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Mary Beth Corcoran is a Chatham native, born and raised. She studied Journalism at Humber College in Toronto and landed her first job in Lindsay as general reporter and dark room tech at Lindsay This Week. After eight years, she made the move to politics, joining the staff of then Victoria-Haliburton-Brock MPP Chris Hodgson as constituency assistant, and then press secretary at the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.
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Jul 23, 19 •
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Despite the heat and predicted storms, the Blenheim CherryFest had line ups for the rides and sold-out food vendors. Organizer JP Huggins said although the number of people visiting CherryFest wasn’t record setting, it was still a big success for those who...
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Jul 17, 19 •
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Canadian roots music singer Robin Banks is coming back to Chatham July 27, bringing her friend Zoom and their authentic and electric blues sound to the KBD Club. Banks grew up in the Chatham area on a tobacco farm and drove a taxi in Toronto in the 1980s to...
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Jul 17, 19 •
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This week, The Chatham Voice is celebrating all things Chatham-Kent. As you read through our pages, we look back at the last year of festivals, special events, business announcements and expansions, cultural celebrations and more, and look forward to more...
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Jul 16, 19 •
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Merlin Legion Branch 465 held its eighth Annual Classic Car, Motorcycle and Antique Tractor Show and Town Wide Yard Sale Saturday. The hot and sunny weather saw lots of people flocking to the area, visiting the Merlin Friendship Centre, checking out the...
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Jul 10, 19 •
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Amalgamation may still be dirty word in Chatham-Kent, even after 20 years, but the federal government thinks the municipality has something to offer to others going through the process. As one of the two municipalities chosen by the Federation of Canadian...
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Jul 10, 19 •
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After more than three decades of working five days a week at Outreach for Hunger in Chatham, long-time volunteer Don McGregor is handing in his key. McGregor was given an official goodbye at a special luncheon recently by OFH staff and fellow volunteers, with...
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Jul 9, 19 •
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Chatham-Kent was one of two Ontario municipalities chosen to host a delegation of mayors from the Ukraine, in Canada for the third Ukraine Reform Conference in Toronto July 2-4. In Chatham July 4 as part of a decentralization study tour organized by the...
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Jul 3, 19 •
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Everyone deals with stress in their life, and many are no stranger to tragedy and trauma in some capacity. When we need help to deal with those issues, whether it is post-partum depression for new moms, coping with the death of a loved one, or anxiety and...
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Jul 3, 19 •
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First responders that come to our aid in our most tragic of circumstances do their job and do it well, but for them, that isn’t the end of it. Many of the police, fire, ambulance and other personnel that deal with trauma, in some shape or form every day,...
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Jul 3, 19 •
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Bert Vanderheide is ecstatic after receiving his cheque for $149,180 from the Foundation of the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance, winnings from the foundation’s 50/50 draw.History was made in Chatham-Kent for the largest ever take home from a 50/50 draw, thanks...
