Town council will send a list of proposals to the province on what to do with $500,000 from Diageo. Amherstburg town council will send a wish list to the province on what it would like to see the $500,000 in money from Diageo to be spent on. The money is part of a deal the Ontario government reached with Diageo after the Amherstburg bottling plant was closed. Invest Windsor-Essex also received $500,000 with portion of that money possibly coming to Amherstburg too. Mayor Micha

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

Mayor Michael Prue, joined by Councillor Don McArthur, Councillor Peter Courtney, Councillor Linden Crain, members of administration and local youth cuts the ribbon on the new Malden Centre Park playground May 19. A long-awaited playground is officially open in Malden Centre. A ribbon cutting was held last Tuesday morning (May 19) at Malden Centre Park with town council members, administration, those who created the park and, appropriately enough, local families. Mayor Michae

Royal Canadian Legion Fort Malden Br. 157 presented $500 bursaries to local high schools at the general meeting May 21. Executive member Allan Carroll (left) presents bursaries to Denver Boismier (Villanova, going into firefighter program), John Christopher Berg (North Star, computer science), Miranda Rampersaud (North Star, pre-health sciences), Alexis Thomas (North Star, veterinary technician) and Lauren Coleman (Villanova, nursing). Absent are Zain Ibrahim (Riverside, mech

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,

The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) has a significant role in the County Wide Active Transportation System, however what the future holds for that system has some unknowns facing it. Sometime in 2027, authorities across the province will merge and at last week’s Essex County council meeting, concerns were brought forward about how that will impact CWATS. “This may be premature to answer, but with the uploading and the consolidation of ERCA into whatever the provin

T.J. Botsford After talking it over with family and friends, T.J. Botsford has entered the race to become a town councillor. Botsford has filed to run for a spot on Amherstburg town council in the Oct. 26 municipal election. As of press time, he was one of three candidates for a councillor seat with profiles on Lena Lazanja and Tony Pietrangelo coming in the upcoming weeks. “I’ve been living here for six years. I’ve been coming to town for 12 years,” said Botsford. “I have fr

Chantelle Botscheller and her daughters Lauren (left) and MacKenzie ran the 5K May 24. There was a lot to celebrate at the Holiday Beach Conservation Area last Sunday morning as Dare 2B Challenged held its fifth successful women and girls’ 10k, 5k and 2k runs and walks. The milestone was also an opportunity to notice that staying active has no age limitations. Amherstburg’s Chantelle Botscheller brought her seven-year-old twin daughters MacKenzie and Lauren to the May 24 even