Amherstburg Municipal Building. With a new year coming soon, the town’s economic development advisory committee is looking ahead to see what they want to focus on. The committee met last Wednesday evening at Amherstburg town hall where part of the two-hour meeting was devoted to the committee’s workplan and what they still want to focus on this term. Items they are highlighting include that administration be directed to look at additional festival and event programming devote

Firefighters were called to a Concession Road fire on November 23. The damage estimate is approximately $100,000 after fire on Concession 6 North. Crews were called to the fire on Nov. 23 at roughly 7 a.m. Firefighters arrived on scene, and command was quickly established, identifying a working structure fire in the attached garage area of the home, said Amherstburg fire chief Michael Mio.  “Crews worked hard to contain the fire and prevent spreading into the rest of the hous

Jason Crowley (left) is the new chief of the Windsor Police Service. He is congratulated by Windsor Police Services Board (WPSB) chair Jo-Anne Gignac. The Windsor Police Services Board (WPSB) announced Monday morning that Jason Crowley is the new chief of the Windsor Police Service. Crowley will succeed the retiring Jason Bellaire.  The WPSB pointed out that Crowley is a 32-year veteran of the Windsor Police Service (WPS) and has served as deputy chief of operations for the l

The Amherstburg Fire Department accepted delivery of two new fire support vehicles last Thursday. Nicholas Stubbs (left), account representative with Dependable Fire Vehicles, presents the keys to Deputy fire chief Ron Meloche. A pair of new support vehicles are now part of the Amherstburg Fire Department’s fleet. The two new vehicles arrived at Amherstburg Fire Station #1 early last Thursday afternoon. Deputy fire chief Ron Meloche accepted the keys from representatives of D

A budget open house was held last Saturday morning in the lobby of the Libro Centre in Amherstburg. Town council members and staff were on hand to answer questions and concerns from members of the public that attended the open house. Budget deliberations get underway Dec. 8 and run, if necessary, through Dec. 10. The public had a chance to discuss the 2026 operating and capital budgets at an open house last weekend in Amherstburg. The open house was held Saturday morning in t

The annual River Lights gingerbread house building competition has concluded and prizes were awarded last Friday night at the warming house in Toddy Jones Park. Winners included Brianne Renaud and Noah Beaudoin (youth), Ekaterina Ostroven (adult), Chloe Williams (child 6-13), Madison Young (adult) and Nolan Cote (child under five). The winning gingerbread houses. Gingerbread house winners

The Amherstburg Santa Claus Parade was held with thousands lining Sandwich St., Richmond St. and Dalhousie St. to watch the festivities. The arrival of Santa & Mrs. Claus capped the event, which ended at Toddy Jones Park. It was presented by the Windsor Parade Corporation. Santa &  Mrs. Claus then met with children at the warming house in Toddy Jones Park. The Amherstburg Santa Claus Parade was held last Saturday night with thousands lining Sandwich St. N., Sandwich St. S., R