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• Hydro One fund boosts Habitat for Humanity’s community garden project

  18-06-2026 19:38 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  A community garden project launched last year by Habitat for Humanity Chatham-Kent is developing deeper roots thanks to some funding from the Hydro One Ward Funding program.Six raised garden beds, along with soil and plants, have been added to a garden on the property of Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore at 55 Junction Rd. in Chatham. It was established through the Together CK grant program offered by the Municipality of Chatham-Kent.Director of partnerships and stakeholder relations Anne Ta
  
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• Sentencing delayed for man who pleaded guilty in Tilbury man’s murder

  18-06-2026 18:38 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  A sentencing hearing was delayed a second time for a man who pleaded guilty last year to second-degree murder in the death of a Tilbury man.David Trealout, 36, who was supposed to appear in-person in a Chatham court Thursday for a sentencing hearing regarding his role in the death of Henry Neudorf, appeared by video.Trealout was originally charged with first-degree murder in the death of Neudorf, 55, whose body was found near Pain Court on Jan. 12, 2024.A sentencing hearing for Trealout, who pl
  
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• Garage fire quickly doused

  18-06-2026 16:42 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Firefighters from Chatham Stations No. 1 and No. 2 put out a garage fire at 7631 Grande River Line around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.The garage, containing two vehicles, was engulfed in flames but was quickly contained, the fire department said.Damage is estimated at $250,000. Woman charged in domestic dispute A 32-year-old Chatham woman is charged with assault and forcible confinement in a dispute with a man at a Harvey Street residence in Chatham.Around 4 p.m. Wednesday, a man was pushed and prevent
  
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• Tool-and-die maker recognizes CKSS students' technical skills

  18-06-2026 15:44 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  A Wallaceburg tool-and-die company is doing its part to encourage high school students to look at skilled trades careers — and possibly find future employees.Three Chatham-Kent secondary school students have been recognized with an AarKel technical award for their proficiency in tech courses at the school, provided by AarKel Tool and Die Inc.Keith Fenton, 17, is the Grade 12 winner, Lilly Authier, 16, won the Grade 11 award and Carlisle Wilson, 16, is the Grade 10 winner.With about 35 per
  
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• SIU clears C-K cop after woman suffered spine injury during arrest

  18-06-2026 15:34 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Video footage played a significant role in clearing a Chatham-Kent police officer after a woman suffered a spinal injury during an arrest last summer, Ontario’s police watchdog says.Chatham-Kent police officers were called to an assault complaint near Keil Drive South and Richmond Street in Chatham on Aug. 24, 2025, and were trying to separate parties in a dispute, Special Investigations Unit director Joseph Martino said in a report.A woman, 38, whose son was involved in the dispute and w
  
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• Chatham-Kent police get OK to hire 10 new cadets

  18-06-2026 15:27 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Chatham-Kent police, already below full strength of 197 sworn officers and facing retirements, are in hiring mode.Chatham-Kent’s police board approved the hiring of 10 new cadets at it meeting Wednesday.Chief Kirk Earley, who currently oversees more than 180 officers, said the new cadets won’t be sworn officers immediately.Cadets typically start as civilian police employees before going to the Ontario Police College near Aylmer, he said. Only when they graduate will they be sworn in
  
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