Melanie Irwin

Melanie has been a broadcast and multimedia journalist in Sarnia-Lambton since 2005. She grew up on a farm in Mt. Brydges and attended Strathroy District Collegiate Institute and Fanshawe College before settling in Sarnia. She is married to her high school sweetheart and is the proud mother of two boys. Email her at mirwin@blackburnmedia.ca. Follow her on Twitter: @MIrwinCHOKNews

Attendees visit vendors for the 2013 edition of Art in the Park.

Kinsmen arts and craft show this weekend

If you have yet to find a perfect gift for Mother’s Day, you may have some luck at the Spring into Summer Art and Craft Show this weekend.

Sarnia teens to represent ON at bowling nationals in Saskatchewan

Great Lakes Highschool student Kennedy Keating, 15, and Lansdowne Public School student Kailey Milner, 13, qualified for the tournament after winning the YBC provincial championship in Mississauga in March.

Free Comic Book Day at Lambton libraries

Free comic books will be distributed at Lambton County Libraries that are open Saturday, May 6.

Rotary Club asks for patience and understanding during flag plaza work

The Rotary Club of Sarnia-Bluewaterland is assuring the public that stones, removed and in some cases damaged, from the walkway at the flag plaza near the Blue Water Bridge will be replaced.

Deputy police chief hopes to have auxiliary officers working by fall

Sarnia Deputy Police Chief Julie Craddock says the application process for its future auxiliary constable unit has closed and the recruitment team is currently reviewing applications.