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• Man accused of arson in Chatham fire receives bail again

  06-08-2026 17:52 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  A man accused of arson after a fire at a Chatham housing complex earlier this year received bail again, this time under GPS monitoring.David Anderson, 73, appeared in a Chatham court Wednesday by video from the Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre.He is charged with arson with disregard for human life in connection to a January fire at 99 McNaughton Ave. W. in Chatham that displaced some residents living in nearby units.Anderson, who previously was released on bail in late February to live in the c
  
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• Survey opens ahead of Chatham-Kent Museum move

  06-08-2026 17:27 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Chatham-Kent residents can have their say in shaping the Chatham-Kent Museum as it prepares to move to its new location. The municipality launched a survey for the museum, which will be part of the new Chatham-Kent Community Hub in downtown Chatham. “The Museum Exhibition and Interpretive Plan survey is an opportunity for residents to have their say on the Chatham-Kent stories, people, places and moments the museum should preserve and share, and on the types of experiences it will provide
  
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• Banknote fraud trial: Investors detail alluring pitch, big losses

  06-08-2026 15:29 via chathamdailynews.ca
  
  Good word-of-mouth and a compelling back story helped draw people into investing significant sums of money with a Chatham investment company, three investors testified on Wednesday.Three people who testified at a trial in Chatham for two men accused of defrauding investors of more than $11 million described hearing great things from family and friends about an “investment club” that purported to want to give local people a chance to make big returns.Michael Dziedzic and Justin Foss,
  
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