(BlackburnNews.com photo)The Town of Hanover has seen the crime rate drop over 9% between 2014 and 2015.
Hanover saw 32% fewer violent crimes last year, and 16 per cent fewer property crimes.
Drug offences dropped 33 per cent from 2011 to 2015.
Hanover Police Sergeant Jason Rahn credits effective community policing strategies and increased community awareness.
The Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics gathered and analyzed the crime numbers and released the Uniformed Crime Reporting Survey.
In hopes of raising awareness of the help available to sexual violence survivors, a local crisis centre has handed out stickers to over 200 businesses.
Three people are facing charges after separate incidents took place over the long weekend.
Conor Allin is officially running again, this time in Ward 8, which covers people in the southern part of Chatham.
The Toronto Blue Jays snapped the Astros' six-game winning streak with a 3-1 win in Houston Monday night.
The Toronto Blue Jays lost 5-1 to the St. Louis Cardinals in MLB action on Sunday.
A multi-million dollar Chatham fraud trial begins this week.
