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Lambton OPP are looking for some musical thieves. Police were called to a home on Short St. in Petrolia Jan. 6 just before 3 pm about a break and enter in the home. Police believe around 12:45 am, four people in a dark-coloured Dodge Ram pickup arrived at the home, went in and stole seven guitars. They’re valued at $3,500.

Heather Wright/The Independent The cause of a million dollar industrial fire in Petrolia will go down as undetermined. That’s according to Petrolia/North Enniskillen Fire Chief Rick Cousins. Wednesday, a large drive shed at the back of the Concrete Systems property on Centre Street caught fire just before 2 pm. Cousins says one person had been working in the building, also

Firefighters from Petrolia, Plympton-Wyoming and St Clair Township are battling an industrial blaze on Centre Street A large drive shed at the back of the Concrete Systems property caught fire just before 2 pm Wednesday afternoon. Tim Williams, education officer for the Petrolia/North Enniskillen Fire Department, says there were people working inside the building when the fire started. All got

Heather Wright/The Independent “Wow – what a year!” That from the chair of the Petrolia 150 Committee as the town wrapped up the official celebrations of Petrolia’s sesquicentennial New Years’ Day. “One year ago today, we kicked off a year for the record books,” Mayor Brad Loosley told the people gathered in the morning sunshine, describing the year-long celebration as

Three people from Wallaceburg face drug charges after Lambton OPP stopped a car in Thamesville. Members of the Lambton OPP Community Street Crime Unit stopped a vehicle on Victoria Road in Thamesville Jan. 2 as part of an ongoing drug investigation. Police seized fentanyl methamphetamine, and carfentanyl with a street value of about $27,700. Tracy Bechard, 39, Christopher Crosby, 33,

Three institutions are dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks. Lambton Public Health says Petrolia’s Bear Creek Terrace (formerly Fiddick’s) was declared in outbreak Jan. 3, just a day after Bluewater Health announced under 10 patients at the Cognitively Complex Continuing Care unit in Sarnia were confirmed COVID-19 positive. Visitors are still being permitted at the hospital but are asked to wear a

Blake Ellis/The Independent The decommissioning of the sewage lagoon at Lambton Centennial Public School will cost $2.5 million.Work is continuing on the project which is well into its second phase. The school board discovered the school’s lagoon was at the end of its life during the 2023-24 school year and a plan was formulated for its decommissioning. The school was

Heather Wright/The Independent Warwick Township is still the lowest-taxed municipality in Lambton. That from figures provided by Treasurer Trevor Jarrett recently as he presented the draft 2025 budget. The municipality is expected to spend close to $12 million on capital projects, operating expenses and paying down its debt, particularly on the new East Lambton Community Complex in 2025. Jarrett says

The Lambton Attack are Silver Stick Champions. The U18 BB were undefeated in the Sarnia Girls’ Silver Stick and beat St. Thomas 2-1 in the final. Ironically, the team also beat St. Thomas in the first game of the tournament Thursday by the same 2-1 score. Friday, the Attack beat Owen Sound 3-1 and the London Devilettes 1-0 in round

Cathy Dobson/The Independent Local labour analysts are choosing their words carefully as they describe a challenging employment picture for Sarnia-Lambton. “It’s not dismal. It could be worse,” said John Pilat, general manager of the Sarnia Construction Association. “We are doing considerably better than in (the) 2008 (recession), which was an extremely slow year.”  Sarnia-Lambton’s  latest unemployment rate is 8.3 per

Ministry of Education says the details of the Indigenous conference will be outlined in bi-annual audits all school boards must complete Heather Wright/The Independent A $32,000 conference in Hawaii by three educators from the Lambton-Kent District School will not be subject to a separate investigation. That from the Ministry of Education after announcing another trip by a Brantford-area school board

The Independent Petrolia will close out its 150th anniversary year with a bang. The Petrolia150 Committee is planning a family New Years’ Eve Party at the Greenwood Recreation Centre. Laurissa Ellsworth, director of marketing, arts and communication for the town, says the party starts at 4 pm with free public skating, music provided by a DJ, and free hotdogs and