Four-year-old Grayson Baldwin, being held by mom Stacey, was subject of a fundraiser in River Canard last Saturday night. A fundraiser for a four-year-old boy with a rare form of cancer brought community members out in full force over the weekend. “Grayson’s Pasta Dinner” fundraiser was held Saturday evening at the River Canard Columbian Club, with proceeds benefitting young Grayson Baldwin and his family. The proceeds from the event totalled $5,146. Karey Montgomery, Grayson

Getting more medical services and doctors in Amherstburg remains a priority for town council and many of its residents. Town council is pledging to work with health professionals in the area, residents and the province so that more doctors and nurses come to town. Representatives of the Windsor-Essex Ontario Health Team (WEOHT), which includes local health organizations like the Amherstburg Family Health Team (AFHT) among a large roster of health care partners, attended town

ACS executive director Kathy DiBartolomeo (centre) and The House Youth Centre program director Morghan Shearon (right) go over their services at the Amherstburg Chamber of Commerce AGM last Wednesday night. ACOC president Dan Gemus is at left. The Amherstburg Chamber of Commerce (ACOC) looked back at the most recent year and are planning their next year forward. The ACOC held its annual general meeting (AGM) last Wednesday night in the community room at Amherstburg Community

Carol’s Unisex Hair Design held their latest food drive for the food bank at Amherstburg Community Services. The salon focused on cereal, collecting 280 boxes. That beat their record of 240 boxes. The donation was presented to ACS executive director Kathy DiBartolomeo (back row, left) and her team Feb. 27. Also pictured are hairstylists Carol Charette (front), Vivienne Wood, Sam Woltz and Stephanie Borrelli. Cereal drive

Jessica Pedlar, a community connector with the P2P Neighbourhoods program at ACS, speaks at a meeting last Thursday morning at Amherstburg Community Services. Community meeting held regarding ACS's P2P Neighbourhood project By Ron Giofu The Pathway to Potential (P2P) project that has come to Amherstburg took another step forward last week. The local P2P Neighbourhoods program is being overseen locally by Amherstburg Community Services (ACS) with a community meeting being held

Walkers head out from the Amherstburg Community Hub during Amherstburg’s Coldest Night of the Year last Saturday evening. Proceeds from the local event will benefit The House Youth Centre and the programming they offer. The House is located within the Hub. Walkers hit the street for the sixth straight year in support of The House Youth Centre. This year’s Amherstburg’s Coldest Night of the Year was held last Saturday evening with the starting and ending points being the Amher

Amanda Kerr is searching for a compromise regarding her business signage. A local small business owner is voicing frustration with having to remove her sign. Amanada Kerr, who operates Amanda Kerr Fitness at 111 Sandwich St. S., is being told by the town to remove her sign that is near the building. She said she has permission from the sign owner to add her sign to it, but both she and the owner are being told by the town to have it removed. Kerr said she had it there for abo

Pie A Teacher was at North Star High School Feb. 25. What student wouldn’t want to hit one of their teachers with a pie? A number of North Star High School students took advantage of the opportunity last Wednesday and raised money for a good community cause in the process. The “Pie A Teacher” fundraiser was held at lunchtime Feb. 25 and raised $1,300 for Kids Curing Cancer. The charity was founded by siblings Lauren, Kierstyn and Ty Baillargeon, with the aid of their family,

Auctioneer Sean MacKinnon conducts the Feb. 27 Toonie Auction at Harrow United Church. The preceding dinner, with food donated by Sobeys Amherstburg, also acted as its own fundraiser. Harrow United Church (HUC) brought back one of its more popular fundraisers, with numerous charities and causes benefitting. The church’s Toonie Auction was held last Friday night.  The evening started with a chili (or hot dog) dinner, followed by the toonie auction itself.  Proceeds from the di

Coldest Night happening this Saturday evening The House Youth Centre program director Morghan Shearon speaks to the crowd at the Feb. 20 “So Cold Social” held at G.L. Heritage Brewing Co. in Amherstburg. The social was to help get people prepared for the Amherstburg’s Coldest Night of the Year event, which is occurring this Saturday evening. Amherstburg’s Coldest Night of the Year is this Saturday evening and an event was held last week to get people ready for the occasion. T

Amherstburg fire contained to rear bedroom of home. The Amherstburg Fire Department battled a fire in a home in Amherst Pointe Feb. 23. Fire chief Michael Mio said at approximately 6 p.m. Monday, the Amherstburg Fire Department responded to the 100 block of McDonald Avenue for a reported residential structure fire. Upon arrival, Mio said crews made entry into the residence and located a fire in a rear bedroom of the residential structure.  Firefighters were able to quickly ex

A local business owner is trying to promote the town and will be featuring several sites, businesses, non-profit organizations and more in his effort to do that. “What Makes Amherstburg Great” is a series of 50 weekly write-ups from Richard Peddie, who has already launched the initiative through his River Bookshop website and digital newsletter. “There’s a lot of pluses here,” he said. “There’s a lot to celebrate. I see constant examples of what makes the town great. I just t

The Collavino Family made a $1 million donation to the new Fancsy Family Hospital, which is to be built at the corner of County Road 42 and Concession 9. The donation sees the family get naming rights to the Collavino Family Cardio-Pulmonary Diagnostic Lab. Motivated by personal experiences with heart and lung health concerns, members of two Collavino families have made a $1-million gift toward the Fancsy Family Hospital to support vital equipment and technologies needed at t

Grandparents and their grandchildren recently gathered for the annual “Grandparents Day” event at École St.-Jean Baptiste in Amherstburg. Students and their grandparents did a craft together and then had lunch with each other. Valentine’s Day was celebrated over the weekend, but just before that, a local school celebrated the love between grandparents and grandchildren. École St.-Jean Baptiste presented “Grandparents Day” again this year, and once again it was held near Valen

An individual from the United States has been fined $1,700 after an October court hearing. A man from Belleville, Michigan pleaded guilty to fishing without a licence and fishing with extra lines. In addition to the fine, he is prohibited from possessing an Ontario fishing licence and engaging in any fishing activities in the province for one year. The Ministry of Natural Resources added in a press release that 12 walleye and the man’s fishing gear were seized and forfeited t