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The second phase of construction on Douglas Line will go ahead this year, but Plympton-Wyoming won’t be getting help from its neighbour to foot the bill. Last year, after Suncor Energy and NextEra were done building the Cedar Point Wind project near Camlachie, the municipality and the companies took a look at Douglas Line, which was used to transport the

Municipality hosted two public meetings on proposed system Dawn-Euphemia Mayor Al Broad says the municipality will go road-by-road to see who wants roadside garbage and recycling collection. The municipality held two open houses April 11 to talk about the possibility of using “Wheelie Bins” in both Dawn and Euphemia. Currently, Dawn residents take their trash to the dump and recycling

Jenna Simpson had a first hand look at how the Ontario government works. The 30 year-old Petrolia woman represented Sarnia-Lambton at the “A Remarkable Assembly – Celebrating 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote in Ontario. And she says in some ways, it was a real eye-opener. On April 12, 1917, women officially gained the right to vote in Ontario’s provincial

Pam Wright The Independent Petrolia officials want community groups using Victoria Hall and Victoria Playhouse Petrolia to get a fair shake. About 15 people came to a meeting held by the town for the community users, April 11. Twenty groups were invited to hear details of how the facility is operated, and how rental costs are calculated. Use of the

The Petrolia Scouts are going to help the planet and raise a little money at the same time. Kelly Currie, the 1st Scout’s Club Registrar was trying to come up with ideas to raise money to help offset the cost for several Scouts to go to Camp Tamaracouta, Quebec this summer. Her husband came home one day after dropping off

Brooke-Alvinston is increasing its municipal budget by 4.5 per cent this year. It’s a far cry from the 28 per cent councillors first saw when the proposed 2017 budget was presented but more than the 2.28 per cent Treasurer Steve Ikert had proposed by using $390,000 out of reserves. The municipality is actually spending less money than 2016 with a

Petrolia’s First Baptist Church took a direct lightning hit during Thursday afternoon’s storm. Lightning and a deafening clap of thunder shook the downtown as the chimney on the historic church exploded. Half of the chimney is gone, with some of the yellow bricks on the steel roofing, more lying on the church driveway and some flung as far as the

The owner of Fairbank House is taking to social media to convince Petrolians he’s putting a lot of effort into maintaining the iconic home and he’s not about to stop. David Burnie has created a video on YouTube to show some of the structural work that has been done to insure the home stands the test of time. He has

Town organizes one-day compost event after MOE concerns about town site Petrolia may contract out its composting services in the future. The town recently shut down its Maude Street Extension site after a Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change inspection March 22 pointed out 14 areas of concern that the municipality needed to address. Concerned about the cost and

Don Poland can tell you just about anything you want to know about the Battle of Vimy Ridge. But the Plympton-Wyoming Museum volunteer’s job has been made a lot easier with a donation from a regional military museum. Poland, who can frequently be found at the Camlachie museum, recently went to the Royal Canadian Regimental Museum in London “scouring for

Plympton-Wyoming is the latest Lambton County municipality to sign up for Internet and Phone voting. But Mayor Lonny Napper is raising questions about the company expected to provide the service. Plympton-Wyoming Council approved the idea of internet and phone voting at its most recent meeting by a vote of 6 to 1. Napper says there will be voting stations at

Gardeners finishing their spring clean up in Petrolia will have to find someplace new to compost. The Town of Petrolia has closed its compost site on  Maude Street extension after an inspection by the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change two weeks ago. Mike Thompson, Petrolia’s director of operations, says just after the site was opened, the MOECC inspector