Your car gets a new life after its last ride
crap yards aren’t just automotive garbage dumps, where cars rust into oblivion. Some 75 per cent of the average car’s content, by weight, can be recycled. And recycled they are – more than newspapers, more than glass bottles, more than any other consumer product on the planet.
How much of each vehicle is recycled depends on the model, age and condition of the vehicle and what sort of wrecker it goes to. Auto recyclers – like Hank’s Auto Wreckers in St. Clements and Paleshi Motors in Elmira – pull Read more
A rebuilding barn gathers no moss
Work on a new barn on New Jerusalem Road near Elmira is progressing rapidly.
The old barn was destroyed in a July 26 blaze that killed a number of animals.
From Elmira to Stockholm
“Mitt namn är Sarah.”
Eight-year-old Sarah Lucier and her brothers Owen and Evan have spent their summer reading Pippi Longstocking books, eating lingonberry jam and listening to Swedish lessons on their iPods.
The family is moving to Sweden for two years, taking the opportunity offered by Paul Lucier’s job at Research in Motion. He will be RIM’s managing director in Europe and Russia, focused on developing Read more
In action with the boys of summer
The KW Cubs, formerly the Elmira Cubs, were edged 7-6 by the Cobourg Force in the final game of the Ontario Amateur Softball Association championship at Hillside Park last weekend. Nate Bauman beats the throw to second base.
Jacks see reason for optimism
With a dozen players going overage at the end of last season, the Wellesley Applejacks are looking at significant changes to the roster this season.
“We spent a lot of time since we finished [last season] recruiting, so we’re expecting a lot of changes this year. We could have up to 14 new faces on the team this year,” said head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick Read more
New direction for Elmira shopping space
Years ago, the Elmira Shopping Village – back when it was Brox’s Olde Town Village – drew people by the busload to browse its shops and enjoy a meal in the restaurant.
Over the years, the two dozen tenants have dwindled to a handful. New owner Michele Khandelwal of Varcan Property Management plans to spruce up the Church Street building, fill it with tenants and make Read more
Former librarian lost to cancer
Mary Anne Cressman, longtime librarian and library supervisor at the Elmira branch, passed away July 25 after a brief battle with cancer. She was 67.
Cressman worked at the Elmira library for 40 years before her retirement in 2009. She presided over a number of changes during her tenure, including its expansion in the 1970s, the switch to a computerized catalogue system and recent renovations to make the building wheelchair accessible Read more
Steam engine’s restoration is on track
Getting the train back on the tracks was the objective Wednesday morning, as a steam locomotive arrived in Elmira on a truck and departed being pulled behind another locomotive.
The Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society, which operates the Waterloo Central Railway, has been working on steam engine No. 124 at its St. Thomas yard for the past eight years. Now the train is moving Read more
Provincial money boosts Breslau pork plant
Conestoga Meat Packers is getting $350,000 from the provincial government for improvements to its Breslau plant, which will result in the creation of 40 new jobs.
Ontario Agriculture Minister Carol Mitchell was in Breslau Tuesday morning to make the funding announcement.
“We know the world is hungry for Ontario products,” Mitchell said. “This investment means Conestoga Read more
Kings’ recruit comes with Elmira connection
When the Elmira Sugar Kings offered Brady Campbell a spot on the roster, they told him he should come to Elmira to check out the arena the Kings call home. The beautiful new Dan Snyder Memorial Arena is a selling point for the team, but Campbell didn’t need the pitch; he was already sold on the arena, the team and the town.
The connection between Campbell and Elmira goes back to 2004, the year Brady lost his friend and Read more
