Donald McArthur

Basketball fans can now play hoops in Anderdon on an improved court with new nets and backboards along with freshly-painted lines thanks to a generous donation from the Rotary Club of Amherstburg.

An overwhelming majority of respondents to surveys about future uses of Jack Purdie and Centennial Parks favour all-park options for both and are in favour of paying more taxes to maintain our parks, according to results that will be reviewed tonight by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee.

Multiple concepts were unveiled Wednesday night for Jack Purdie Park and the northern portion of H. Murray Smith Centennial Park and now we want to hear from you, the residents of Amherstburg!

Amherstburg's skate park will soon be fixed up, freshly painted by the kids who use it and laid out on a pad of smooth, new asphalt on the west side of the community hub at 320 Richmond Street.

The Town is seeking public input on improvements to Warren Mickle Park and has unveiled a concept plan featuring a playground and picnic area along with a pathway winding through wildflower and wet sedge meadows.

When Molly Allaire heard Council had asked Town staff to come up with different options for Jack Purdie Park, including the potential to develop a portion of it, she bought some magic markers from the Dollar Store and set to work making 150 signs that are now springing up like tulips on front lawns throughout the Monopoly subdivision.

Amherstburg’s King’s Navy Yard Park and the Town’s River Lights Festival, which provided light and hope in the midst of a pandemic winter, were each named winners Wednesday in the Best of Windsor-Essex awards presented by Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island.

I’m getting lots of questions about some buzzkill signs that have been posted by the Town near the hill at the Libro Centre and wanted to update residents and articulate a bit of a vision for the rolling landscape that exists on the sprawling property.

Open Streets Amherstburg, River Lights Winter Festival, the Farmers’ Market, King’s Navy Yard Park and a host of other Amherstburg attractions and historic sites have been nominated in the 6^th Annual Best of Windsor-Essex Awards competition.

Contrary to what you may have been told or read on social media, Amherstburg Council did not vote on Monday night to remove Russell Renaud Hill from the northern end of Centennial Park. Nor did we vote to sell any parkland, rezone any parkland or proceed with development of any parkland.