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Windsor in Pictures: June 19, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. City of Windsor councillor Bill Marra announces he will be a candidate in Ward 8, during a...
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Children invited to farm safety day in July
The Essex County Farm Safety Association’s annual farm safety day will be held July 8 in Comber. Children ages five to 13 will see sessions on tractor safety, hand tool safety, fire safety, sun safety...
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‘Mr. Bus Driver’ retires after 50 years (With video)
The man known to Lakeshore children as “Chuck” or “Mr. Bus Driver” is finally handing in his keys after 50 years of driving kids to and from school. The 71-year-old school bus driver, Charlie St....
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Help us choose the ‘best’ golf holes in Windsor and Essex County
Calling all golfers! We are seeking your help in creating the Dream 18, a fantasy course comprised of the best golf holes in Windsor and Essex County. We’re looking for signature holes, the picturesque...
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Leamington teen accused of throwing knife at police officer
An 18-year-old female from Leamington is facing charges after she allegedly threw a knife at a police officer. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon in Kent County. Chatham-Kent police were...
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Windsor in Pictures: June 23, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Windsor firefighters survey the scene Monday at 2301 Tecumseh Rd. E., after a full-sized...
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Catholic school board trustees approve budget for 2014-15
Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board trustees approved a $246.1-million budget for the 2014-15 school year Monday. Despite anticipating a revenue drop of $5.4 million over last year’s budget,...
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Obituary: Negri helped put Essex County wine industry on the map
Carlo Negri came from Italy 34 years ago to become the region’s first commercial winemaker since Prohibition. He didn’t speak English. He didn’t even know Canada grew grapes. He became an award-winning...
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Windsor in Pictures: June 24, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. A sign is unveiled during the official opening of the new community garden at the Unemployed...
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Report shows high cost of poverty
Windsor’s proportion of low-income families living in very low-income neighbourhoods, where more than 40 per cent of people are living below the poverty line, is the worst in Canada at 33 per cent,...
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Belle River landlord charged with illegally entering apartments
A Belle River landlord is facing several charges including assault after allegedly going into people’s apartments without permission. Pierre Poisson, 77, is charged with two counts of unlawfully being...
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Windsor in Pictures: June 25, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. Allison Prieur delivers The United Way Cost of Poverty report at the Caboto Club in Windsor...
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Kingsville firefighters respond to house in flames
Kingsville’s fire department dealt with a dramatic house fire on Thursday night. The call came around 8 p.m. about a fire in progress at a residence on Queen Street between Mill and Elm. Smoke could be...
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Windsor in Pictures: June 26, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county yesterday. Check out the gallery. A Windsor Police officer is shown at a home in the 900 block of Reedmere Rd. in Windsor,...
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School’s out forever at St. Gregory Elementary in Tecumseh (with video)
The mood was bittersweet at St. Gregory Catholic Elementary School on Friday when classes ended not only for the summer, but forever. The Tecumseh school has been slated for permanent closure as a...
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Windsor Weekend in Pictures: June 28 – 29, 2014
The Windsor Star’s reporters and photographers covered the city and county this weekend. Check out the gallery. Steve Pike, a naturalist, searches for butterflies and dragonflies through a pair of...
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Area anglers charged for fishing violations
More than one in ten area anglers were not following provincial fishing regulations during the spring season. The Ministry of Natural Resources laid 122 charges and issued 91 warnings between March 20...
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$1.6 million in scholarship money offered to Queen of Peace Grade 8 class
Forty Grade 8 students at Leamington’s Queen of Peace Catholic Elementary School received a graduation gift that’ll last a lifetime. The students and their parents were called to a special meeting...
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Severe thunderstorm watch issued for region
Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Windsor, Leamington, Essex County, Chatham-Kent and Rondeau Park. The report said meteorologists are monitoring a system from the west that...
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Raceway dates confirmed at Leamington track
They’re at the post and they’re off! Harness horse racing is officially back at the gate of Leamington Raceway starting Sept. 7. A slate of 13 dates was announced at the raceway Monday as well as a...
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