Artists of Art-Create-Learn were at the Gibson Gallery last Sunday. Strolling along a beach could be considered relaxing for some people, but for Amherstburg’s Katherine Roth, it’s a chance to find what just might be a piece of art. On Sunday afternoon, Roth was one of several area artists that featured their work at the Gibson Gallery’s new exhibit “Artists of Art-Create-Learn.” There were many paintings displayed but Roth’s “Driftwood Sculpture” was the only sculpture in t

Participants in this year's Good Friday procession gather for a group photo outside of St. John the Baptist Church last Friday morning. The annual tradition started inside the church The annual Good Friday procession, otherwise known as the Way of the Cross, wound its way through the downtown core of Amherstburg the morning of April 3. The procession was presented by St. John the Baptist Church, with it being a long-standing project of the church’s Italian community. After a

Park House Museum curator Kat Bezaire gestures as she speaks about the new “Resiliency” exhibit on the museum’s second floor. The new exhibit was officially unveiled last Wednesday morning and features the work of three Indigenous artists. A new exhibit honouring the Indigenous community is now open at the Park House Museum. The grand opening of “Resiliency” was unveiled last Wednesday morning at the museum’s Indigenous History Learning Gallery. Park House curator Kat Bezaire

There was a round of applause in the Essex County council chambers last week from councillors, administration and staff as the long-awaited road rationalization study was presented and adopted. “It’s the report we’ve been waiting for for years,” said Warden Hilda MacDonald. Director of infrastructure and planning services Allan Botham presented the 75-page report that, over the next two to seven years will see the responsibility of 42.8 km of county roads either uploaded to t

Passions, People & Possibilities (PPP) Fair is this Saturday in Windsor. The Windsor-Essex Family Network (WEFN) indicates an event they are planning was originally geared towards those with disabilities, but now the scope has expanded to anyone feeling alone and disconnected. The first-ever Passions, People & Possibilities (PPP) Fair is this Saturday in Windsor and features not only services and vendors from Windsor, but Essex County as well. It runs April 11 from 10 a.m.-2:

Const. Nick Dupuis spoke recently at ACS about fraud and scam awareness for seniors and other community members. A seniors luncheon at Amherstburg Community Services (ACS) also served as an attempt to take a bite out of crime. Const. Nick Dupuis, community services officer with the Windsor Police Service – Amherstburg Detachment, was at ACS recently and outlined a series of scams that have been used to take the money and identities of seniors, but people of all ages as well.

Essex’s County’s County Wide Active Transportation System (CWATS) is going through a transformation that could see a division in who pays for new infrastructure. Manager of transportation, planning and development Jerry Behl outlined a new plan that would have the county assuming all CWATS infrastructure as part of Essex County council’s April 1 meeting. “Once infrastructure is built, we will finalize who owns, maintains and replaces the CWATS infrastructure,” said Behl. Sign