Eight chili recipes were served to the crowd at a chili cookoff held at Thistle Masonic Lodge #34 on Murray St. April 11. It was presented by the Order of the Eastern Star - Erie Chapter No. 19. A chili cookoff returned to town this week all with a charitable twist. The Order of the Eastern Star – Erie Chapter No. 19 out of Essex, which includes several members from Amherstburg, met at Thistle Masonic Lodge #34 on Murray St. in Amherstburg last Saturday night for the fourth a

Restoration work is being proposed to the building at 79 Richmond St. The Amherstburg heritage committee discussed the matter April 9. The Amherstburg heritage committee has endorsed a heritage alteration permit for the building at 79 Richmond St. The building, which currently houses a dental office on the first of two floors, will see its masonry cleaned using a “Heritage Restore” cleaning product, removal of damaged mortar and replacement with a specified “Type O” mortar,

Tony DeSantis, manager of community relations and resource development with Community Living Essex County, retired April 10 after a 24-year career with the agency. A long-time employee of Community Living Essex County (CLEC) has retired and his colleagues gathered to pay tribute to him. Tony DeSantis, the agency’s manager of community relations and resource development, retired April 10 and a boardroom packed with family, friends and colleagues gave him a send-off. Tributes c