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Dawn-Euphemia politicians say the OPP have to deal with the rising cost of policing, not simply change the way municipalities pay for it. Deputy Mayor Leslie William was among a group of municipal politicians who were in London recently to hear the OPP’s new options for paying for policing. The two mostly likely options are using the tax base to

A gift for the child of a friend has become the mission of the Central Lambton Optimist. The Optimist Pediatric Pillowcase Program gives children at Bluewater Health a little comfort of home. Pam Core started the program after realizing that a small thing such as a pillowcase can make a big difference. “A best friend’s daughter was in the hospital

It will be spring before the new signs welcoming people to the Town of Petrolia are installed. Dave Menzies, director of community services, says the concept design for the new signs has been tentatively approved and will go to council Monday. Pride Signs designed the signs and, if council approves, will install it at the corner of Oil Heritage Road

William Schenk was racing to beat the frost. The Wyoming area farmer is one of several Lambton County farmers who have a contract to grow sugar beets for Michigan Sugar. In all, about 10,000 acres of the turnip-looking plant are grown in Ontario – mainly in Sarnia-Lambton and Chatham-Kent. Schenk has about 100 acres of beets. He says beets are

Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott says the province is shifting the wealth from rural muncipalities to urban centers. Enniskillen and Dawn-Euphemia recently heard their Ontario Municipal Partner Fund grant – the main grant given to municipalities by the province – has been cut by nearly 15 percent. Dawn-Euphemia will lose $168,000 and Enniskillen’s grant was cut by $142,000. The province is

Mario LaFond doesn’t know how he will thank everyone. The 31-year old Petrolia man who lost his foot in an industrial accident in October says since talking to The Independent about his injury a number of members of the community have come forward to help. LaFond and his wife Krystal have two young girls and have been concerned about providing

Emily Hinds and Amber Smith were part of contingent of Mothers Against Drunk Driving volunteers out in force in Lambton County this weekend. The pair were collecting a voluntary toll for the group at Coffee Lodge Saturday. Students from Lambton College’s Police Foundations program and the Fire Sciences helped to raise $12,200. “We are extremely grateful for the overwhelming support

Chad Hayter, seen here with a few of The Hayter Groups’ 34 employees, says it was teamwork which lead to the Alvinston company being given the Better Business Bureau of Western Ontario’s Business Integrity Award.   Chad Hayter says it takes a team to make a great company. The head of The Hayter Group in Alvinston made the comments recently

There was lots of chili to go around as Christ Anglican Church held its annual fundraiser for Christmas for Everyone on Friday. The tables were full through most of the luncheon which raised $1,000 for the Christmas drive. Here, Jean St. Pierre helps Lynn McPhail get a bowl of the famous chili.  The Petrolia Foodbank is now accepting applications for

  A new financing arrangement at The Research Park of Sarnia-Lambton will give it better footing and insulate taxpayers from risk. A year ago, the Research Park underwent drastic restructuring after its biggest tenant pulled out. Staffing was cut and a new administrator was hired to find new tenants. It also asked Lambton County – the owner of the park

You may soon be able to buy all your local produce in one spot. The sustainable food group One Tomato is putting together a business plan for a local food hub. Spokesperson Megan O’Neil-Renaud says the idea would be to have a main warehouse with cold storage in Sarnia so food service providers and homeowners would be able to access

Brooke-Alvinston is investing in energy efficient street lights. Treasurer/Administrator Richard Holland says the township will spend $80,000 to replace the current street lights. The current lights require a lot of maintenance and the new LED streetlights are guaranteed maintenance free for 10 years. They’re also projected to save about $30,000 in electricity costs. “We want to be innovative,” says Holland.