Open Streets cut back to five days this summer as council mulls event’s future Town to seek feedback from businesses, visitors and nearby residents by Rob Hornberger
March 28, 2023 KINGSVILLE — Kingsville council has voted to reduce the number of days set aside for Open Streets this year. Instead of the seven days proposed…
The Mettawas Restaurant Train Wreck: It’s big, messy and an award winner by Rob Hornberger
March 8, 2023 KINGSVILLE — The lowly sandwich has come a long way since the 4th Earl of Sandwich, hungry and not wanting to leave the gaming tables,…
Fraud artists exploit seniors’ isolation, generosity with ‘grandparent’ scam by Rob Hornberger
March 7, 2023 KINGSVILLE — As frauds go, it’s one of the “lowest of the low.” A person posing as a police officer or court official calls a…
Burglary spree suspect a ‘person of interest’ in local electronics store B&E by Rob Hornberger
December 21, 2022 KINGSVILLE — Ontario Provincial Police believe a Windsor man recently charged with a string of break-ins in Essex County may be connected to a break-in…
From Harrow church choir to pop sensation by Rob Hornberger
July 12, 2022 Big Town Boy was a big-time pop hit in the early 1960s and it was sung by Harrow small-town girl Shirley Matthews. Matthews had performed…
Kingsville Highland Games expected to draw large crowds after two-year COVID hiatus by Rob Hornberger
June 23, 2022 KINGSVILLE — The skirl of bagpipes returns to Lakeside Park this Saturday with the long-awaited return of the Kingsville Highland Games. As a result of…
Historian Michael Bliss wrote about Kingsville and how the town shaped his life by Rob Hornberger
June 16, 2022 It was 1955, a Sunday, and Kingsville doctor Quartus Bliss was playing scrabble with his 14-year-old son, Michael. His office doorbell rang. At the door…
Was Ricky Bobby right? Talladega Nights ponders the nature of God by Darrow Woods
December 9, 2022 Have you seen the movie Talladega Nights? It has a dinner scene in which the stock car driver Ricky Bobby, played by Will Ferrell, says…
On Remembrance Day, the story of an impromptu WW1 truce offers inspiration and hope by Darrow Woods
November 4, 2022 A friend visited last weekend bearing gifts, which is always nice. Even nicer when it’s beer. They brought a can of Storyteller Lager because they…
Effort to house Ukrainian refugees puts the Golden Rule into practice by Darrow Woods
July 13, 2022 I was honoured to be asked by the Essex Fun Fest planning committee to lead a non-denominational worship service at 8:30 am on Sunday, July…
KINGSVILLE — Kingsville council has voted to reduce the number of days set aside for Open Streets this year. Instead of the seven days proposed…
KINGSVILLE — The lowly sandwich has come a long way since the 4th Earl of Sandwich, hungry and not wanting to leave the gaming tables,…
KINGSVILLE — As frauds go, it’s one of the “lowest of the low.” A person posing as a police officer or court official calls a…
KINGSVILLE — Ontario Provincial Police believe a Windsor man recently charged with a string of break-ins in Essex County may be connected to a break-in…
Big Town Boy was a big-time pop hit in the early 1960s and it was sung by Harrow small-town girl Shirley Matthews. Matthews had performed…
KINGSVILLE — The skirl of bagpipes returns to Lakeside Park this Saturday with the long-awaited return of the Kingsville Highland Games. As a result of…
It was 1955, a Sunday, and Kingsville doctor Quartus Bliss was playing scrabble with his 14-year-old son, Michael. His office doorbell rang. At the door…
Have you seen the movie Talladega Nights? It has a dinner scene in which the stock car driver Ricky Bobby, played by Will Ferrell, says…
A friend visited last weekend bearing gifts, which is always nice. Even nicer when it’s beer. They brought a can of Storyteller Lager because they…
I was honoured to be asked by the Essex Fun Fest planning committee to lead a non-denominational worship service at 8:30 am on Sunday, July…
