Shortly thereafter, Arthur Marsh of the Essex Free Press joined the Amherstburg Echo as John Auld's partner.
[3] Prominent architect J.C. Pennington was hired to draw up plans and in 1915 the Echo moved into its new building on the west side of Dalhousie Street.
Arthur Marsh's 23-year-old son John, a recent graduate of McGill University, joined his father at the paper after Auld's death in 1924.
Helen advocated for women's rights in the weekly, including her widely read “Conversation Pieces” column which is significant as a social history of Amherstburg from 1940 to 1980.
[8] In October 2012, the Echo was closed by Sun Media,[9] who announced it would increase Amherstburg coverage in its recently launched Windsor This Week paper.