Alexa Daniels was among the volunteers helping to pass out candy at last Sunday evening’s “Candy-Palooza” at Encounter Church. Kids, parents, grandparents and others seeking some Halloween fun (and candy) got that thanks to a local church over the weekend. Encounter Church presented its seventh annual “CandyPalooza” last Sunday evening aand the lines were stretched around the building at points. Most children, and some adults, were decked out in their Halloween costumes a few

For the time being, the Amherstburg/LaSalle trustee position on the Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) is vacant. Public board trustees officially accepted the resignation of their now former colleague Ron LeClair at the Oct. 21 regular board meeting. LeClair had actually sent his letter of resignation Sept. 15, with the intention of it taking effect Sept. 30. “As you are aware the governance landscape for education has significantly changed, resulting in my

Amherstburg Town Hall. An alleged incident involving a town committee member and a town staff member will be the subject of an integrity commissioner investigation. While originally expected to be an in-camera meeting item, town council voted to conduct the matter in public session Monday night. Councillor Don McArthur believed the matter should be held in the open and was the one who requested it not be in-camera. McArthur said when he saw the matter on the in-camera agenda,