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Nov 14, 18 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
When you know better, you do better. That saying is so appropriate for so many things, including the new council taking charge of the municipality in December. With a municipal election based on the idea of change, doing better for the taxpayers, and more...
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Jan 12, 16 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Bruce Corcoran • 1 Comment
Last year’s flatlined municipal budget put the 2016 budget behind the 8-ball to the tune of more than $1 million. The deferring of costs to this year means an additional 0.81% of pressure in terms of keeping taxes in check. Municipal administration...
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Jul 27, 15 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Jim Blake • No Comments
Policing has changed a lot since Jeff Littlewood joined the Chatham City Police in 1984, but at its core, it remains the same. “We’re here to help people,” he said last week after being named Deputy Chief of the Chatham-Kent Police Service. “We have...
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Jun 10, 15 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Jim Blake • No Comments
A municipal e-mail policy – which quietly reroutes correspondence between elected officials and constituents to include administration – has some members of Chatham-Kent council fuming. Chatham Coun. Doug Sulman said Monday he would try to get the policy,...
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Jul 17, 13 •
547 Views • Viewpoint • Jim Blake • 2 Comments
The head-on approach regarding the Capitol Theatre issue could be the best thing to happen to Chatham-Kent municipal government in some time. The ongoing questions, (this time surrounding the sale of the Annex and the $1.3-million municipal grant to St. Clair...
