• Elmira drama class hosting magic show
    January 18, 2012
    Drama students at Elmira District Secondary School have been working on magic tricks that they will be presenting to the public this week. A...
  • Fire services to move to Elmira
    January 18, 2012
    Woolwich’s fire chief and deputy fire chief will be moving to town hall this year, closing down the fire department’s office in St. Jacobs...
  • Buggy collision claims life of 11-year-old
    January 18, 2012
    Funeral services are being held today for a young boy killed in a buggy collision on Friday.?Eleven-year-old Landis Martin died as a result of...
  • Breslau residents push for speed controls
    January 18, 2012
    Woolwich Street has become so dangerous, that the local school board busses students rather than allow them to walk a short distance along the street...
  • Fitness centre turns a profit
    January 18, 2012
    The township-operated fitness centre has earned a small profit in 2011. To the end of Dec. 12, 2011, the fitness centre netted a total of $21...
  • Staff proposes cost-savings measures
    January 18, 2012
    Woolwich Township staff has responded to last year’s budget request — namely, that each department do its best to find up to five per...
  • Obits from January 19, 2012 Elmira Independent
    January 18, 2012

    Burkhart, Henry S.

    Passed away peacefully at his residence on Sunday, January 15, 2012 at the age of 87 years. Husband of the late...
  • Parents rest easy, with WMC day camp
    January 11, 2012
    Little feet but booming voices filled the Woolwich Memorial Centre last week for the annual Christmas day camp. The 18 kids registered for the...
  • The year of the OMB
    January 11, 2012
    This year may well be remembered as the year of the Ontario Municipal Board hearing at Woolwich Township. The township is facing no less than...
  • Barbecue fundraiser in memory of helicopter crash victim
    January 11, 2012
    She left behind two young sons and a fiancé, and now the Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC) is giving the community a chance to show...