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Jul 17, 13 •
1271 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • 1 Comment
The municipality is looking for ideas to build a new monument in honour of Chief Tecumseh, the War of 1812 hero that fell in battle in what is now Chatham-Kent. Tecumseh, a Shawnee warrior and First Nations leader, formed a native confederacy and allied with...
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Jul 17, 13 •
332 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Jim Blake • No Comments
July 17, 2012, was one of the saddest days of Ann Skelton’s life as her brother Larry McGee passed away at the age of 59. One year later, Ann helped get through the day by honoring Larry’s memory, and that of their father Russ who died 10 years ago,...
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Jul 17, 13 •
883 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Aaron Hall • 1 Comment
Some local divers beat the heat on Saturday, with the help of a few American friends. Red Devil Scuba gathered in Port Lambton, along the shores of the St. Clair River. Joining the local club for the venture was a group of divers from Michigan. Gary Smith,...
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Jul 17, 13 •
886 Views • Feature Story, Local Sports • Mike Bennett • 5 Comments
When the Dudleys get together to watch the movie 42 later this month, they will see a piece of their family history come to life. The movie depicting Jackie Robinson’s life was a box-office hit earlier this year, illustrating the obstacles and racial...
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Jul 17, 13 •
1419 Views • Business, Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • 9 Comments
While Halloween takes place at the end of October, many Chatham-Kent residents got a bit of a fright to start July. Their tax bills arrived in the mail. Chatham-Kent council lauded itself for holding the tax increase to 3.2%, but reality set in with the...
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Jul 17, 13 •
858 Views • Feature Story, Local News • April Colby • 2 Comments
Although a Rottweiler attack tore her apart physically, it hasn’t destroyed the spirit of a Chatham couple’s Toy Pomeranian. Cinta, who was savaged July 6 in an attack at a Clair Street plaza parking lot, had the tube draining her wounds removed...
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Jul 16, 13 •
556 Views • Arts, Feature Story • Bruce Corcoran • 1 Comment
Want to showcase your handmade work at the second-annual Art in the Garden in Blenheim? Get in line. Ann Kirkham, spokesperson for the event, said there are already about 50 vendors signed up for the July 20 event, and more waiting in the wings. “We have 50...
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Jul 16, 13 •
858 Views • Feature Story, Life • Aaron Hall • 3 Comments
A wealth of Canadian railroad history is located directly beside the tracks it once travelled in Chatham. The Chatham Railroad Museum is housed inside of a retired 1955 Canadian National baggage car. The car ran on the Montreal-Toronto-WIndsor corridor until...
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Jul 16, 13 •
454 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Blair Andrews • No Comments
While the wet weather has idled sports fields, there’s a flurry of activity behind the scenes as organizers work to make up for lost time. “Schedule, schedule, schedule,” is how Bob Weedon, president of the Maple City Slo Pitch League described the...
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Jul 16, 13 •
499 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
Just because mosquitoes rose from the ground like a zombie apocalypse following all the rain we’ve had doesn’t mean it will be a bad year for West Nile virus. Michael Hatten, a public health inspector with Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit, said one...
