Year: 2025

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press Members of Essex County Council received a Development Charges (DC) report as information during the April 2 meeting, which provided a study-draft data table and […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press Council for the Town of Essex hosted a special meeting on Monday evening, outlining billing models and the process the Town would need to take […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Chatham Voice A program designed to help women in distress is taking shape in Chatham-Kent. Dubbed “Ask for Angela” – in honour of a British woman who died […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press In 2024, Firefighters from Essex Fire & Rescue Services responded to 348 calls, of which 27 were fires. In preparation to safely and properly respond […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Children’s author Jane Blondie fondly remembers Grade 6 at McNaughton Avenue Public School in Chatham. That’s the year teacher Don Allison inspired her love of creative writing. “I […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Due to the end of a major funding grant, R.O.C.K. (Reach Out Chatham-Kent) Missions is changing the way it operates. This news comes the same week a large […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative At an upcoming regular meeting, Kingsville Deputy Mayor Kim DeYong will ask fellow Councillors to consider establishing a relationship with ENWIN Group of Companies, after learning the Town of […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Chatham teens are getting a hand up thanks to a new municipal pilot project. The initiative will freeze rent at the W.I.S.H. Centre for a five-year period to […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter When it comes to the Canada-U.S. trade war, Ryan Donally says Ontario’s southwest region is on the front lines. And according to the Windsor-Essex Chamber of Commerce president […]

By Sam Leishman, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lethbridge Herald The family of a Lethbridge man is running out of options to lay him to rest more than two years after his death. Peter Teny Both […]