A barbershop quartet performs at the Active Aging Expo (above) while North Star High School culinary students helped provide appetizers (below). A barbershop quartet performs at the Active Aging Expo (left) while North Star High School culinary students helped provide appetizers (centre). Line dancing was one of the demonstrations (right). An event for seniors and those looking at getting better connected with services in Amherstburg and around Windsor-Essex County returned l

A rendering shows what the new units Habitat for Humanity is planning to build on Middle Side Road will look like. A new Habitat for Humanity build will be taking place in Amherstburg with the hope of starting construction in the fall. Habitat for Humanity CEO Fiona Coughlin said 18 new units are coming to town, to be located on Middle Side Road (County Road 10) east of the Golfview subdivision, and she added they are trying to get the word out about the upcoming build. “We’r

A jousting demonstration performed during the previous Medieval Faire. The Fort Malden Medieval Faire returns to Amherstburg next month. The second annual Renaissance faire comes to the grounds of Fort Malden National Historic Site of Canada. It is being presented June 13-14 by Faires.ca. Producer Greg Schuurman said there are a number of new events as part of this year’s two-day event. “We’re always trying to add a few more activities and so forth,” said Schuurman. “We have