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By: Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press   Members of the Essex County OPP Detachment-North Board – which oversees Essex, Lakeshore, and Tecumseh – have responded to Superintendent Mark Loucas’s request to […]

By: Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press   Superintendent Mark Loucas told Essex County OPP Detachment-North Board members – which oversees Essex, Lakeshore, and Tecumseh – he has received some heat regarding […]

By: Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press   When the Town of Essex announced it was selling E.L.K. Energy Inc., and its subsidy company E.L.K. Solutions, to ENWIN Utilities – whose parent […]

By: Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press   The Town of Essex’s grant application to expand the Harrow Raw Sewage Pumping Station has been denied.   Members of Essex Council received correspondence […]

By: Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press   What is known as the “Old Mill,” located at 44 Sinasac Street West in Harrow, will not be added as a listed property to […]

By: Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press   Representatives of Kennedy Funeral Home and Iler Lodge Extendicare LTC and Retirement Home separately approached Essex Council about their individual parking needs at the […]

By: Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press   After speaking to the matter for nearly an hour, Essex Council followed staff’s recommendation to provisionally adopt an ENWIN Utilities Ltd. Board and Advisory […]

By: Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press   Essex Council awarded the Request for Tender – Supply and Deliver One Single Axle Stock Custom Cab Pumper/Rescue 2025 (or newer) in the amount […]

By: Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press   After a six-and-a-half-hour budget meeting last Wednesday, members of Essex County Council approved the 2026 Budget with a 2.25%, or $5.1M, increase. That equates […]

By: Sylene Argent, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Essex Free Press   When members of Essex Council participated in the 2026 Budget Walkthrough meeting two-weeks ago, staff presented an average tax increase of 4.92% through the […]