The Fighting Island Boxing Club held a pasta dinner July 19 at Shooters Roadhouse in Amherstburg to help offset costs for the trip Curtis Realba (left) is making to Oklahoma. Realba is a two-time national champion who is heading to the Rival Tournament as part of the Canadian team. He is pictured with Fighting Island Boxing Club owner and head coach Joe LeBlanc. Two-time Canadian national boxing champion Curtis Realba will be competing in Oklahoma this weekend and was sent th

The Park House Museum held its second annual “Bridgerton Tea” last Friday with there being two seatings. The second one, pictured above, was sold out. A fundraiser for the Park House Museum was presented based off a television series set in England. The Park House Museum hosted its “Bridgerton Tea,” based off the “Bridgerton” television show. Museum curator Kat Bezaire said the most recent season of “Bridgerton” highlighted a masquerade party so that is the theme of the Brid

The Amherstburg Cardinals U12 rep team was in action last Sunday afternoon at Malden Centre Park against the Lakeshore Whitecaps. Pitcher Archer Schmidt catches a fly ball on the infield (above) while Lucas Susko takes a rip at a pitch in the next inning of the game (below). The Amherstburg Cardinals U12 rep baseball team is learning on the fly. The Cardinals lost to the Lakeshore Whitecaps Sunday afternoon at Malden Centre Park with coach Andrew Brush believing the home team

Town staff and members of town council were at the Libro Centre July 9 for an open house regarding the town’s water system. A recent public open house at the Libro Centre focused on the town and its water supply. The open house, held July 9 in the lobby of the Libro Centre, was to deal with two items at the same time. Manager of engineering Todd Hewitt said it was the second public information centre (PIC) for the water treatment plant expansion and the first PIC for the town

Encounter Church held its “Summer Shack” vacation Bible school summer camp last week with five days of activities at the Alma St. church. Another summer camp is planned at the church in August. A local church has held the first week of its summer camps with another one planned for August. Encounter Church held its first of two Vacation Bible Schools last week (July 13-17) at the church with the theme being “Surf Shack.” Five days of activities kept children ages 5-11 busy wit

The WSO wind quintet performed in King’s Navy Yard Park late Sunday afternoon to close the two-day Amherstburg Art Crawl. The Amherstburg Art Crawl returned to town for the fifth straight year and featured new art being created, the viewing and sale of other pieces of art and the unveiling of more public art pieces. The latter included two new murals being unveiled in the town’s downtown core. The first unveiling was “The Stories We Tell,” the mural in “Art Alley” on the side