The Amherstburg Fire Department accepted delivery of two new fire support vehicles last Thursday. Nicholas Stubbs (left), account representative with Dependable Fire Vehicles, presents the keys to Deputy fire chief Ron Meloche. A pair of new support vehicles are now part of the Amherstburg Fire Department’s fleet. The two new vehicles arrived at Amherstburg Fire Station #1 early last Thursday afternoon. Deputy fire chief Ron Meloche accepted the keys from representatives of D

A budget open house was held last Saturday morning in the lobby of the Libro Centre in Amherstburg. Town council members and staff were on hand to answer questions and concerns from members of the public that attended the open house. Budget deliberations get underway Dec. 8 and run, if necessary, through Dec. 10. The public had a chance to discuss the 2026 operating and capital budgets at an open house last weekend in Amherstburg. The open house was held Saturday morning in t

The annual River Lights gingerbread house building competition has concluded and prizes were awarded last Friday night at the warming house in Toddy Jones Park. Winners included Brianne Renaud and Noah Beaudoin (youth), Ekaterina Ostroven (adult), Chloe Williams (child 6-13), Madison Young (adult) and Nolan Cote (child under five). The winning gingerbread houses. Gingerbread house winners

The Amherstburg Santa Claus Parade was held with thousands lining Sandwich St., Richmond St. and Dalhousie St. to watch the festivities. The arrival of Santa & Mrs. Claus capped the event, which ended at Toddy Jones Park. It was presented by the Windsor Parade Corporation. Santa & Mrs. Claus then met with children at the warming house in Toddy Jones Park. The Amherstburg Santa Claus Parade was held last Saturday night with thousands lining Sandwich St. N., Sandwich St. S., R

Amherstburg's public library renovation budget was under discussion at Monday's council meeting. The issue of windows at the Amherstburg Library was debated Monday night, but the costs of repairing the entire building could far exceed the $152,000 it would take to fix the windows. The $152,000 was identified as the cost for window repairs in a report by director of parks, facilities and recreation Heidi Baillargeon, and that will be talked about during 2026 budget deliberatio

Amherstburg will be sending a letter in opposition to having the 36 conservation authorities into seven. If provincial legislation goes forward, the Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) would become part of a new Lake Erie Regional Conservation Authority stretching from Windsor to the Guelph region. Councillor Molly Allaire, who is the chair of ERCA, put forth the motion that council unanimously supported. The motion called for the Town of Amherstburg to submit comments

Essex County Civic Centre. Essex County is putting a hold on its proposed development charges. Director of financial services/treasurer Melissa Ryan brought forth a report during last Wednesday night’s meeting that noted that information from the Province of Ontario’s proposed Bill 60 adds new information for the county to consider. County council will wait for more information including that coming from Henson Consulting who will be doing further investigation on behalf of t

Community Living agencies from across Ontario are embarking on the “WaitingToBelong” campaign. That campaign also includes Community Living Essex County with the goal being to increase funding and lower wait times. The image is from the website offered through Community Living Ontario, which is www.waiting2belong.ca . Community Living Ontario, and its regional agencies, have embarked on a campaign to shorten waiting lists and give more supports to those with intellectual disa

GECDSB filling positions in Amherstburg/LaSalle and Leamington/Pelee Island The Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) took three times to come up with a process to fill trustee vacancies, but they did arrive at a conclusion. Trustees voted to seek applications for two vacant positions with interviews being Dec. 15 and the new trustees to start Dec. 16. The vacant trustee positions are in the Amherstburg/LaSalle area due to the resignation of Ron LeClair and in

Essex County Civic Centre. The County of Essex is making a three-year commitment to its economic development service delivery. It was unanimously decided by county council during last Wednesday night’s meeting to spend over $1 million annually over the next three years to have Invest Windsor-Essex provide the service. In the past, the county had funded the third-party agency year-by-year, but a report brought forth by county CAO Sandra Zwiers recommended a three-year financia