Essex MPP Anthony Leardi presented an Age-Friendly Award to Amherstburg town council. Leardi made the presentation on behalf of Minister of Seniors and Accessibility Raymond Cho. Leardi said fewer than 15% of Ontario municipalities receive the designation. Front (from left): Councillor Linden Crain, Mayor Michael Prue, Leardi, Councillor Peter Courtney and Councillor Diane Pouget. Back: Councillor Don McArthur and Deputy Mayor Chris Gibb. Councillor Molly Allaire is on the sc

Despite a depleted lineup, the Amherstburg Admirals gave it their best this past week but saw themselves eliminated from the Provincial Junior Hockey League’s West Stobbs Division Jr. C playoffs.

The Skills Park layout proposed by WEBC. The new bicycle skills park the Windsor-Essex Bike Community (WEBC) wants will be the subject of a grant application to the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Town council agreed to send a letter off in support, but agreed the only area the letter will apply to is the skills park itself and not the trail system. Councillor Don McArthur noted WEBC wants to put in the bicycle skills park at the Libro Centre to go with the trails they have alr

The County of Essex now has an official policy when it comes to petitions. The County of Essex now has an official policy when it comes to petitions. Clerk Katherine Hebert presented a report at the March 4 meeting of county council, which was adopted, and will now have specific requirements for the public. “It’s a formality to align the general practices that are currently underway for receiving petitions with a formal policy,” explained Herbert. Hebert added the seven local

Four-year-old Grayson Baldwin, being held by mom Stacey, was subject of a fundraiser in River Canard last Saturday night. A fundraiser for a four-year-old boy with a rare form of cancer brought community members out in full force over the weekend. “Grayson’s Pasta Dinner” fundraiser was held Saturday evening at the River Canard Columbian Club, with proceeds benefitting young Grayson Baldwin and his family. The proceeds from the event totalled $5,146. Karey Montgomery, Grayson

Ontario Minister of Long-Term Care Natalia Kusendova-Bashta (fifth from left, holding her son Matthew) was at the site of where the new Chateau Park Long-Term Care Home is being built. She provided an update during her March 4 visit. Ontario’s minister of long-term care was in Amherstburg last week to get a look at the new long-term care home under construction. Chateau Park Long-Term Care Home is moving to the building currently under construction at 140 Fryer St., at the co