Encounter Church held its “Summer Shack” vacation Bible school summer camp last week with five days of activities at the Alma St. church. Another summer camp is planned at the church in August. A local church has held the first week of its summer camps with another one planned for August. Encounter Church held its first of two Vacation Bible Schools last week (July 13-17) at the church with the theme being “Surf Shack.” Five days of activities kept children ages 5-11 busy wit

The WSO wind quintet performed in King’s Navy Yard Park late Sunday afternoon to close the two-day Amherstburg Art Crawl. The Amherstburg Art Crawl returned to town for the fifth straight year and featured new art being created, the viewing and sale of other pieces of art and the unveiling of more public art pieces. The latter included two new murals being unveiled in the town’s downtown core. The first unveiling was “The Stories We Tell,” the mural in “Art Alley” on the side

Anthony Cohen made the Amherstburg Freedom Museum the final stop on his Walk to Freedom, much as he did 30 years ago. He was accompanied by Wesley Wofford’s “The Journey to Freedom” sculpture this time. Anthony Cohen walked an Underground Railroad route to Canada three decades ago and has done so again. Cohen completed his first Freedom Walk 30 years ago, stemming from a university paper he wrote that he put into practice. He walked from Maryland, starting about 20 miles nort