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The Amherst town council repealed the town’s COVID-19 vaccination policy when it met during a special session on Friday, March 4, 2022.
The policy, which required employees, council members and people serving on town committees to be fully vaccinated, was implemented in October 2021 following provincial Health Protection Act orders that were enacted at the height of the latest wave of the pandemic.
Evelyn Pollard and Karen Leblanc were appointed by the Amherst town council on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, as the town’s citizen representatives on the newly formed Intermunicipal Poverty Reduction Advisory Committee.
Helping reduce poverty in the Cumberland region is one of the council’s top priorities. It believes the appointments are the first step into the good work the council expects the intermunicipal committee will carry out for the citizens of Amherst, Oxford and Cumberland County.
Lifelong Amherst-area resident Jeffery Bacon has joined the ‘A’ team as the Town of Amherst’s new business development officer.
“Jeff has extensive experience in business development, sales and project management through progressively more senior level roles at LED Roadway Lighting Ltd. here in Amherst,” CAO Jason MacDonald said in an email introducing Bacon to town staff.
“I know Jeff will be a pleasure for us all to work with and will do a great job in his new role.”
The solid waste management system that has served the towns of Oxford, Amherst and the Municipality of the County of Cumberland for about 50 years has been sold to GFL Environmental, the fourth largest North American diversified environmental services company.