Gala for Gaza Success!

“That’s the most fun I have ever had for ten bucks!” totes one Gala for Gaza supporter after enjoying the fashion show fundraiser put on by the New Hamburg Thrift Centre on March 24. Volunteers and staff sported thrift store fashions and took to the catwalk with over 200 spectators in attendance. Following the show, [...]

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Send us your Earth Hour photos

Did you take a photo of a lights-out activity, party, event during Earth Hour?
Send your photo to editor@newhamburgindependent.ca after you upload it to flickr and we’ll post it here.

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Parsonage identified

This photograph of an unidentified Methodist Church parsonage appeared in the New Hamburg Independent’s Heritage Edition last month. Donna Harrison submitted the photograph, complete with a hand-written description from a Mrs. Adam Knox, a school teacher from New Hamburg. Dated 1904 and labeled “parsonage” by Mrs. Knox, the only idea Harrison had about the photograph [...]

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The cash flooded in

Waterloo-Oxford raised cash last week for the New Hamburg Flood Relief Fund. Students gathered $736 in the Stop the Bop campaign. A song was played at every opportunity over the PA system until students donated enough money to turn it off. Scott Malloch, Ashley Baer, Katie Gingerich, Alys Mak-Pilsworth and Aislinn Michie are members of [...]

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March Break in Wilmot

There were a variety of March Break activities around the township last week. Students took in a magic show at the Baden Library on Tuesday afternoon, often getting involved in the act themselves. The Grand River Conservation Authority visited the New Dundee Public Library on Thursday, giving the children, like five-year-old Abigail Lyons, a chance [...]

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MS fundraiser will take local girls across Lake Ontario this summer

Tim Murphy
Independent staff
Two Wilmot girls will be swimming across Lake Ontario this August in support of Multiple Sclerosis.
Jaime Doucet and Sarah Sine will plunge into the water in an attempt to raise cash and awareness for a condition that has touched both their lives.
The crossing has been named Making Waves for MS, and will take [...]

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Grandview earns environmental award

Sarah Kinch and Bryan Peralta are just two of the many Grandview Public School students involved in environmental projects.
Tim Murphy, Independent staff
Grandview Public School has won an award for their environmental efforts.
The school was one of four in the region to win the Tim Walker Memorial Award.
The school will receive a $500 prize, which will [...]

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W-O students learn landscaping Skills

Chuck Kuepfer Photos
Braden Horst (left) and Nicolas Nabrotzky of Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School work on building a patio at the Landscape Gardening Technological Skills Competition in Elmira, on March 10. Local high-school students participated in the event, sponsored by Landscape Ontario and hosted by Elmira Farm Service.

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Brainy science fair project

Callum Clark took first place in the Forest Glen science fair recently. The Grade 8 girl took top honours for her study of whether left or right brained students are more prone to academic success. Her conclusion is that ambidextrous people did better in school.
Tim Murphy, Independent staff

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