The Italian community at St. John the Baptist Church will once again be hosting the annual Good Friday procession April 3. The mass gets underway inside the church at 9 a.m. and the procession is expected to head outside around 9:30 p.m. After leaving the church, it will head north on Brock St. to Richmond St., head west on Richmond to Ramsay St., with a stop next to Richmond Terrace Long-Term Care Home. It will then head south on Ramsay St. to Park St with a stop at Christ A

Essex County Civic Centre The validity of the agreement between the County of Essex and the City of Windsor when it comes to social housing has come under fire. At last week’s county council meeting, several councillors voiced their frustration as to how the funding that is filtered down from the province is being distributed. According to county director of finance/treasurer Melissa Ryan, the city is the service manager for social housing and therefore determines how much of

Bryerswood Youth Camp held its “March Movie Madness” camps over March Break. Photos were taken during last Thursday’s camp. Groups of local children were kept busy over the March Break thanks to Bryerswood Youth Camp. March Break camps were held for all five weekdays at the campground, with camps being directed by Caitlin Gonneau and Pam Zeman and their team of volunteer youth leaders. “Our theme was March Movie Madness and madness it has been,” said Zeman. The five-day cam

Natural gas concern prompts fire call An issue with a natural gas regulator prompted a call to the Amherstburg Fire Department March 19 and a temporary closure of Sandwich St. S. from Murray St. to Gore St. The gas company Lakeside Gas was called in to make repairs. After a short time, fire crews were able to pack up and leave the scene. Natural gas concern prompts fire call

The rising costs of Essex-Windsor EMS has got some county councillors asking questions about service delivery. At last week’s regular Essex County Council meeting, director of financial services/treasurer Melissa Ryan presented a financial outlook for EMS which is managed by the county. In her budget overview and master plan financial impacts, she laid out the projected operational and capital financial impacts of the EMS Master Plan, 2027-2030. “Over the current term of cou

The Amherstburg Environmental Advisory Committee is busy planning Earth Day events, and is considering more public places for their new tree plantings. Earth Day is coming April 25 with 100 trees of various species being ordered from the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA). Increasing the tree coverage around the Golfview wetlands trails was the recommendation from administration but while that could still happen, committee members opted to have other areas in town con

Grade 9 students gather for a pasta lunch. Grade 9 students gather for a pasta lunch (above) while Addison Reaume was one of the North Star High School alumni who spoke to this year’s Grade 9 luncheon. Grade 9 students at North Star High School doing well in the classroom were recognized recently. Thanks to the Amherstburg high school’s peer mentorship program, a pasta lunch was served to Grade 9 students with honour role level grades in the first semester, which is an 80 per

Stained glass work by Larry Gardner has been recognized in an online publication put out by Concordia University out of Montreal. The image is a collection of works and was supplied to the River Town Times by Gardner and his wife Bille. An Amherstburg artist has been recognized in an online publication put out by a Montreal-based university. Concordia University has recognized the work of Larry Gardner, a long-time stained glass artist from Amherstburg. The online publication

Darrow Woods and Marcy Lane display their books at last Saturday's author meet and greet at Legion Br. 157. Royal Canadian Legion Fort Malden Br. 157 gave a chance for the public to pick up some new reads and meet the people who wrote them. As part of the Amherstburg Legion’s senior speaker series, Br. 157 hosted a meet and greet with local Windsor-Essex County authors last Saturday (March 21) with about a dozen local authors in attendance. Sherry Vanhoorne-Leith, a member of

James Erb gave people a look at the fur trade. One of Amherstburg’s museums is officially open for the 2026 season. The Park House Museum’s 2026 season started last Wednesday, with candle making, a look at the fur trade and the opportunity to go downstairs and view the tinsmiths in action. Curator Kat Bezaire said current hours are Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Spring events have been announced with Bezaire adding summer events are being finalized. “We’re really exc