A Christmas dinner was hosted earlier this month by Lighthouse Church. Lighthouse Church opened its doors and welcomed the community to a meal Dec. 7. The King St. church hosted 60 people for a meal in the church’s sanctuary. Pastor Adrian Ninaber said the church welcomed everyone from the community to the dinner and wanted to meet new people and families as well as parishioners. Ninaber stated they are using the sanctuary now more than the community space, as there are stair

Giuliana, Luke and Evan D’Amore enjoy a visit with Santa & Mrs. Claus last Sunday morning. Royal Canadian Legion Fort Malden Br. 157 opened its doors to not just the public last Sunday, but to Santa and Mrs. Claus as well. The Amherstburg Legion hosted its annual “Breakfast with Santa” event last Sunday morning with a large crowd filling the hall right at 9 a.m. and continuing for much of the morning. Laura Lucier was one of the Legion members helping to run the event, and sh

The Windsor Symphony Orchestra brought its “Music for Health” program to Seniors in Windsor-Essex County. Sponsored by Caesars Windsor Cares, this program brought the power of live music to retirement and nursing homes, including Seasons Amherstburg last Wednesday. The WSO string quartet performed from a range of genres, with residents choosing the selections. The WSO states these concerts are fully interactive, fostering meaningful connection between musicians and audience w

Josh Lenz, left; and Lisa Wright brough their children River, Jack and three-month-old twins Lovely and Atlas to meet Santa. The Libro Centre in Amherstburg was bursting with activity on Sunday morning with hockey games, Tots on the Turf and a visit from a couple of very special guests. It was the annual Breakfast with Santa and the Mayor, and for dozens of children and their families it was a time to get in another visit with the Jolly Old Elf. Josh Lenz and Lisa Wright of A

K.G. Miceli and John Schlarbaum did a signing of their books last Sunday at River Bookshop. What’s next for local authors K.G. Miceli and John Schlarbaum? Sunday afternoon at Amherstburg’s River Bookshop they took time out from signing their latest books, to talk about what they are currently working on. Miceli is well known for her thrillers and paranormal books including Tales of Texas Road and Tales of Sandwich Town. With those titles behind her, she is moving down the roa

Storyteller Olwyn Coughlin reads “A Christmas Carol” last Friday night at the Park House. Makaiyah Jimmerfield makes Christmas tree decorations out of popcorn. A pair of events were held at the Park House Museum last weekend with both having a Christmas theme. “Dickens and Delights” was presented last Friday night with a sold-out crowd filling the small parlour and overflowing into the dining room and hallways of the museum.  Storyteller Olwyn Coughlin performed “A Christmas

Amherstburg town hall. Town council put $200,000 into the capital budget prior to budget deliberations concluding to look at a local intersection. Budget deliberations wrapped up Dec. 9 with council landing on a 2.86 per cent tax rate increase. The intersection at Lowes Side Road and Sandwich St. S. will see the work have the funds drawn from the reserve. Councillor Diane Pouget said she still gets complaints on a regular basis of people trying to cross the street in that are

The musical duo “2Fish” performs at the “Christmas in the Burg” dinner last Sunday night The community got a chance to enjoy a dinner and some live music thanks to a local church. Encounter Church presented its second annual “Christmas in the Burg” Sunday evening featuring not only a full turkey dinner with all the trimmings and dessert, but live music, a Christmas story and even door prizes for a lucky few. Two seatings were held – one at 4 p.m. and the second at 6:30 p.m. -

St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church held their annual Christmas Cantata last Wednesday night with another being held as part of last Sunday morning’ service. Under the musical direction of Matthew Kulbacki and accompanied by Rev. Olwyn Coughlin’s narration, the choir and Rev. Shirley Carleton entertained the crowd with Christmas music. St. Andrew’s will be hosting a Christmas Nativity play this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. as well as a candlelight service Christmas Eve at 7 p.m.

Firefighters and community volunteers gathered at Amherstburg Fire Station #1 to sort and pack boxes of toys as part of the “Stuff-A-Fire-Truck” toy drive. The Amherstburg Firefighters’ Association held its annual “Stuff-A-Fire-Truck” toy drive and it concluded over the weekend. Members of the association collected the new, unwrapped toys and pajamas from participating businesses last Friday and spent Saturday morning at Amherstburg fire station #1 packing the boxes. Families