The Town of Essex will reveal its newest accessibility feature at Colchester Beach on Wednesday, June 27 at 1:00pm.

Members of the media and local community are invited to join dignitaries for the unveiling of the brand new Mobi Mats and commemorative plaque at the beach, located at 100 Jackson Street in Colchester Centre.

The Mobi Mats are rollout semi-rigid surfaces designed to provide beach access for wheelchairs, strollers, and pedestrians with mobility issues. The mats are part of a suite of new accessibility features recently added at Colchester Beach, Harbour, and Community Centre.

The addition of Mobi Mats was made possible through the generous donation of the Watsa family, in memory of David Watsa. David was a long-time and dedicated member of the Colchester Harbour Committee.

The unveiling event will include speeches from Essex Town Council, a member of the Accessibility Advisory Committee, as well as the Watsa family.

Myles is a charming young boy with Down Syndrome. Everyone in the Riverside community knows Myles because he has had respite opportunities where he can go out into the community and meet new people, develop new skills and make friends.

Every year Riverside Minor Baseball and Family Respite Services come together for a community event to ensure that children with disabilities can have opportunities just like their peers. This year our goal is to ensure that children with disabilities can play baseball just like everyone else, on the soon to be Miracle League!

Event: Free Family Outdoor Movie Night!

“We look forward to having a movie night for Family Respite Services because they provide important services to children in our community”, said Cindy Nantais, Myles mom and Riverside Baseball 100 Inning Game Organizer.

Alexandria Fischer (Community Relations Coordinator at Family Respite Services) explains, “Riverside Minor Baseball gets it, they are responding to a community need, so that ALL children belong. Family Respite Services vision is to ensure Windsor/Essex is a community where Families are STRONG and ALL children belong. Riverside Minor Baseball is making our vision come alive!”

Saturday, June 23, 9-10pm at Riverside Baseball Park, 6865 Ontario St. Film, The Sandlot Movie. FREE Event for all ages! The movie night is part of an all-day community event for the new Farrow Riverside Miracle Park at Riverside Baseball park on June 23 including baseball games (10am-10pm) and car show (10am-3pm)

Award-winning rock trio, Rose Cora Perry & The Truth Untold, is scheduled to perform as special guests as a part of this year's Belle River Sunsplash Festival on July 13, 6pm at the Lakeview Park Ampitheatre.

Living life to the fullest may be easier for our communities most vulnerable now that Windsor Public Library is offering FREE Life & Living Well sessions

Anyone who believes in the concepts of being happy, neighbours helping neighbours, assisting others to be happy and being in charge of ones’ own life is being encouraged to register now for Life & Living Well sessions which begin this July at local public libraries.

In a social atmosphere participants are guided by a facilitator to develop their own life-long care plan that can be shared with loved ones, friends, and health care providers. Each session is 1.5 hours long and residents are asked to sign up for 4 consecutive sessions at the same location. What this does for citizens is it helps improve their lives and supports them to get the help they need when they need it!

Sessions are as follows: For Riverside Branch: Mondays - July 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th, for 2:30-4:00.

For Forest Glade Branch: Thursdays - July 12th, 19th, 26th, and August 2nd, for 10:30-12:00.

For Sandwich Branch: Wednesdays – August 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th, for 4:30-6:00.

Where: Public Libraries in Windsor Ontario

Living life to the fullest may be easier for our communities most vulnerable now that Windsor Public Library is offering FREE Life & Living Well sessions

Anyone who believes in the concepts of being happy, neighbours helping neighbours, assisting others to be happy and being in charge of ones’ own life is being encouraged to register now for Life & Living Well sessions which begin this July at local public libraries.

In a social atmosphere participants are guided by a facilitator to develop their own life-long care plan that can be shared with loved ones, friends, and health care providers. Each session is 1.5 hours long and residents are asked to sign up for 4 consecutive sessions at the same location. What this does for citizens is it helps improve their lives and supports them to get the help they need when they need it!

Sessions are as follows: For Riverside Branch: Mondays - July 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th, for 2:30-4:00.

For Forest Glade Branch: Thursdays - July 12th, 19th, 26th, and August 2nd, for 10:30-12:00.

For Sandwich Branch: Wednesdays – August 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th, for 4:30-6:00.

Where: Public Libraries in Windsor Ontario

Living life to the fullest may be easier for our communities most vulnerable now that Windsor Public Library is offering FREE Life & Living Well sessions

Anyone who believes in the concepts of being happy, neighbours helping neighbours, assisting others to be happy and being in charge of ones’ own life is being encouraged to register now for Life & Living Well sessions which begin this July at local public libraries.

In a social atmosphere participants are guided by a facilitator to develop their own life-long care plan that can be shared with loved ones, friends, and health care providers. Each session is 1.5 hours long and residents are asked to sign up for 4 consecutive sessions at the same location. What this does for citizens is it helps improve their lives and supports them to get the help they need when they need it!

Sessions are as follows: For Riverside Branch: Mondays - July 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th, for 2:30-4:00.

For Forest Glade Branch: Thursdays - July 12th, 19th, 26th, and August 2nd, for 10:30-12:00.

For Sandwich Branch: Wednesdays – August 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th, for 4:30-6:00.

Where: Public Libraries in Windsor Ontario

Tuesdays July 3rd and JULY 17, 6:30-9pm at Lakeshore Optimist Park in Belle River. Bring family, friends, Canned Goods for the food bank if you are able, instruments and come on out to enjoy the fun! Put on by the Essex /Kent Bluegrass, Old Time and Folk Music Association.

The Welcome Centre food bank shelves are currently quite bare and in need of replenishing.  Every month, more than 200 individuals access our Food Bank. In light of the research conducted by the Advocacy group Campaign 2000 revealing that Windsor-West has one of the highest rates on child poverty in the country and knowing our shelves are nearly bare, it is more important than ever to highlight that our Food Bank serves as an essential service to those children experiencing poverty. Not only are we accepting donations from individuals in our community, we are also looking for businesses to come on board as a monthly Food Bank Sponsor. Sponsorship of the Welcome Centre Shelter Food Bank presents a unique opportunity for local companies and businesses to get involved and promote their commitment to the Windsor-Essex community. Businesses pick their month of choice (June, July, August, September, October, November) and collect goods that are in high demand the entire month and when the month finishes, they bring the items to our Food Bank.

To help support The Welcome Centre visit www.welcomecentreshelter.com or contact 519-971-7595 to learn more. 

Members of the public are invited to join the Town of Essex for its official ribbon cutting at the brand new Essex Centre Splash Pad on Tuesday, June 26 at 1:30 pm.

The splash pad, which features a fun sports theme, will help keep local families and their kids cool through hot summer months for years to come.

“With splash pads in Harrow and Colchester, we are very excited to provide this amenity to the residents of Essex Centre,” said Doug Sweet, Director of Community Services. “The splash pad was a priority project identified by the community in the 2015 Recreation Master Plan, and we’re happy to deliver.”

The grand opening event will feature brief speeches and a ribbon cutting. After the ribbon cutting, the splash pad will be ready to enjoy, operating seven days per week until the end of August.

The splash pad is part of the Essex Centre Sports Complex, located at 60 Fairview Avenue W., Essex Centre.