saturday night, members of the Arts Council of East Lambton helped the pair shoot a video at Werden’s home. About 20 people dressed as Zombies spent a warm summer evening work on

Katherine Highgate says being from a small town has allowed her core values and ethics to shine through while competing in national pageants. The Dresden native who went to LCCVI as a teen and was a 2009 Nicol Scholar will be apart of this years Miss Universe Canada in Toronto. When she was younger Highgate was very shy, however when