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Barry Wright/The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees kept their home crowd on the edge of their seat until they scored five unanswered goals in the third period to beat Brant County, 8-5 in the Bees home opener on Saturday. Brandon Couto scored twice, including the game-winning goal midway through the final frame and added an assist as did Ethan Lamoureux.

The Independent Lambton Centennial won both the girls and boys division this year at the LKESSA Cross Country meet that took place Oct. 14. Ecole Hillcrest claimed second place in both divisions. The top three in each race are: Grade 4 Girls – Jayla Robinson, Centennial, Kailyn Blanchette, QEII, Lily Phillips, Centennial. Grade 4 Boys, – Kane VanDamme, Brooke, Miller

Point Edward and Petrolia have highest voter turnout since online voting began Oct.16 The Independent It’s Election Day in Ontario. Across the province, residents of over 400 municipalities will be casting votes today for their next municipal council and school board trustees. In Lambton County, there are races in all the municipalities, except the Township of Enniskillen where the entire

Heather Wright/The Independent Two candidates for public school trustees were surprised to hear concerns from the Lambton-Kent District School Board that they’d used the parking lot of a school to talk with parents. Chris White and Joselyn Young Cormier organized ameeting with parent’s from Zone Central School in late September, after hearing concerns about the reorganization of the classrooms at

The Independent The new arena floor has already been well used in Brooke-Alvinston, but there is still money to be raised to pay for it. Brooke-Alvinston approved a nearly $2 million project at the arena in Alvinston last year. Work began in April and over the summer the pipes and the floor of the arena were replaced. The facility reopened

Barry Wright/The Independent The Mooretown Flags will be trying to snap their four-game skid when Amherstburg comes to town tonight (Sunday). Game time is 7:30. The Flags fell 6-2 to the Lakeshore Canadiens at the Moore Sports Complex last Saturday. Mooretown was down by one goal in the third period but Lakeshore put the game away by scoring three times

Heather Wright/The Independent If Bill Dennis gets elected mayor of Sarnia, he may have a hard time making a new planning deal at Lambton County council. Oct. 19, Dennis raged against the planning process which forces Sarnia to go through county council to get approval for zoning amendments to the Official Plan. The relationship between Dennis and county councillors has

Barry Wright/The Independent Watford’s Kyle Brothers scored twice in Alvinston’s 5-4 win over Woodstock in Northern Premier Hockey League action last Saturday. The Killer Bees are now 2-0 heading for the home opener Saturday against Brant County at the Brooke-Alvinston-Inwood Community Complex. Game time is 6:45. Former Soo Greyhound, Jordan D’Intino who signed with the Bees late last week also

The Independent People in Plympton-Wyoming, Warwick, Brooke-Alvinston and Forest can resume normal water use. Yesterday, the Lambton Area Water Supply System asked people to conserve water while workers repaired a major problem on London Line. Clinton Harper, LAWSS general manager, said crews were working on a waterline on London Line near Mandaumin when there was a problem. He says the

The Independent sent a questionnaire to each candidate for Brooke-Alvinston Council. Below are the unedited responses from the candidates: MAYORAL CANDIDATES Age: 64 Work Experience: Farmer for 50 years, worked at Suncor refinery for 33yrs Political experience: one term on Brooke council 2018-2022 Why do you want to serve on Brooke-Alvinston council? What specific issue motivated you to run? No specific reason

Barry Wright/The Independent North Lambton teammates Keegan Turner and AJ Wilson both finished in the top half of the field at the recent Ontario high school golf tournament in Windsor. Turner tied for seventh with rounds of 76 and 77. Wilson tied for 29th with rounds of 83 and 81. ••• It was a night to forget for the Sarnia

The Independent The Alvinston Killer Bees is loosing one of their key players – but the team is excited the captain’s next big thing. Brennan Feasey will be an assistant coach with the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League. For the last four years, Feasey has been coaching while playing a key role with the Killer Bees. Last