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Sep 2, 14 •
180 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
Chatham-Kent police are looking for a boat thief. Police say sometime late Saturday night or early Sunday morning someone made off with a green 16-foot aluminum boat from a dock behind a home on Nelson Street in Wallaceburg. The boat had a 9.9 HP black...
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Sep 2, 14 •
208 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
A weekend robbery ended with an arrest Monday night. Chatham-Kent police say on Aug. 30 a man attended an Edgar Street residence and stole cash from another man’s wallet. According to police, the victim attempted to stop the man, but was bitten and received...
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Sep 2, 14 •
1324 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
Police across southwestern Ontario encourage drivers to get into back-to-school mode. That means watching out for kids and school buses, being more patient behind the wheel and not passing buses when their lights are flashing. According to the OPP, the...
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Sep 1, 14 •
305 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
How do some people in Chatham-Kent celebrate the Labour Day weekend? By breaking into homes, driving fast, stealing vehicles and lighting fires, apparently. Just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, an officer was about to stop to deal with what he perceived was a...
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Aug 31, 14 •
893 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
Trevor Legary, Danny Wright and Tyler Hatton wrote the script for David versus Goliath, with Chatham playing David and ALS acting as Goliath Sunday. The little guy may not have defeated the giant, but he did help fuel the battle against the cruel antagonist....
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Aug 29, 14 •
560 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • No Comments
Chatham-Kent Firefighter James Labombard shows Enbridge Green Energy staffers, from left, John Bridges, site supervisor for the Talbot Wind Farm, and Ian MacRobbie, general manager, how a thermal imaging camera can detect heat sources. Enbridge donated...
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Aug 29, 14 •
276 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
For regular users of the Prairie Siding Bridge, you will have to make alternate plans Sept. 8. The municipality will be shutting the bridge from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. that Monday for planned bridge maintenance. The nearest bridge over the Thames River is on Keil...
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Aug 29, 14 •
451 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
Police say they nabbed a woman yesterday who was toting goods stolen from two different stores. At about 12:30 p.m., Chatham-Kent police say they received a call from a St. Clair Street store where an employee tried to stop a suspected shoplifter, and was...
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Aug 29, 14 •
652 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • 1 Comment
Steve Brent, come on down! You’re the latest contestant on the race for mayor! Brent, of Wallaceburg, today became the sixth person to file nomination papers to run for mayor in Chatham-Kent in this fall’s municipal election. He joins Jeff Bultje,...
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Aug 29, 14 •
338 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
Lynn O’Brien today became the 19th person to file her nomination papers to run for a Chatham council seat. O’Brien joins a crowded field seeking to fill the six Chatham, Ward 6, seats on council. Also running are incumbents Michael Bondy, Bob Myers, Derek...
