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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 –

There will be a bylaw to govern AirBnB-type rentals in Plympton-Wyoming. But the municipality may not be able to issue fines as the summer season ramps up. The town has been dealing with complaints about short term rentals along Lake Huron from companies like ‘Airbnb’ for a number of years. There are more than 50 units in the municipality –

Plympton-Wyoming councillors won’t allow Southside Developments to build 26-single detached homes on the very edge of the municipality – five more than allowed by the zoning. The company, which convinced council to change the zoning on the agricultural land last year, went to council in Jaunary with a plan to build a 27 single-detached condominium development. The zoning on the

The cost of Plympton-Wyoming’s fire trucks have gone up.Council has approved a contract to buy two custom made pumpers from ResQtech Systems Inc. for $1,603,500. That’s an 18.7 per cent increase from the $1,350,000 approved to spend just two months ago.The township started looking for two new pumpers in late 2019. One was planned for the Camlachie station to replace