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Jeff Lemire Revisits Essex County

In March graphic novelist, Jeff Lemire, went home again—to Essex County.

The Mark of Excellence

“I bring leadership,” he says when asked about the tools he brings to the Spitfires. “The players know I’ve been...

Fighting Spirit

When you enter the ring, local fighter T.J. Laramie states, everything has a way of melting away. “You could never...

Josh Bourke

“I didn’t grow up playing football,” Josh admits. “Back then, in Windsor, there wasn’t great exposure for the sport. At...

Scrapbook Baseball

It all started with a family scrapbook. The local history of one family exploding into a near decade long dig through...

Rising Star

Chelsey Danfield’s life changed forever when her grandfather bought her a bedazzled jean skirt with a matching vest...

The Running-Shaped Hole

February 22, Robert writes about his ordeal and odyssey with food, weight, work and family life

Sleep In Heavenly Peace

“No kid sleeps on the floor in our town.” That’s the motto of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an international organization...

Noel Marentette

Chatham resident, Noel Marentette, has been a musician for sixty years. In recent years, he has taken to creating...

Last Call

How far would you go to save a stranger’s life? That’s the central question posited by Gavin Michael Booth’s feature...

Noelle Montcalm

Olympic athlete Noelle Montcalm was initially drawn to track and field because of the solitary nature of the sport.

Running On Better Days

You hear that catchy tune that plays exactly the words that you needed to hear.

Playa del Carmen

If you consider yourself a weary traveller or a wary traveller, consider Playa del Carmen.

Amazing Friends

For Craig Ramsay and Catherine Wreford Ledlow their camaraderie led them to not only new heights but victory fame...

Love at First Play

Pickleball, Malinda Hebert explains, is the fastest growing sport in North America. The game originated from Bainbridge...

Unpredictable Noir Fiction

Noir fiction comprises a marked darkness in theme and subject matter, unfolding against a backdrop of systemic and...

Radio Renaissance

In 1982, Marty’s love of harness racing led to 40 years as track announcer at Windsor Raceway, Leamington Raceway and...

Walk Off The Earth

Hoping to attract a little attention for their Burlington-based band, a blonde woman flanked by four dark-haired men...

Staying Connected

One good thing to come out of this pandemic is how the isolation we’ve all been forced to endure has sparked a greater...

Modern Living

The age-old mystery of “Who cuts the barber’s hair?” may still persist, but there is no secret behind “Who builds the...

Beautiful Chaos

It is an improbable journey leading from the front room of a family home in Surrey, England, circa 1977, to the stage...

The Rock of Gibraltar

Some places capture our imagination. Some places are so jaw-dropping, so awe-inspiring, that they demand an explanation.

The Art of the Luthier

David Radlin has built and repaired guitars for fifteen years. His love of music, his involvement with it, goes back to...

Portrait of an Artist

The thing that would alter the course of Maestro Robert Franz’s life intersected his timeline by accident. It was a...

It’s All About The Fun

Sometimes, great ideas sound crazy at first. The idea for a darts league for blind and partially sighted people came up...

The Cheap Handyman

New Book Chronicles Home Improvement Misadventures Story by Michael SeguinPhotography by Brian Harris According to...

Nour Hachem Fawaz: Building Dreams

Through Build a Dream – the non-profit that Nour Hachem Fawaz founded in 2014 — Nour utilizes her 13 years of...

Gems of Hungary

Hungary is a country of eclectic charm with a rich but haunting history.

The Band With a Big Heart

Exactly One Year After Their Last Concert Here, The Trews Bring “Kitchen Party Culture” Back To Caesars Windsor Story...

Modern Lake Retreat

Looking at a waterfront lot, the homeowners contacted an architect to see what could be built.

Sports Hall of Fame

This year’s class of inductees into the Windsor Essex County Sports Hall of Fame is impressive and it could be one of the most star-studded in the hall’s 42-year history.

A Forty-One-Year Glimpse

A conservative estimate of how many photographs Nick Brancaccio took during his forty-one-year career with The Windsor Star comes out around 15,000.

Still the Soul Survives

The Holocaust happened nearly 100 years ago, yet the realities were ever present for the survivors and patients of Pamela Goldstein.

The Genuine Article

Meeting actress Sarah Booth is like stepping into the multiple timelines of Plan B.

Stone Luck

Local Band Joins Teaze For Reunion Performance Story by Michael SeguinPhotography by Jose Ed Ramirez If I can rudely insert myself into the story, I’d like to point out that—as a Writer for Windsor Life Magazine past...

Rewilding Farmland

Denise and Andy were at a loss when looking for a lush, wooded lot in the Windsor-Essex area in the late 90s.

Aaron Ekblad

The seeds of the Florida Panthers’ 2024 Stanley Cup success were sewn a year before in the team’s bitter loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. 

Prague

Prague, the heart of Czech Republic, is regally nicknamed “the City of a Hundred Spires,” and I agree considering every building looks like a little palace.