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Briefs is a daily SUMMARY of Windsor-Essex news, compiled here for your reading pleasure.

Matty Maroun has been told by the Wayne County court to demolish the toll booths he’s had erected on the US side of bridge. The booths are apparently built on public land. The presiding judge also deemed that a newly made truck lane is illegal. Talk about putting the cart before the horse!

Windsor may be the next tourist destination promoted by the Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance. At a meeting held in Leamington last week, the new head of Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island spoke about the benefits of marketing our region as a culinary destination. Especially since we already offer some excellent foodie events.

Media City, Windsor’s fest of indie flicks, got a $95,500 shot in the arm on Friday. An announcement was made that the local film fest will receive the funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation over the next three years, allowing the festival to be “taken to the next level”. Media City runs from May 26-29 this year, and will be held at the Capitol Theatre.

Good news for Windsor nurses (among other health care workers). The new western campus of the Windsor Regional Hospital will start hiring in 2011, to fill 350 positions in the mental health facility, which is set to open in the spring of 2012. Let’s get our city’s nurses back to work on this side of the border.

The Maidstone landfill site is almost set to be reused, but not until another $5 million is spent on clay cover to stop rainwater from leaking in. After that, we may see another Maldenesque park emerge, or even another golf course. How many golf courses do we need in Lakeshore?