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

Riders enjoy bike trails around the Libro Centre. The town’s updated Parks Master Plan (PMP) has been approved and there was a focus on two of the town’s parks. The Windsor-Essex Bike Community (WEBC) appeared before town council with James Braakman, one of the four directors with WEBC, stating the group is looking to add a “skills park” to its existing trail system at the Libro Centre.  “The WEBC skills park project aims to create a safe venue for mountain bikers to improve

Amherstburg Municipal Building. With a new year coming soon, the town’s economic development advisory committee is looking ahead to see what they want to focus on. The committee met last Wednesday evening at Amherstburg town hall where part of the two-hour meeting was devoted to the committee’s workplan and what they still want to focus on this term. Items they are highlighting include that administration be directed to look at additional festival and event programming devote