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Publishing date: Apr 30, 2021 • April 30, 2021 • 1 minute read • A group of demonstrators are shown in front of the Family Kitchen restaurant in Leamington, Ontario on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. The restaurant defied provincial orders and opened for business. The group held a demonstration to support the business owner and protest against lockdown orders. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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I was initially thinking of writing in support of the Family Kitchen Restaurant in Leamington.
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Author of the article: Mary Caton
Publishing date: Apr 21, 2021 • 9 hours ago • 3 minute read • Amico Properties proposed in 2018 a $120-million riverfront development at the former Duffy s Tavern location in Amherstburg, featuring a hotel and condos. Pictured are Amherstburg Mayor Aldo DiCarlo and Amico vice-president of development Cindy Prince. Photo by Dan Janisse /Windsor Star
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Amherstburg is batting .500 when it comes to the status of two hotel projects first proposed in 2018.
While the budget hotel proposal near the Libro Centre is dead, a boutique hotel on Dalhousie Street is moving forward with hopes of a long-awaited construction start this fall.
I’ve had some incredible artwork result from this year.
But during a time of unprecedented hardship, Sandwich Secondary art teacher Sanja Srdanov found that the work produced by her students has been incredibly deep and inspiring.
“I’ve seen the students’ art flourish more so this year than other years,” Srdanov said. “The reason for that is, I believe, it’s simply become more of art therapy for them. I’ve had some incredible artwork result from this year. “
Even when students were able to attend class, Srdanov watched as they dutifully separated and kept quietly to themselves.
“There is this low-grade depression going on,” she said. “They would be so quiet and immersed in their work and I think art was so therapeutic for them.”
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Ever since relocating to Amherstburg, Richard and Colleen Peddie’s shared vision for a vibrant downtown has always included more retail.
They turned thought into action by opening the River Bookshop on Richmond Street last year and now they’re expanding the retail footprint around that location.
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The Peddies purchased two buildings immediately west of the bookshop and another to the south on Ramsay Street.
The two storefronts on Richmond previously housed a yogurt shop and a travel business while the Ramsay Street building most recently featured a hair salon.
St. Clair student researchers working on automated pepper packaging A trio of student researchers at St. Clair College is developing an automated way to sort and package peppers for the greenhouse industry.
Author of the article: Mary Caton
Publishing date: Apr 09, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read • St. Clair College students, from left, Ulises Martinez, a student in the mechanical engineering technician - industrial program, Khushboo Patel, and You Wang, both students in the mechanical engineering technician - robotics program, are pictured outside the Ford Centre for Excellence in Manufacturing, on Thursday, March 8, 2021. The students are developing a robot to package peppers for the greenhouse industry. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star