The County of Essex will invest up to $150,000 to have a study prepared on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Density Data Centres. At last week’s regular council meeting, Manager of Planning Services presented a report that will see the cost come out of the Rate Stabilization Reserve Fund. “Due to the significant work already in the planning department, it is recommended that a contract be pursued for these specialized consulting services,” said Belanger. Essex County res

Some of the area’s best amateur fighters are coming to Amherstburg this Saturday night. The Fighting Island Boxing Club is hosting this year’s “Boxing in the Burg” card at Shooter’s Roadhouse. There will be a tent set up in the parking lot. Doors for the Sept. 12 boxing event will open at 6 p.m. with the fights starting at 7 p.m. The cost is $25 and tickets will be available at the door. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. “Boxing in the Burg” is sanctioned by Box

Armand Anderson Armand Anderson wants the town to have better control over its finances and hopes to do something about it, if elected. Anderson is seeking one of five councillor positions in the Oct. 26 municipal election. He said Amherstburg has always been an ambitious community, but ambition is not the issue that needs addressing. “The problem is a lack of financial discipline at town council,” said Anderson. Anderson believes the town has to properly budget and plan for

Frank Cerasa A former mayoral candidate is ending his fight to be restored to the ballot. Frank Cerasa posted on social media that he will not contest the decision to have his nomination rejected and won’t go forward with any sort of legal challenge to try and get back in the race. His nomination was rejected by clerk Kevin Fox shortly after the nominations closed as it was ruled that Cerasa only had 24 valid nominations. Cerasa submitted forms with 25 nominators but the town

Monique Moisenko Open Air Weekends have been concluded for 2026 and the results of the next election could see a change in the 2027 format, depending on who is elected. Meanwhile, Amherstburg tourism officials are pleased with how this season went and are now shifting to putting the final touches on planning for the Amherstburg Uncommon Festival. “It was a good year, action packed,” said Jen Ibrahim, the town’s manager of economic development, tourism and culture. Ibrahim sa

A flag raising was held Sept. 1 to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in Amherstburg. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and that has been recognized in Amherstburg. A flag raising ceremony was held last Tuesday (Sept. 1) at noon in front of town hall where it was recognized. Lorraine Jewell, Windsor Family Support and Community Engagement Liaison with Childcan, was pleased to be in Amherstburg for the event. A press release from the organization pointed out oth

Coaches and volunteers with AMBA played a friendly game at Bill Wigle Park Sept. 2. Coaches and volunteers with the Amherstburg Minor Baseball Association (AMBA) got a chance to put what they preached into practice. It was the coaches and association volunteers who took the diamond this time in a friendly, season-ending game at Bill Wigle Park. A large crowd of families and friends watched the coaches play the game, with the some of the youth they coached this season filling

Adam Keller Motors beat Pet Valu in the finals of the Malden Ladies baseball league Sept. 7. Submitted photo The Malden Ladies two-pitch league is coming to an end for this season and its executive is pleased with how it went. The league’s best-of-three finals started last Wednesday evening at Malden Centre Park, two days after it was supposed to due to a rain-out. Games this season typically took place Monday evenings but game nights expanded to include Wednesday evenings

Amherstburg’s Lucca Trajkovski (right) takes down a Lakeshore opponent in Friday’s game. Despite coming up short in all three of their pre-season games this past week, the Amherstburg Admirals are showing signs that they could compete in the Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) West Stobbs Division. The Admirals were beaten 5-1 by the defending divisional champs Lakeshore Canadiens last Thursday night in Tecumseh with Brayden Hebert scoring the lone goal for Amherstburg. Th

Season opens Sept. 12 at the Libro Centre vs. Dresden at 7 p.m.