Posts Tagged ‘LambtonShield.com’

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Have a glorious and happy Thanksgiving everyone! From the LambtonShield.com team. Gobble, Gobble!

How Apple’s Steve Jobs (1955-2011) helps make LambtonShield.com ‘local’

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    By J.D. Booth Publisher, LambtonShield.com With the death this week of Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs, I began to think (after a few moments of introspection of course) how I might stick to our "local only" focus and still somehow acknowledge this great technology leader's passing. Then I began to think about how the [...]

Note from the Publisher: Death notices now online in LambtonShield.com

Since we went into the homes of 55,000 households (all of Sarnia and Lambton County) just a few weeks ago, several of our new visitors (we've more than tripled our traffic in that time) have asked me: "When are you going to start running death notices." We're starting an experiment today, with the objective being [...]

Curious about in the inner workings of LambtonShield.com?

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Publisher J.D. Booth will be speaking to the Sarnia Computer Users Group on Wednesday, Sept. 28 at the club's regular meeting. The presentation begins at 8 p.m. but all are welcome to attend the meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. at the Adult Learning Centre, 660 Oakdale Ave., Sarnia. Booth will show the technical aspects [...]

LambtonShield.com getting ready to ‘reach out’ to 55,000 homes

We admit it. One of the biggest challenges around the development of LambtonShield.com, Sarnia-Lambton's newest media outlet, has been creating awareness. Yes, we have more than 350,000 pageviews since we launched in November 2010. And virtually everyone who hears about our site loves it. But we want EVERYONE in our area to experience what it [...]

Three more break-ins reported to Sarnia Police

Three more break-ins were reported to Sarnia Police yesterday (July 18). Sometime during the night on July 16, 2011, unknown persons entered a business located in the 1800 block of London Line. Police say access was gained by breaking a wooden garage door panel. Once inside, the culprits removed goods valued at over $2,000. A [...]

Walpole Island police seize drugs after stopping ‘suspicious’ vehicle

On July 17, after responding to reports of a suspicious vehicle on Altiman Road and subsequently stopping and searching the vehicle, Walpole Island Police are said to have seized 69 Percocet pills, 60 Tylenol 3 pills and assorted drug paraphernalia. The incident, which occurred at about 9:15 p.m., resulted in the arrest of two women from [...]

OPP report a variety of break and enter incidents, remind residents to lock doors

Lambton OPP are urging area residents to remain vigilant and report any suspicious vehicles or persons in their neighbourhoods, this after several break and enter incidents that have occurred over the last week. The incidents include: A July 12 incident in which a residence in the 900 block of McCready Road in Dawn-Eupemia was ransacked [...]

OPP charge man with variety of traffic, weapons and possession of stolen property charges

Lambton OPP say they tried to stop a Chrysler vehicle on Plank Road Saturday morning in an incident that resulted in the arrest of a 29-year-old Sarnia man. Police say the driver is being charged with Flight from Police, Dangerous Driving, Driving While Under Suspension, Fail to Stop for a Red Light, Unauthorized Possession of [...]

St. Clair Township Heritage Corner: The Hargrove General Store

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The Hargrove General Store was built by J. C. Clark in the 1850s, and during over 130 years of operation, it changed hands many times. Mr. Clark ran it as a general store for a number of years before he moved to Sarnia, at which time it was taken over by Duncan Gamble. In the [...]