Calls for Paramedic Services in the Essex-Windsor region will be triaged and dispatched using a cutting-edge Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) beginning Sept. 16, the Essex-Windsor EMS announced last week. The new system is designed to ensure that paramedics are dispatched more efficiently, and more quickly, to the most urgent, life-threatening emergencies, the EMS service announced in a press release last week through the County of Essex. MPDS is a software-based sys

Monica Carruthers (left) and Kathy Whitley at a 3-in-1 desk at the recent outdoor vendors market at the historic Colchester Schoolhouse. “How can we make this unique.” That is the question that the president of Heritage Colchester, Martha Carruthers continues to ask when it comes to the restoration of one of the village’s gems, the Colchester Schoolhouse. Built in 1881 as S.S. #2, the historic brick building, nestled quaintly on a side street in the village continues to draw

Art by the River and host, the Gibson Gallery, would like to thank the major sponsors of Art By the River being held this weekend - August 29 and 30 - from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Fort Malden National Historic Site. Thank you to our sponsors including Amherstburg Chevrolet Buick GMC, Joe Meloche Ford, Everjonge Homes, Families First, TD Bank, Bank of Montreal’s Michael Mereszak and Royal Bank of Canada. Other sponsors to be thanked are the River Town Times, Amico, AM800 Bell M