All Plympton-Wyoming News

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

Blake Ellis/The Independent Plympton-Wyoming’s only historically significant building is up for sale Plympton-Wyoming council agreed to sell the Old Plympton Town Hall July 10 instead of consulting with the public about what to do with the building. A report compiled by Chief Administrative Officer Adam Sobanski asked for a consultation plan about the future use of the hall be started.

The Independent Central Lambton municipalities are gearing up to celebrate Canada’s birthday. But the prospect of rain has organizers watching the skies. The Town of Petrolia has a host of events planned starting early – 7 am – in Bridgeview Park with a Kids Fishing Derby until 10. The Petrolia Legion is hosting a breakfast from 9:30 to 11:30 am.Town

Early Canada Day celebrations in both Plympton-Wyoming and Warwick are being changed because of a rainy forecast. Plympton-Wyoming’s Special Events Committee “made the difficult decision” to cancel the events scheduled for Wyoming Saturday. “All of our event activities and performances are outdoors and aren’t possible with the current forecast,” officials said online. Plympton-Wyoming had planned a parade and activities at

Wyoming’s Garrett Rutledge is bringing the Memorial Cup Home home to Wyoming. The assistant coach with the Canadian Championship winning Saginaw Spirit will be bringing the troph to the Wyoming Legion Hall July 10 from 5pm to 8pm. Rutledge grew up in Wyoming attended Wyoming Public School and played baseball there. He graduated from LCCVI and played hockey with Petrolia

Plympton-Wyoming is the new owner of the Reeces Corners LCBO plaza. The municipality has purchased the 18-acre plot at the corner of London Line and Oil Heritage Road for just over $2 million The property has a commercial plaza and is surrounded by open space/bush land. The town purchased the property to create future economic and development opportunities, andfurther grow

Heather Wright/The Independent Tyler Struckett says a proposed subdivision near Lamrecton Park should have entry points on Lakeshore Road, not Egremont. The Camlachie man and his wife, Erin, have started a petition hoping to get Plympton-Wyoming council to act on their concerns about high traffic on the heritage road and the danger that poses to children in the area. A

Heather Wright/The Independent Sarnia does it. So does St. Clair. And residents of Plympton-Wyoming want to know why town council won’t pass a bylaw which only allows owners occupying a home to provide short term rentals. The town has been working on its Short Term Rental Licensing Bylaw for two years, trying to find a way to limit the noise

Construction on the addition to Errol Village Public School will start this summer and it is going to cost a lot more than originally anticipated. Ministry of Education announced Tuesday the Lambton-Kent District School Board will receive $6,144,624 to complete the addition with two classrooms and three childcare rooms. That’s about 62 per cent more than the original cost of

Blake Ellis/Local Journalism Initiative The Wanstead Co-op officially turns 100 April 7. It was on this date in 1924, the Wanstead Farmers’ Co-operative Company was established. But a group of farmers in the community had been working together to keep costs down long before that. The process to form the cooperative began on Jan. 24, 1924 when a meeting was

Heather Wright/The Independent Some Plympton-Wyoming councillors are questioning buying a truck from a dealer in London when the local dealer could provide the same thing for $300 more. Finch GMC in London had the lowest bid for a one tonne 4×4 truck at $95,069.79 with Ron Clark Motors from Wyoming bidding $95,431.55. Town staff recommended accepting the lowest bid –