Changes are being made to the town’s finance department, including a new treasurer and deputy treasurer. A bylaw was passed during the Aug. 10 meeting of Amherstburg town council that added the title and duties of treasurer to Yufang Du, the manager of accounting services and the duties and title of deputy treasurer added to the supervisor of accounting services. The latter is staffed by Mei Na Chen. Osborne has had the duties and title of chief financial officer (CFO) added

The 2026 municipal election is Oct. 26 and candidates have until this Friday (Aug. 21) at 2 p.m. to file their nomination papers. Here are the candidates, as of press time. They are listed in alphabetical order, based on their last name. (* denotes an incumbent) MAYOR Frank Cerasa Bill Fryer Chris Gibb Michael Prue* (Frank DiPasquale has withdrawn from the mayor’s race.) DEPUTY MAYOR Linden Crain Bill Petruniak COUNCILLOR Molly Allaire* T.J. Botsford Keith Boussey Frank Clem

A watermain project for McCurdy Dr. will not be proceeding this year, it might next year, and the province’s “Buy Ontario” legislation was part of the debate into the matter. Town council will not proceed the tender on the McCurdy Ave. watermain replacement, which would have gone from Sandwich St. S. to Lilac Ct., and will instead see if it can be done as one whole project for the entire street in 2027. The project came in over-budget by $682,872, according to a report by adm