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Apr 24, 19 •
0 Views • Business, Feature Story • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
A local company will be showing about 150 area high school students from Grade 11 and 12 the ropes of the construction trade at a special Construction Day on May 2 in Chatham. Organizer of the event, Rebecka Heyink, Operations Manager at Henry Heyink...
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Apr 23, 19 •
0 Views • Business, Feature Story • Sarah Schofield • No Comments
The Easter Bunny made a surprise appearance this past weekend at Chatham’s Valet Car Wash as manager Patty Willet waved to customers on Sunday...
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Apr 16, 19 •
0 Views • Business, Feature Story • Chatham Voice • 1 Comment
Goodwill Industries has played an essential role in providing jobs, skills development and economic prosperity for people who face challenges to finding employment such as poverty, disability, skills deficits and other disadvantaging conditions. In 2018...
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Apr 16, 19 •
0 Views • Business, Feature Story • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
The Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 130th Business Excellence Awards on April 18, with award winners humbled to be recognized. Brenda LeClair, longtime head of Outreach for Hunger, was named Citizen of the Year. She said she was honoured just...
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Apr 9, 19 •
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Residential sales activity through the Chatham-Kent Association of Realtors for March rebounded after a quiet February. In all, 100 units changed hands locally last month. This was a decrease of 13 per cent (15 sales) from a very strong March in 2018. In...
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Apr 8, 19 •
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Chatham-Kent business, Curative Cannabis, in partnership with Economic Development, Chatham-Kent Workforce Planning Board, Goodwill Career Centre, and Employment and Social Services, is hosting a job fair on April 10. It is taking place from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m....
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Mar 20, 19 •
0 Views • Business, Feature Story • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
With no two rooms alike, Chatham’s Retro Suites Hotel continues to draw accolades, including a seventh straight award from TripAdvisor.com. The website handed Retro Suites its seventh Certificate of Excellence award, this one for 2018, and that placed the...
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Mar 19, 19 •
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The Chatham-Kent Chamber of Commerce has named its recipients for the 130th annual Business Excellence Awards. Brenda Leclair of Outreach for Hunger wins Citizen of the Year. Community Living Chatham-Kent is named Corporate Citizen of the Year. Small Business...
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Mar 12, 19 •
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Home sales in Chatham-Kent numbered 67 units in February, down nearly 11 per cent from the same time a year ago. On a year-to-date basis, home sales totalled 139 units over the first two months of the year, an increase of 13.9 per cent from the same period in...
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Mar 12, 19 •
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Local promotions company 519 Events and Promotions has received a grant from the Chatham-Kent Small Business Centre. The local firm completed the Starter Company Plus program and is receiving a grant for $3,500. Having just celebrated their first year in...
