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Windsor In Pictures: April 14, 2014
A vehicle involved in a 3 car collision is shown Monday, April 14, 2014. The accident occurred at the intersection of Huron Church and Dorchester at approximately 4:00 p.m. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor...
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Essex Memorial Arena could still be useful to local sports teams
Football and soccer athletes in Essex are awaiting an engineering review of the condition of Essex Memorial Arena before submitting a business proposal to lease the city-owned facility. The Essex...
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Beware boating dangers of early spring
After the protracted, punishing winter Windsor and Essex County have endured, the lure of the water on a warm day may be hard to resist for boaters. But as two teens experienced on Sunday on Lake St....
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Two farmers inducted into Essex County Agricultural Hall of Fame
Two farmers, Walter Hyland and Bill Olson, were inducted into the Essex County Agricultural Hall of Fame in Harrow last week. Olson, a Lakeshore farmer in the Ruscom area, was the president of the...
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Be a hero, be an organ donor, says Windsor man
Thirty-five years ago, an unknown grieving family became heroes to Dennis Segatto. He got a life-saving kidney, and because of that, got the chance to meet his wife Niva two years later and together...
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Video: The Grey Cup Visits
More than 600 students and staff from St. William Catholic Elementary school get a rare glimps of the Canadian Football League’s Grey Cup on April 15, 2014. The Grey Cup arrived at the school Tuesday...
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Amherstburg police look for hit-and-run driver
Amherstburg police are looking for the hit-and-run pickup driver who side-swiped a car before speeding away. The collision occurred Friday around 4:15 p.m. at the intersection of Howard Avenue and Alma...
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Amherstburg council weighs options in cutting the budget
AMHERSTBURG – Council cut tree planting, reduced operating hours at the Libro Centre and closed the yard waste depot as part of its budget deliberation on Tuesday. Council has not yet adopted its...
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Leamington blaze causes $250K damage
Fire crews responded to a house fire in rural Leamington early Wednesday morning. Leamington firefighters were called to the 900 block of Mersea Road 8 around 12:30 a.m. Crews arrived on scene and...
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Amherstburg man avoids jail in fatal snowmobiling accident (With video)
The anguished pleas of Corey Meloche’s parents asking Justice Thomas Carey not to incarcerate their daughter’s longtime friend Trevor Skeates for his role in her death in a snowmobiling accident in...
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Blood donors needed this Easter
Canadian Blood Services is reminding people that the need for blood doesn’t take a holiday. Since blood donations usually decrease at holiday times, people are being asked to consider donating blood...
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Windsor In Pictures, April 17, 2014
The Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county April 17, 2014. Check out the gallery. Julie Roy, manager with Schlegel Villages was on hand at Fogolar Furlan Club for a hiring fair...
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Easter Egg-Stravaganza
Photos from the annual Good Friday Easter Egg-Stravaganza at Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens Friday April 18, 2014. All proceeds from the event benefit Relay for Life team Divas and Dude’s For a Cure....
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Leamington has net zero tax increase
LEAMINGTON – Council approved a budget Tuesday that has no net property tax increase for urban dwellers and a tax decrease for rural residents. Leamington council achieved this, in part, by not filling...
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Amherstburg woman wins $100,000 on five-dollar scratch ticket
Joanne Moscatello must be glad she decided to buy a $5 scratch ticket at the Downtown Espresso Cafe in Amherstburg. A Money Multiplier game. The Amherstburg resident is now $100,000 richer, thanks to...
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Thieves steal $42,000 worth of tires and rims from Amherstburg dealership
Police are asking for the public’s help after almost $42,000 worth of tires and rims were stolen right off of vehicles at the Racicot Chrysler lot in Amherstburg. Dodge RAM 1500 rim #1UB20DD5AA The...
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Arts and crafts meets work in labour-themed quilt
Art meets craft meets work in this year’s MayWorks quilt. The 14-foot long quilt made with the help of local quilters shows 100 years of Windsor and Essex County’s labour history in a unique way. “We...
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Windsor In Pictures, Friday, April 25, 2014
The Windsor Star’s award-winning photographers covered the city and county on Friday, April 25, 2014. Check out the gallery. Maranda Klapowich and Amanda Horton (left to right) attend the Big Night...
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UPDATED: Fatal motorcycle accident near Leamington
A 39-year-old man is dead after he crashed his motorcycle near Leamington early Sunday morning. OPP Const. Joe Meloche said the single-vehicle accident occurred shortly before 2 a.m. on Fox Run Road...
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Some elected officials unaware of how much they earn
County Warden and Lakeshore Mayor Tom Bain is the highest-paid county elected official and hardly seemed aware of it. He took home $118,777 in 2013, four per cent more than the previous year. Retired,...
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