At its regular council meeting on Nov. 4, South West Oxford Township (SWOX) council voted to proceed with a construction management approach for its new municipal office, child care facility and library located west of Highway 19 on Mount Elgin Road. The new rough estimate, from design through to construction, is estimated to reach $13,966,212 plus HST.

At its regular council meeting on Oct. 7, South West Oxford Township (SWOX) council authorized the mayor and the CAO/deputy clerk to sign a lease agreement with the developer, 1000182281 Ontario Inc., for the Mount Elgin Community Centre Parkland that was swapped with the developer on Sept. 19 in exchange for parkland on the west side of Mount Elgin.

While most home owners have just put their Halloween decorations away, participants in the Tour of Homes have likely been up to their arm pits in Christmas decorations for some time to prepare for the Tour of Homes on Nov. 22.

Curious art and food seekers are invited to indulge in holiday festivities and support the community at the many Christmas craft markets and bazaars planned for Tillsonburg.

Given the name his parents picked, it’s only so much of a stretch he ended up in a stock car. “I didn’t have much of a choice,” said Tillsonburg’s Rayse Meyer about his moniker. “Can’t really complain about it either.”

Sea lamprey have been called the vampires of the Great Lakes.