A violent storm came through the area last Friday evening, causing trees to come down and hydro to be lost for many residents for a portion of the weekend. A large tree was uprooted in front of the Belle Vue property and the roof was damaged as a result of the storm. A powerful thunderstorm rolled through Windsor-Essex County last Friday evening, and left damage and power outages in its wake. The storm came through around 6:30 p.m. and resulted in high winds and heavy rain. After it blew...

Michigan artist Kevin Burdick works on a mural in "Art Alley," along the south side of the Downtown Espresso building. The Amherstburg Art Crawl returns July 11-12 and an artist from Michigan will once again have his work featured. Kevin Burdick was in Amherstburg recently and painted “The Stories We Tell” on the side of Downtown Espresso. That is directly across from the mural “Art is the Answer” in what is known as “Art Alley” in the downtown core. Much of the design of the new mural is...

The board of directors of the Amherstburg Freedom Museum went over its most recent year as part of their annual community meeting. The Amherstburg Freedom Museum went over a busy 2025 operating year at its recent community meeting. The museum’s board of directors gathered in the top floor of the museum building where they went over their annual business, with much of the meeting reviewing the last year. Board chair Monty Logan said part of the meeting was to reflect on what the museum did in...