Campers enjoy the final day of the Bryerswood Youth Camp summer camps Aug. 28. Seven weeks of summer camp were presented at the Texas Road campground. Leaders at the Bryerswood Youth Camp are pleased with how the camps at their campground turned out. Seven weeks of summer camp were directed by Caitlin Gonneau, Pamela Zeman and a team of youth camp counsellors with Gonneau and Zeman stating it topped last year’s efforts. An extra week of camp was added this year because of sch

The ribbon was cut last Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 26) to celebrate the extension of the King’s Navy Yard Park, also known as the Waterfront Festival Plaza. The $3 million project is built on the site where Duffy’s Tavern & Motor Inn used to stand. The fences are finally down and residents and visitors can now enjoy the new Waterfront Festival Plaza. The plaza, built on the site of the former Duffy’s Tavern & Motor Inn at 306 Dalhousie St., features accessible walkways, lighti

A fire extinguisher helped mitigate damage of a fire this past Monday with the Amherstburg Fire Department giving extinguisher tips. “We were dispatched to the 100 block of Lake Erie Drive for a structure fire, and by the time our crews arrived it was already out,” said deputy fire chief Dan Monk. “The fire started with the dryer.” Monk said a young man had gotten to it early with a household extinguisher, knocking down flames from outside the house after the fire breached t