Town council has voted to go down the heritage designation route for the former General Amherst High School. Town council has voted to go down the heritage designation route for the former General Amherst High School. The building, located at 130 Sandwich St. S., is proposed to be transformed by the Valente Development Corporation into a residential and commercial site, including eight and 11-storey towers. Despite a vow from owner Peter Valente to recreate the southern facad

Town council is looking at possibly bringing back emergency sirens, particularly in case of a nuclear event. (Town of Amherstburg image) A report will return to town council exploring an option to possibly install a pair of sirens (or more) in the town’s “Detailed Planning Zone” (DPZ) with one on Boblo Island and a second in the former Malden Township, in the zone that would be first impacted. Two delegations appeared before town council encouraging town council to go down th

The “Sunshine List” is out for another year. The list, mandated to be released by provincial legislation, shows all public sector employees in Ontario that earned $100,000 or more in the previous year. There were a total of 34 staff members from the Town of Amherstburg that made the list in 2025, with two on the town’s list cracking the $200,000 mark. Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Valerie Critchley earned $230,218.96 in 2025 while Deputy CAO/director of development servi