View of historic Murray Street in Amhersburg. A local resident with ideas for Amherstburg went before the economic development advisory committee and his ideas were well received. Kurt Reffle presented numerous ideas to the committee during the Nov. 26 meeting, noting many of his ideas were reported on in an article published in the River Town Times in September. Reffle noted he has contacted business owners, community groups, non-profit agencies and other residents about som

A four-way stop was recently installed at the intersection of Simcoe St. and Meloche Road. Councillor Linden Crain asked for more information about it at the Nov. 24 meeting. The Amherstburg Firefighters Association’s Stuff-A-Fire-Truck toy drive is ongoing, and it got promoted at the most recent town council meeting. Mayor Michael Prue pointed out during the most recent regular meeting of town council that the annual campaign is underway and families can register up until De

Amherstburg Municipal Building. Amherstburg’s audit and finance committee had a closer look at the 2026 budget with town council deliberations coming next week. Town council will enter into this year’s deliberations with a starting point of a 2.86 per cent tax increase, with wide-ranging discussions coming this past Monday night by the audit and finance committee. The town’s asset management plan (AMP) was a topic of debate, with CAO Valerie Critchley noting there was not 2.5