Windsor Star
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The Windsor Star is the regional newspaper of Windsor, Ontario
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...

 (currently the only mainstream newspaper in Windsor and Essex County
Essex County, Ontario
Essex County is a county and census division located in Southwestern Ontario and covers an area at the southernmost tip of Canada. The administrative seat is Essex...

), and is owned by the Postmedia Network Inc. Since 1923, the publication's main office is located at 167 Ferry Street in the downtown area. In November 1996, it opened a printing facility in south-central Windsor.

History

It began as the weekly Windsor Record in 1888, changing its name to the Border Cities Star in 1918 when it was bought by W. F. Herman
W. F. Herman
W.F. Herman was the owner and publisher of the Windsor Star from 1918 until 1938.-Early years:W.F. Herman was the son of a sea captain. His first job was at a weekly newspaper where he discovered his passion for the newspaper business.-Personal life:In the early 1900s, W.F. Herman went to Boston...

, to the Windsor Daily Star in 1935 following the amalgamation of several small communities, and finally to the Windsor Star in 1959. Although W. F. Herman died in 1938, the paper continued under the direction of his wife, Adie Knox Herman, along with Hugh Graybiel and W. L. (Lum) Clark. The paper was sold to Southam Press in 1971 and then to CanWest Global (who bought Southam Press) in 2000.

The Windsor Star publishes six days a week, Monday through Saturday.

Current Notable Staff

Marty Gervais
Marty Gervais
Charles Henry "Marty" Gervais is a Canadian poet, photographer, professor, journalist, and publisher of Black Moss Press.Gervais has also published plays, children's books, non-fiction and, a book of photography, A Show of Hands: Boxing on the Border...

- column writer of My Town for the Windsor Star. Also well published poet, playwright, and essayist.

Bob Duff - Longtime Windsor Area Sportswriter

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