Marty Gervais shows photos he took while creating his new book “Amherstburg: Picture a River Town.” A book launch was held April 9 at the River Bookshop. A new book featuring mainly photography and prose has shone a light on Amherstburg. Retired journalist and Poet Laureate Emeritus Marty Gervais has produced “Amherstburg: Picture a River Town” with the book launch being last Thursday night at the River Bookshop. The book was done in partnership with Gervais’ Black Moss Press

The Amherstburg Community Foundation donated a cheque for over $30,000 to the Windsor Essex Bike Community (WEBC) April 12. In addition to a $10,000 donation from the foundation, ACF also matched donations that came in. Proceeds benefit the skills park WEBC is building at the Libro Centre. Donations are still being accepted until April 30 at www.webcride.com . From left: Erin King, Jen Desjardins-Gronding and Paul McAllister from ACF and James Braakman and Jordan Colautti fr

Participants in this year's Good Friday procession gather for a group photo outside of St. John the Baptist Church last Friday morning. The annual tradition started inside the church The annual Good Friday procession, otherwise known as the Way of the Cross, wound its way through the downtown core of Amherstburg the morning of April 3. The procession was presented by St. John the Baptist Church, with it being a long-standing project of the church’s Italian community. After a