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Construction on Maxwell Park Place expected to start again this month Heather Wright/The Independent Lambton County will spend another $1.7 million to complete the long-delayed 24-unit seniors complex in Sarnia. County council approved the move after a seven minute in-camera meeting Wednesday. The 24-unit development at Maxwell Park Place was announced in March 2018, but has faced multiple construction delays.

The St. Clair District Catholic School Board is looking for a new director of education. Scott Johnson announced his retirement at Tuesday night’s board meeting. He began his career as an elementary teacher with the Halton Catholic District School Boardin 1992 and came to Sarnia in 2005 where he was an elementary and secondaryteacher, student success teacher, behavioural resource teacher,

LCCVI graduate Rylee Kerr was one of four winners of the annual Gallery in the Grove Art Scholarship. The photographer will receive $1,000 toward her education in photography at Lambton College this fall. Awards were also presented to Samantha Guertin and Reese Waller of Northern and Lina Chanaga of St. Pat’s. Submitted phot

Heather Wright/The Independent Hundreds of volunteers are doing the heavy lifting as the Town of Petrolia prepares for the Hard Oil Music Festival weekend.Since Monday, volunteers have been at the Greenwood Park, preparing the grounds for up to 3,000 concert-goers nightly. The first group of fans will arrive Thursday for the Josh Ross concert.Monday, about 16 volunteers and town staff

A Chatham man has been charged with careless driving after an accident in St. Clair Township. Lambton OPP say around 12:30pm July 31, police were called to Kimball Road south of Petrolia Line for a single car accident. Police say the driver of the northbound vehicle lost control and rolled over, landing on private property. The driver wasn’t injured in

A pedestrian is dead after a crash at the Modeland Road off ramp to the 402. Aug. 1, Lambton OPP were called to the highway after a vehicle hit a person. The pedestrian was taken to hospital where they died. Police are still trying to identify the pedestrian. Police are asking anyone who may have been in the area around

Heather Wright/The Independent If a Camlachie man wants to develop homes on his land-locked lots, he’ll have to pay to upgrade Augusta St. himself. That from Plympton-Wyoming council after Randy Dayman approached the town to build a culvert bridge and upgrade Augusta St. Dayman, in a letter to council, says he owns four lots on the street. In 1995, during

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

Blake Ellis/The Independent Shayanne de Boer may have grown up outside of Wyoming, but she’s making her way in the world of opera. And it’s something that takes a bit of creativity. It may seem strange for a young woman who grew up in rural southern Ontario to be drawn to opera but de Boer said it seems to be

Cathy Dobson/For The Independent Volunteers with Caregivers of Petrolia Ferals are being deployed this week to distribute nearly three tonnes of donated pet food across the region. For Petrolia’s Julie Medeiros, the largest donation of food in the group’s history is a godsend and she’s happy to share it. It’s enough to feed a huge population of feral cats daily

The line up for the Petrolia150 Hard Oil Music Festival is almost complete. Friday, the organizers announced another act joining Saturday’s ticket featuring Sam Roberts Band. Treble Charger started with an indie rock style but evolved to a pop punk band after signing with a major label in 1997. Tickets for the Aug. 15-17 shows are on sale at www.petrolia150.com.

Heather Wright/The Independent Four years after it was first proposed, construction of ‘small home’ for seniors with dementia in Lambton has been approved. In 2020, staff in Lambton’s long term care division proposed a different approach for people with dementia. Instead of being housed in a traditional nursing home, people would be in a smaller, home-like setting. Each person would