July 6, 2023

July 6th is the 187th day of the year. There are 178 days remaining until the end of the year.

Heavy rainfall over the weekend has led to some significant damage at the Civic Centre in Chatham.

According to municipal officials ceiling tiles, computers, office equipment, and furniture on the west side of the building were damaged beyond repair.

For the time being, residents are asked to conduct their municipal business by phone or online whenever possible.

Disaster restoration services are cleaning up and will be on site until the affected areas are suitable for operation.

We’ll learn a lot more about the Chatham-Kent Intercounty Baseball League this afternoon.

A public event is planned at Fergie Jenkins Field at 3:30 today to unveil the team’s name, colours, logo and uniform.

Lots more live music tonight in Chatham-Kent.

The Blenheim Summer Concert Series continues at Talbot Trail Place with Bob’s Yer Funkel taking the stage at 7 pm.

Hot dogs and pop are available starting at 5:30.

In Dresden, the Rotary Summer Concerts continues tonight at Rotary Park with The Celtic Hillbillies A BBQ starts at 6 pm and the music starts at 7 pm.

It’s movie night at the Capitol Theatre in Chatham.

Movies typically run on Tuesdays, except in July and August when they go on Thursdays.

Tonight’s film showing is Living and it starts at 7 p.m.

Its $5 to get in or you can flash your movie pass for entry.

Stellantis has reached an agreement with the province and the federal government on the construction of the electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor. 

Construction had been at a standstill for several months on the $5-billion battery plant as the company negotiated for increased government funding.

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution say construction of the plant would start back up immediately after they reached a binding financing deal with the governments of Canada and Ontario.

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This post was written by Allanah Wills