Laurence Beneteau Amherstburg resident Lawrence Beneteau has made his 250th blood donation, with the milestone contribution to Canadian Blood Services coming this morning (Sept. 2). He has been donating blood and plasma for 47 years, as his first donation came in 1979. The 250th donation was made at the Windsor Plasma Centre. Milestone blood donation

Amherstburg resident Greg Nemeth is pressing for more action in the Big Creek watershed, including the section north of Alma St. His photography is seen along the Cypher Systems Greenway. A local wildlife photographer and environmental advocate is continuing to search for action. Greg Nemeth has been photographing local wildlife and watershed activity for several years and said he doesn’t like what he is seeing. “I’d like to focus on the section of the Big Creek watershed, lo

Storms came through the area last Thursday night (Sept. 3) with shelf clouds coming shortly before the heavy rain (above). Drivers had to navigate water on the roadway along Dalhousie St. after the “S” curve near the Canadian Coast Guard base was flooded for a short period of time (left). The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University in London came down to investigate the storm and found an EF1 tornado hit both east Windsor and near Wheatley with an EF1 downburst also