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One of the gems we are honoured to have in our town is the Army, Navy & Air Force (ANAF) Unit 265, located at 23 Wellington St.

Rick Fifield, Mike Craig and the 1962-1963 St. Marys Lincolns all-Ontario championship team were honoured as inductees in the second class of the St. Marys Sports Wall of Fame on Nov. 1 at the Pyramid Recreation Centre (PRC).

Quentin Steffler, the St. Marys DCVI Senior Boys’ team and the novice boys’ squad had a strong showing at the OFSAA cross-country meet on Nov. 1 in London.

The DCVI Junior Girls Basketball Team took down Goderich in their playoff quarter-final matchup, scoring a strong 35-20 win on Oct. 29.

“A wise man, before commencing to build a house, will sit down and count the cost. If his means are limited, he will attempt no ambitious imitation of a particular style.

Even though the Thorndale Agricultural Society’s main event is the Thorndale Fall Fair in September, the society is also engaged in other community events throughout the whole year.

A decision earlier this year by Mayor Al Strathdee not to use his provincially legislated Strong Mayor Powers to table his official draft 2026 budget for the Town of St. Marys.

The streets of downtown St. Marys were flooded with trick-or-treaters dressed in their costume, just six days before Halloween.

During St. Marys council’s first 2026 budget meeting on Oct. 21, councillors approved the first phase of a plan that will see further beautification of the town’s downtown streetscape beginning next year.

The Alzheimer Society Huron Perth is inviting the community to gather online for its annual Fall Dementia Education Night on Wed. Nov. 12 at 7 p.m.

Nosy & the Penguins in No Sense Ville is a new children’s chapter book recommended for kids aged six to 10 and published by local author and wedding officiant Jackie Cousins.

When Kaylee McEvoy and kids Paislee and Jett were at church on Sunday, they noticed people leaving with shoebox-size boxes.

An annual holiday tradition that serves to foster community connection over a free, roast-beef dinner is returning to the Pyramid Recreation Centre (PRC) on Dec. 7.

Town employees John Hahn and Jed Kelly were the masterminds and worked with Forman Electric to get the Blue Jays sign put up on the town hall. Go Blue Jays!!

For the first time ever, United Way Perth-Huron will be participating in a tasty fundraiser that’s sure to please burger enthusiasts.

The Amnesty International St.Marys London Stratford Area Group invites you to a special screening of YINTAH, a compelling documentary that takes us deep into the land the Wet’suwet’en call “Yin’tah” – a territory in northern B.C. they have governed under their own laws and customs for generations.

The St. Marys DCVI Junior Girls Basketball team won three games in a row with the playoffs right around the corner, and in doing so, secured third place in the Huron-Perth standings.

Although it wasn’t pretty, the St. Marys DCVI Senior Boys Volleyball team found a way to pick up a pair of victories over Central Huron and South Huron on Oct. 23, cementing their place in the top four of the Huron-Perth standings.

On Oct. 24, with the St. Marys Lincolns wearing special pink jerseys as part of their annual Pink in the Rink night in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Owen Kalp, who has a very personal connection to the affliction through his mother, was the star of the show.

They may not have started perfectly, but the St. Marys DCVI Junior Boys Volleyball team roared back to win the second and third sets of their match against South Huron on Oct. 23.