Representatives from Windsor-Essex County Crime Stoppers were at the most recent meeting of town council to give an update on the organization. Rick Surette and Greg Rumpel addressed town council Feb. 9 and gave background on the organization. Surette said it is a program that “encourages individuals in their community to report crime leads anonymously.” “We promise a cash reward if their tip leads to information that helps us solve a crime or a seizure of things like drugs o

Amherstburg Municipal Building. Amherstburg town council members who attend a conference, seminar “or similar event” on the town’s dime may soon have to give a report to their colleagues on what was learned. A notice of motion by Councillor Molly Allaire dating back to Dec. 15 was brought forward as a regular motion this past Monday evening and council approved a policy be drafted. The wording of the motion caused some concern but after the clauses were shuffled, the motion t

Sydnee Botham (left), a development engineering co-ordinator with the Town of Amherstburg, chats with Leo Meloche at the public information centre for the possible expansion of the Amherstburg Water Treatment Plant. The former deputy mayor was one of the members of the public that gave their thoughts at the Feb. 4 meeting at the Libro Centre. Could there be an expansion of the Amherstburg Water Treatment Plant on the horizon? The possibility that the water plant could be upgr