Troy Purdie, Tim McAllister, Inez Fox and Jill Kanwischer are among the team of volunteers that loaded a trailer in preparation for kitchen renovations at the Amherstburg Food & Fellowship Mission. The Amherstburg Food and Fellowship Mission is temporarily closed for renovations but the community is helping to feed those in need in the interim. The mission is having cabinets replaced in the kitchen and in other parts of the building and that has caused the building to have t

Town hall was packed on corcerns over a proposed mixed-use residential-commercial development on Simcoe St. Residents packed town council chambers and spilled into the lobby at town hall Monday night as they were concerned over a possible hotel and mixed use residential/commercial buildings at the corner of Simcoe St. and Meloche Road. Pointing out a plan for a possible 100-unit, five-storey hotel and three four-storey apartment buildings with ground floor retail, residents o

Proceeds benefit the Amherstburg Freedom Museum Approximately 130 golfers hit the links at Coachwood Golf and Country Club in McGregor Aug. 8. The tournament is an annual fundraiser for the Amherstburg Freedom Museum. An estimated 130 golfers teed up Saturday morning for the 11th Annual Walter Perry Emancipation Charity Golf Classic. Hosted by the Amherstburg Freedom Museum, it is one of the local historic organization’s largest fundraisers. “I think this is my third one. My