Van destroyed by fire

Plattsville firefighters responded to a car fire on River Road on Monday afternoon.
A Chevrolet Venture minivan was found engulfed in flames. They quickly put the fire out.
No cause was readily determined as to how the fire started.
New Hamburg firefighters were originally called to the blaze as well, but it was determined to be a Plattsville [...]

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Crowd flocks to Baden Community Barbecue

The annual Baden Community Barbecue drew over 150 hungry residents to Sir Adam Beck Park last night for a meal of grilled pork chops, burgers, salads, corn and dessert. The Baden Chamber of Commerce event is supported by a number of local businesses including Egli’s Meat Market, Baden Coffee, Stop 2 Shop, One Way Water, [...]

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Waterloo Region Library hosts Digital Bookmobile in Stratford tomorrow

Region of Waterloo Library’s Download Library will host the Digital Bookmobile, an immersive download experience inside a 74-foot, high-tech tractor trailer, tomorrow at the Stratford Festival Marketplace Mall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Readers of all ages are invited to engage digital downloading through interactive demonstrations and experience Download Library’s audiobooks and video download [...]

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Keep your eyes on the sky this weekend

L-29 Delfin photo by Ernst Vikne
Eyes will be on the sky this weekend when the Waterloo-Wellington Flight Centre presents the Waterloo Aviation Expo and Air Show at the Waterloo Region International Airport in Breslau.
The event, which celebrates 100 years of aviation, features air-show performers including Julie Clark’s American Aerobatics, Mike Wiskus, in his super-charged [...]

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Construction on new Baden school to begin next week

The Waterloo Region District School Board will break ground Tuesday on Sir Adam Beck Public School in Baden.
A sod-turning ceremony scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at 1140 Snyder’s Road West, just east of Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School will mark the official start of construction on the new JK to Grade 6 school. Scheduled to open in [...]

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The Fix is On — Baden sidewalk repair in works following complaints

A Baden parent called the Independent this week to report the poor condition of the sidewalk on Snyder’s Road East, in front of the new residential development being built on the site of the old Baden school.
The sidewalk is broken, partially blocked by soil and covered with gravel in other parts. It appears heavy machinery [...]

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Friends to Cuba needs laptops for November trip

The local humanitarian aid group Friends To Cuba is returning to Cuba in November to continue the work they’ve been providing to communities there since 2001.
Led by Bob and Susan Beer, Friends to Cuba provides medical supplies, clothing, toys and other desperately needed items while assisting two churches, their pastors and their families, two schools [...]

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We love what you’ve done to the place…now cut it down!

The Independent received an e-mail today from Stratford financial adviser Franklin E. Hinz that provides a good example of how a lack of communication can have hilarious results.
Hinz received notice from the city’s Civic Beautification and Environmental Awareness Committee that his Ontario Street office has won the commercial beautification award in the Stratford in Bloom [...]

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Kids paint demo derby car at art camp

Maddy Struthers, Cambridge, and Alyssa Desimon, of Stoney Creek, were just two of the many children taking part in an art camp at Dundee Pottery and Stained Glass last Thursday. The annual arts camps, attended by 15 kids, had a special project last week. Armed with paint brushes, the group redecorated an old car which [...]

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Floor plans for Phase 2 Wilmot Aquatic Centre

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New Dundee Community Church service collects $800 for WFRC

Irvin Reist from the New Dundee Board of Trade presents an $800 cheque to executive director of the Wilmot Family Resource Centre Trisha Robinson last week. The money was collected during a New Dundee Community Church Service on Sunday, August 9. The annual service is held outdoors but was moved indoors this year due to [...]

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Moparfest 2009

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Cambridge man wins Optimist car

The New Hamburg Optimists held their annual car draw at Moparfest on Aug. 16 for a 1973 Dodge Charger and the winner was Mike Gilbert, of Cambridge. He wasn’t present for the draw but when contacted he was very excited. He said that this was the first thing he had ever won.
The draw was made [...]

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Magic and mayhem at the New Hamburg Library

Children’s entertainer and magician Owen Anderson was at the New Hamburg Library last Thursday, entertaining local youth. Children interacted in the magic show, including having the chance to spin plates during one performance.
Tim Murphy, Independent staff

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Making Waves for MS slideshow

Here is a slideshow of Jaime Doucet’s and Sarah Sine’s  Making Waves for MS charity swim across Lake Ontario. The video was created by Marta Doucet.

Visit Making Waves for MS to donate to the cause.

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