Community Living Essex County (CLEC) celebrated $104,000 in Ontario Trillium Grant funding last Friday. From left: CLEC executive director Corey Dalgleish, OTF volunteer Tony Francis and CLEC board chair Chad Sutherland. A local developmental services (DS) agency is celebrating funding received under the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s (OTF) Resilient Communities fund. Community Living Essex County (CLEC) received $104,000 in OTF funding, with that being the focal point of an a

The 31st annual Jingle Bell Run, Walk and Wheel was held Nov. 9. Participants are pictured working their way back to the finish line in the snowy conditions that occurred that morning. Runners, walkers and those in wheelchairs braved snow showers and slushy conditions all to raise funds for an area developmental services agency. The 31 st  annual Jingle Bell Run, Walk & Wheel was held in snowy conditions Nov. 9 in Essex. Over 600 people signed up to participate in this year’s

The Shank, Grant and Anderson families were represented last Tuesday afternoon where they made a donation to the Amherstburg Food and Fellowship Mission. Each family had a Halloween display at their homes (CarnEvil, Slicer’s Roadkill Grill and The Shrine on Durango, respectively) and they combined to donate 820 cans and non-perishable food items and $365 to the mission. President Tim McAllister expressed the mission’s gratitude for the donations. Scaring up donations