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A 39 year-old Enniskillen man is facing charges after a break in in Alvinston. Just before 11 pm Thursday, police were called to a Francis Street home. The victim could identify the suspect saying they had fled before police arrived. Police arrested the man a short time later. The 39 year-old has been charged with break and enter and trespassing

Blake Ellis/The Independent Oil City’s Gorman Park will be getting much more use this summer. Enniskillen Township council at its May 21 meeting, approved a soccer skills development program for youth for the soccer fields. Tirth Barot of Petrolia had asked to use one soccer pitch at Gorman Park in July and August from Monday to Thursday from 5:30 to

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Enniskillen Township passed its 2024 budget with no changes on March 18 leaving a 5.2 per cent increases to municipal taxes. One of the main reasons for the tax increase is the increase the township made to its fire levy, upping it by $100,000 to $650,000. That money will be used to fund both the Petrolia

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Enniskillen Township will buy a trailer for its speed radar sign. The move will allow the municipality more flexibility in decided where to place its speed radar sign and might be another tool the township can use to combat speeders on Oil Springs Line. This came after Councillor Mary Lynne McCallum suggested Enniskillen purchase one more

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott says 25 jobs have been created with a new cucumber operation. Marriott, who is also the warden of Lambton County, was one of the eight local mayors and three heads of First Nation communities which spoke to business leaders during the Sarnia-Lambton Chamber of Commerce annual State of Lambton Business Breakfast held

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative Enniskillen Township needs $100,000 more to fund its two fire departments. This will boost the 2024 levy 18 per cent to $650,000, compared to $550,000 in 2023. “Although the timing and the accurate cost of the future capital expenditures are not known, it is clear that the $550,000 fire levy will not support the operating expenses

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative An Enniskillen man is concerned township council did not see all the information it needed to dealwith new zoning rules for cannabis operations. The Independent reported earlier this month, a letter addressed to Enniskillen Mayor Kevin Marriott was mailed to the municipal office in June 2023, months before the township dealt with zoning changes aimed at