Extensive debate went into the new waterfront plaza during the May 25 town council meeting. The town has reduced the size of a potential opening ceremony for the waterfront festival plaza and will still explore a partnership with the Caldwell First Nations regarding a possible sculpture. Both issues came after extensive debate during town council’s May 25 regular meeting. A proposed three-day waterfront celebration would have run July 31-Aug. 2 and was intended to :commemorat

Amherstburg Municipal Building. A ruling has been made regarding conflict of interest allegations regarding Deputy Mayor Chris Gibb and Councillor Linden Crain and it clears both of them. A three-page letter from Principles Integrity stated that the complaint alleged that Gibb and Crain were in a conflict of interest in relation to Item 18.2 of the Feb. 9, 2026 and did not declare those respective conflicts of interest. The item in question was correspondence from the Amherst

Essex County Civic Centre. There was a lengthy debate at county council last week on whether or not the county should send out a Request for Proposal (RFP) to obtain the services of a new closed meeting investigator. Clerk Katherine Hebert brought forth a report noting the current provider will no longer be available and gave council the option of replacing the investigator or having the service done by the Ontario Ombudsman office. “The county has rarely needed this service,