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Flags flown by the Town of Amherst were lowered to half-mast on Monday, March 11, in honour of town employee John Edward McLean, 48, who died on March 5.
MacLean joined the town in 2012 as a member of the Recreation Department. The son of the late Edward (Ed) and Norma (Lamrock) McLean, he is survived by sisters, Nancy (Danny) Berry, Springhill, N.S. and Lorilee McLean (Gerald Mills), Springhill, N.S.; brother Tom (Debbie), Timberlea, N.S.; nieces and nephews, Cory, Lucas, Justine, Lindsey, Sydney, Emma, Kaitlyn, Erica and great niece Jayden.
The flags will remain at half-mast until the morning of Wednesday, March 13.
Mayor David Kogon, members of Amherst town council, CAO Greg Herrett and town staff offer our sincerest condolences to the McLean family at this time.
An Afternoon of Remembrance will be held on Tuesday, March 12, at A.H. Brown Funeral Home, Springhill, from 4-7 p.m.
The Amherst Spartan U18 and Amherst Coyotes U16 basketball teams have received a $250 community support grant from the Town of Amherst.
The money will be used to help the teams host a ladies, eight-team, invitational tournament for those age groups during the weekend of March 8-10. Teams are coming from Amherst, Cumberland County, Shelburne, Cape Breton, Halifax and St. Margarets Bay.
A development agreement that will allow changes to a business at 150 Victoria St. E. was given second reading by Amherst town council when it met on Feb. 25.
The development agreement will allow the property owner to convert the current 15-unit motel with one dwelling unit to a 10-unit motel with six dwelling units.
Council’s approval came after staff indicated the proposal conforms to the town’s municipal planning strategy and land-use bylaws and was recommended by the Planning Advisory Committee.
Amherst wouldn’t be the kind and caring community it is without volunteers like Shelley E. Carroll and Aaron Froese, Mayor David Kogon said on Feb. 25.
“Both Shelley and Aaron exemplify what it means to be a volunteer. They and many other volunteers make Amherst a great place to live, work and play,” Kogon said, after it was announced Carroll and Froese would represent the community at the provincial government’s annual volunteer recognition ceremony scheduled for Halifax on April 1.
Carroll will represent the town as the Adult Volunteer of the Year, while Froese is the town’s Youth Volunteer of the Year.