79-81 Murray St. captured the Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse in the Small-Scale/Individual/Small Business category. The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) handed out its 2025 Heritage Awards earlier this month and there are two winners with Amherstburg connections. The building at 79-81 Murray St. captured the Paul Oberman Award for Adaptive Reuse in the Small-Scale/Individual/Small Business category. That building houses the Bucket List Coffee Roastery Café an

A “witches walk” was held Sunday evening on Boblo Island to support the Amherstburg Food and Fellowship Mission. It was the third annual event. An island tradition returned to Bois Blanc Island on the weekend to scare up some donations for a great cause. The third annual Witches Walk was held on the island, a.k.a. Boblo Island, late Sunday afternoon with Sandi Villeneuve explaining that it is a tradition that is not only done on Bois Blanc Island, but others as well on both s

The Windsor Police Service – Amherstburg Detachment states that an officer was conducting radar in the 7000 block of County Road 9 (Howard Ave.) Oct. 20, at approximately 9:45 p.m. At this time, the officer clocked a vehicle allegedly travelling at 145 km/hr in the posted 80 km/hr zone. The involved vehicle, a Ford F150 was stopped by the officer. The involved driver, a 36-year-old male, was charged with stunt driving and his vehicle was impounded for 14 days. In addition, t

Noah Abreu (1) looks for running room in the second half of last Friday evening’s game against Kennedy. North Star won 36-0 with Abreu scoring three touchdowns. Five games, five wins, no points against. That’s the start the North Star Wolves senior football team has had, with the latest shutout win coming last Friday night. North Star started slower than usual but pulled away in the second half to record a 36-0 win over the Kennedy Clippers at the Libro Centre in Amherstburg.

A ceremonial faceoff was held Saturday night prior to the Amherstburg Admirals game against the Essex 73’s as part of “Pink the Rink” night. It is part of Breast Cancer Awareness Night. A win and a loss for the Amherstburg Admirals this past week as they see their Provincial Junior Hockey League (Jr. C) record sit at 5-6-1-0 after a dozen games. The Admirals got a little payback against the Sharks last Wednesday night in Wheatley, coming out on top of a 5-2 decision. The Shar

Rocco DiPasquale and his painting of Freddy Krueger are part of the Local Artist Collective’s latest exhibit at The O. The walls at The O inside of Hotel STRY on Murray St. were lined with Halloween-themed art on Sunday afternoon and it’s just the beginning for a group of local artists known as the Local Artists Collective. With over a dozen individuals showcasing their skills in the historic brick walled building, it was once again a well-attended cultural event. “It has bee

Aria Pare lays in two of her ten points scored during North Star’s win over Assumption last Wednesday evening. The North Star Wolves senior girls basketball team had a busy week last week but made the most of it. After their only loss of the season last Monday, reported in last week’s RTT, the Wolves bounced back with three wins over the next three days. Two of those games were on the road. The first game was last Tuesday evening (Oct. 21), where the Wolves travelled to Winds