1. What 60-year-old Christmas classic features the characters Betty and Judy Haynes and such songs as “Let it Snow” and “Sisters”? 2. Where in Point Edward would you find the Souls Memorial, a thin stone monument that contains, among other features, a series of faces that Anishinaabe artist Dennis Henry-Shawnoo designed and sculpted? 3. Sidney… Read more »
Marco Vigliotti Alfred Ruffilli vividly remembers the carefree drive he took around Sarnia on a Saturday afternoon some 75 years ago that led to his first date with Noreen. Cruising the town, Alfred spotted her with a group of girls – some of whom he recognized from SCITS – congregating near one of their homes…. Read more »
George Mathewson Susan Averill was headed to her blue box with an armload of empty bottles when the inspiration struck. Stopping short, she stuck five of them on the branches of her young catalpa tree. Tada! Sarnia’s “bottle tree” was born. Over the past six years the living sculpture at the corner of East and… Read more »
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Tara Jeffrey A series of new signs popping up in Sarnia may have caused some motorist to do a double take. “I’ve had a few calls come in,” city planning manager Kevin Edwards said, referencing the Lucasville signage recently posted near what’s commonly called the ‘Beehive’ intersection. The long-lost hamlet, located on Plank Road, near… Read more »
Cathy Dobson How is Sarnia’s Andrew Barr contributing to the cross-country comedy tour he’s on with two buddies? “I’m the one most willing to sleep on the floor at the hotel and that’s pretty important when all we get is one room for the night,” he jokes. “I’m also super-duper funny.” Barr, 22, climbed… Read more »
Cathy Dobson Rarely does a community choose a marketing logo and tagline that doesn’t contain its name but, then again, Sarnia-Lambton’s new branding choice is unique in a lot of ways, says the CEO of the Toronto marketing firm that conceived it. “Normally, you’d have a geographic reference and usually a single entity about the… Read more »
Marco Vigliotti Transforming the former Sarnia General Hospital into a campus for healthcare-related businesses should spur further revitalization in the area, says the five-member investor group behind the project. But neighbours wants assurances the proposed redevelopment doesn’t cause parking and congestion problems, and they worry the site will host Bluewater Health’s new 24/7 residential withdrawal… Read more »
Cathy Dobson The first Mary Brown’s Famous Chicken & Taters franchise this side of London has opened. The restaurant at 1149 Confederation St. is owned by Doug and Corinne Loucks, who say it’s the 110th Mary Brown’s location and the only one in this region. Doug Loucks, a former general manager of the Holiday Inn… Read more »
Sarnia will use $32,000 in federal assistance to make the first floor washrooms accessible at the Sarnia Library. Steps to the washroom currently make the library difficult to use for anyone with a disability. The washrooms were just one of many shortcomings identified in a recent architectural report on the condition of the 55-year-old library…. Read more »
