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BY NATE SMELLE The VOICE Taking into consideration input from local business owners, the Pelham Summerfest organizing committee recently acknowledged that it would be implementing several changes tailored to improve this year’s event.

BY NATE SMELLE The VOICE Family, friends and a small army of firefighters packed Town Council chambers on June 5 to honour Pelham’s former fire chief Jim Phelps. Serving with the St.

BY VOICE STAFF During their June 5 meeting, Pelham Town Council announced that it will be teaming up with Young Sod Farms to encourage local children to put down their handheld electronic devices and Come Alive Outside.

BY VOICE STAFF Cities across Canada have been reporting an increase in insect infestations this year. Throughout southern Ontario this spring, cankerworms seem to be doing the most damage.

BY VOICE STAFF Early Wednesday morning a nearby resident alerted the Voice that the controversial traffic-calming measure installed last winter on Haist Street, north of Highway 20, had again been damaged.

If you're a night owl, prepare for yet more gridlock on Highway 20, west of downtown Fonthill.

Annual Fenwick fundraiser coming this Saturday BY VOICE STAFF For some 30 years, the DeVries family has been operating their fruit farm in Fenwick.

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Police say that earlier in May, members of the Niagara Regional Police Service, Child Abuse Unit and the Internet Child Exploitation (I.C.E) Unit commenced an investigation into the possible sexual exploitation of children within the Niagara Region.

Joint initiative aimed at increasing nutrition awareness, quality BY NATE SMELLE The VOICE In effort to educate the next generation about the origins of their food, the Pelham Farmers’ Market hosted its Kids Can Grow program last Thursday evening.