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  • Amherst Remembers

    Amherst Remembers

    Information
    Published: 17 April 2025

    As we approach the fifth anniversary of the 2020 mass casualty, Amherst remembers and honours all 22 victims, their families, and friends.

    Flags will be lowered to half mast at Town facilities this

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  • Town of Amherst facilities closed over the Easter weekend

    Town of Amherst facilities closed over the Easter weekend

    Information
    Published: 16 April 2025

    Town Hall, the public works garage, and the Community Credit Union Business Innovation Centre are closed Friday, April 18 through Monday, April 21 - re-opening on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

    The

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  • Amherst Stadium closing for annual removal of ice surface

    Amherst Stadium closing for annual removal of ice surface

    Information
    Published: 15 April 2025

    The Amherst Stadium will be closed from April 21 to May 4 for the annual removal of the ice surface. The facility will reopen on May 5 with daily operating hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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  • Victoria Street E. closed for emergency watermain repair

    Victoria Street E. closed for emergency watermain repair

    Information
    Published: 15 April 2025

    *This repair work was completed and Victoria Street East re-opened to traffic*

    Victoria Street East is currently closed from Havelock Street to Acadia Street. A watermain has ruptured and needs

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  • Men Arrested and Charged with Break, Enter and Theft

    Men Arrested and Charged with Break, Enter and Theft

    Information
    Published: 11 April 2025
    Amherst Police Department

    Two men have been arrested and charged in relation to an early morning break and enter into a building in the Amherst Industrial Park.

    Christopher Lee Glennie, aged 48 and

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  • Church Street closed - emergency watermain repair

    Church Street closed - emergency watermain repair

    Information
    Published: 10 April 2025

    *This repair work was completed and Church Street re-opened to traffic*

    Church Street is closed between Beacon Street and Wellington Street to complete an emergency watermain repair. Detour signage is in

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AMHERST WEATHER

Strategic Plan 2024-2028

Block
0,494
Residents (2021)
0.2
KM Sidewalks and Trails
0.2
KM of Watermains
0.9M
Litres of Reservoir Capacity