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Aug 22, 14 •
394 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
The eastbound lanes of Highway 401 remain closed this morning after a tractor-trailer rolled and the cab caught fire just before 8 a.m. Chatham-Kent OPP said paramedics took the driver to hospital to be treated for what appeared to be minor injuries. The...
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Aug 21, 14 •
279 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
The fundraising goals for the 2014 United Way campaign will be announced in a whistle-stop manner Sept. 11. Campaign co-chairs Dean and Margery Muharrem will tour several Chatham-Kent communities throughout the day to deliver the campaign goals for respective...
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Aug 21, 14 •
240 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
A day after police arrested a man in connection with a drug raid in Wallaceburg, they say they picked him up again. Chatham-Kent police busted the man and four others in connection with the Tuesday drug raid and charged him with possession of methamphetamine....
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Aug 21, 14 •
545 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • 2 Comments
Speeding down secondary roadways continues to be a problem in Chatham. Residents on Woods Street are tired of all the speeding and burnouts taking place on their street. Mary Galloway said it is at times like a racetrack out there. “They’ve been flying up...
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Aug 20, 14 •
295 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
Rudy Towes is the latest person to announce his intention to run for council. Towes joins incumbent Bryon Fluker, and Holly Sullivan and Mark Authier as the people who have filed their nominations to run in West Kent, Ward 1. The municipal election is Oct. ...
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Aug 20, 14 •
2879 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • 5 Comments
Rob Reeve of Southwest Safety Surfacing levels off a layer of Rubaroc, a compound made of recycled rubber, on a walkway leading up to where new outdoor fitness equipment is going in at Kingston Park. The equipment should be open to the public later this week....
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Aug 20, 14 •
422 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • 1 Comment
Chatham-Kent police nabbed two shoplifters and are looking for a third after a couple of incidents in Chatham Tuesday. About 1:30 p.m., officers responded to Sobeys over a theft complaint. Police say a man entered the store and put about $300 in razors and...
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Aug 20, 14 •
498 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
A drug raid in Wallaceburg Tuesday resulted in five arrests. Chatham-Kent police say members of the intelligence unit, as well as the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT), raided a home on Wallace Street, seizing methamphetamine, digital scales, packing...
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Aug 19, 14 •
230 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Chatham Voice • No Comments
Next! Art Stirling is the latest person to file to run for council. Stirling, a veteran South Kent councillor, filed Tuesday to seek re-election to represent Ward 2. Stirling joins fellow incumbents Karen Herman and Frank Vercouteren, plus hopefuls Clare...
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Aug 19, 14 •
1829 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Jim Blake • 3 Comments
Jack Adamson has been a member of the Baldoon Golf Club for 55 years and he’s been in charge of the senior men’s league for the past 24. All of that may end this fall with the planned closure of the Wallaceburg-area course. “It’s a damned shame, but I...
