Residents of Essex County will know later this month just how much the organic waste collection’s green bin program will cost. Amherstburg Deputy Mayor Chris Gibb told the River Town Times last Wednesday night that while the precise cost is not yet known, he estimates it will be about $150 a year per residential household that will be receiving the collection service. “This is a brand new program for the County of Essex so there are going to be bumps in the road,” said Gibb,

County votes to implement charges after lengthy debate Essex County Civic Centre. The County of Essex will go ahead with a development charge which will be added to new builds in the next couple of years. Following over an hour-long discussion last Wednesday night, which included comments from the president-elect of the Windsor-Essex County Association of Realtors (WECAR), the charge will begin in 2028. “Development charges are about one core principal – growth paying for gro

Sydnee Botham (left), a development engineering co-ordinator with the Town of Amherstburg, chats with Leo Meloche at the public information centre for the possible expansion of the Amherstburg Water Treatment Plant. The former deputy mayor was one of the members of the public that gave their thoughts at the Feb. 4 meeting at the Libro Centre. Could there be an expansion of the Amherstburg Water Treatment Plant on the horizon? The possibility that the water plant could be upgr