Alexandria

Gilles Quesnel, the Alexandria man reported missing yesterday, has been located alive and well, reports the Stormont-Dundas-Glengarry Ontario Provincial Police detachment.

Three men have been charged following a huge drug and illegal tobacco seizure in Glen Robertson and Alexandria.
Laurier Théoret, 70, from Alexandria, Jason Willard, 45, and Joseph Duchesneau, 66, both from Glen Robertson, were arrested after police intercepted a delivery of illegal tobacco in Alexandria and executed a search warrant in Glen Robertson September 4.
Police seized 100,000 cigarettes, 199 cannabis plants, a Springfield .22 calibre semi-automatic rifle, a 2012 grey Dodge Caravan and cannabis production equipment.

Political Campain offices open, Back to school: class sizes and cell phone ban, ploughing match - a success. 

Our June 5 edition includes a story about Grade 7-8 track and field athletes from le Relais. Here's some additional content, from the school's Facebook page.

Bravo à tous les jeunes qui ont participé à la compétition d’athlétisme de mardi 28 mai au Centre Terry Fox d’Ottawa! Malgré une journée pluvieuse et froide, les jeunes ont su se dépasser et démontrer beaucoup de caractère!

Félicitations à Mathieu Sauvé qui a été l’athlète par excellence des garçons 8e année!

Bravo aux
-garçons 8e qui ont terminé 1er en équipe
-garçons 7e qui ont terminé 2e
-aux filles de 7et 8 qui ont terminé au 4e rang!
Il y avait les 7 écoles intermédiaires du CSDCEO qui ont participé.

Both high schools in Alexandria captured EOSSAA 'A' soccer titles today in Kingston. Glengarry DHS' senior boys won, as did le Relais' senior girls. 

Unfortunately, the events concluded after The News had gone to press this week. Brief stories are posted to Sports in the Glens, and we will have full coverage in the newspaper next week.

Last Sunday saw the Glengarry Gaels tyke football team improve to 3-0 in the season, with a narrow 45-43 win over a team from Cornwall. Connor Hamelin accounted for the entirety of Glengarry's scoring.

The bantam Gaels were humbled 33-0 by the Wildcats, dropping Glengarry's record to 1-1-1.

Meanwhile, the mosquitoes won, going to 3-0 in the spring campaign. For details, check out the May 29 issue of The Glengarry News. A photo gallery is available here.

All three Glengarry Gaels minor football teams will be on the gridiron today, at Alexandria's GDHS. 

Seen here are members of the bantam team, captured in action last week. Thanks to Pam Jackman for the photo.

The senior and junior boys soccer teams at Glengarry District High School scored respective victories this morning over Char-Lan and Tagwi to advance to this afternoon's SD&G championships matches. The senior final is scheduled for a 3 p.m. start, with the junior final at 4:30 p.m.

On the girls side, GDHS' varsity squad blanked Char-Lan, in Cornwall, to advance to the senior 'A' final versus host and top seed la Citadelle.

The junior girls final will feature Tagwi versus the winner of the semifinal currently underway.

Note: for junior boys and junior girls, the finalists will all advance to EOSSAA, regardless of the outcome of the games, as there are extra berths available to SDGAA. In the senior divisions, only winners will move on.

The Glengarry Gaels tyke football team kicked off the 2019 spring tackle season last Sunday in Alexandria, and we have the story in this week's edition of The Glengarry News. An image gallery can be viewed online here.

After a contractor unknowingly severed an intake line May 2, the Alexandria water plant had returned to normal operations 48 hours later.

The repair job involved a diver, municipal employees, and several contractors.

At around 9 a.m. May 2, the raw water intake pipe at Island Park was ruptured when a contractor sliced through a 14-inch pipe that brings water from Mill Pond to the treatment plant.

At no point was water quality compromised, the township stresses.

The water flow was lost to the plant, but thanks to improved storage conditions, and operational adjustments, service was not affected.