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The Bluewater Health Dream Home Lottery has officially kicked off. Tickets for the $1.5 million home on Shoreside Road in Plympton-Wyoming go on sale today. Kathy Alexander, executive director of the Bluewater Health Foundation which runs the fundraiser, says in its 30th year, this is the biggest lottery yet. “The Dream Home Lottery greatly benefits Bluewater Health and the patients

Two Windsor seniors are dead after a crash at the corner of Inwood Road and Courtright Line. It’s the second time in two years an accident between a transport and a passenger vehicle claimed a life. Wednesday, around 1 pm, Brooke firefighters, Lambton paramedics and the OPP were called to the intersection in Inwood for a crash between a tractor

Heather Wright/The Independent Debb Pitel still thinks about what might have been had she trusted her gut. Pitel’s son, Tyler, died by suicide at the age of 15 in 2001. It devastated her family and drove her to write about suicide and to develop a booklet featuring local mental health services called No One Stands Alone. On World Suicide Awareness

Peyton Reid’s two-run single keyed a six-run first inning to lead the Alvinston Riverhawks’ under-15 squad to a 16-2 win over Wyoming Wranglers in the Lambton Central Softball League U17 championship on the weekend. Alvinston reached the final in the double knock out tournament with earlier wins over Wyoming, 15-5 and Merlin, 11-2. Reid, Carly Watson, Charlie Kyte and Kylee

Lambton Cattlemen’s Dinner draws 1,300 people About 1,300 people lined up for a heaping helping of beef in Alvinston Wednesday, perhaps a bit of a treat considering the cost of the red meat in grocery stores today. Every year, the Lambton Cattlemen’s Association cooks up hundreds of pounds of meat – 900 pounds this year – and pairs with with

A 38 year-old Sarnia man is facing three charges after OPP chased a vehicle through Plympton-Wyoming and Brooke-Alvinston. Lambton OPP say around just before 1 pm July 19 police received a call about a suspicious vehicle a home on Egremont Road. An officer on patrol saw the vehicle and then watched as the vehicle drove erratically. Police flipped on the

Greg Hillyard says the timing couldn’t be worse for Brooke-Alvinston to enforce its pool fencing bylaw.The Alvinston area man received a letter in the mail recently saying his above ground pool doesn’t comply with the town’s bylaw and needs a fence.The letter, signed by Clerk Administrator Janet Denkers, tells him his pool must be fenced by May 22, one month