Holiday Artisan Shoppe runs Nov. 20-Dec. 14 with the gallery being open Thursday-Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

LEST WE FORGET Remembrance Day was once again well attended this year, with the public taking time to pay tribute to those who served and continue to serve. Royal Canadian Legion Fort Malden Br. 157 organized and presented the parade and ceremony, with the parade leaving from the Dalhousie St. branch and head down Murray St., Sandwich St. S., and Richmond St. before arriving at the cenotaph in King’s Navy Yard Park for the 11 a.m. service. Names of the fallen that are on the

The North Star Wolves senior girls basketball team captured silver in the WECSSAA “AA” playoffs. It was a disappointing end for an otherwise impressive season for the North Star Wolves senior girls basketball team. The Wolves made it to the WECSSAA “AA” championship game but lost a 50-33 decision to the Tecumseh Vista Academy Vortex Sunday night at St. Clair College. A slow start put the Wolves in a hole, one that they couldn’t climb out of. The Vortex built a 23-9 halftime l

Veterans gather for a group photo at last Sunday evening’s Veterans Appreciation Dinner. Veterans from Amherstburg and surrounding areas were honoured Sunday night at a dinner in their honour. For the second consecutive year, Royal Canadian Legion Fort Malden Br. 157 hosted a Veterans Appreciation Dinner right before Remembrance Day. Approximately 128 meals were ordered with 102 people in attendance at the Amherstburg Legion Sunday night, with some meals delivered to veterans

Chloe Kosek and Isabelle Kosempel were two of the Grade 10 students from St. Thomas of Villanova Secondary School placing flags on veterans’ graves at Victoria Memorial Gardens last Thursday. The class worked with Royal Canadian Legion Br. 594 on the initiative. Veterans in an Essex County cemetery were recognized by local high school students in time for Remembrance Day. Grade 10 history students from St. Thomas of Villanova Secondary School were at Victoria Memorial Gardens

Amherstburg Municipal Building. Amherstburg town council got its first look at the 2026 capital and operating budgets Monday night, and they are starting with a lower proposed tax rate increase than usual. The initial tax rate increase being proposed sits at 2.86 per cent, or $85.13 on a home valued at $250,000. This is the start of the 2026 budget process, with a public open house coming Nov. 22, a presentation to the audit and finance committee Dec. 1 and budget deliberatio