Year: 2025

By John Humphrey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lakeshore News Reporter The season-ending Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) play-off series loss to the arch-rival Essex 73s in no way overshadows what was another successful regular season […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press Essex Council will send a letter to the Crime Prevention and Community Support Bureau of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), noting it has heard issues […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press After hearing a presentation from Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island (TWEPI) – the region’s tourism collaborative committed to enhancing the region’s economy and quality of […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press Essex Council gave two readings to the revised edition of the Town’s Delegation of Authority By-Law at the May 5 meeting. The updated By-Law was […]

By Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press Essex CAO Doug Sweet grew-up in Essex, raised his family in Essex, and has been proud to work for the Town for 16 of the […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Chatham Voice The Municipality of Chatham-Kent has committed $50,000 towards fighting the expansion of the Dresden dump by York1. Council made the unanimous decision at its April 28 meeting, […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Chatham Voice Another step has been taken towards developing a supportive housing complex at the Meadow Park site in Chatham. At the April 28 meeting, council voted 12-5 […]

By Pam Wright, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Chatham Voice A zoning application by an Ontario numbered company that would pave the way for Dresden’s Park Street Place to become an apartment building has been deferred. […]