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Amherst town council’s committee of the whole is recommending the town approve amendments its Proceedings of Council policy when the council meets on May 25, 2021.
The recommendation was made during the committee’s May 17, 2021, meeting.
Marie MacDonald, after 50 years in the workforce, including the last 13-plus with the Town of Amherst, has decided to “hang up my proverbial hat.”
“I just decided I wanted to be able to do what I want when I want to it,” MacDonald said in an interview conducted shortly before her last day of work, which is Friday, May 21, 2021. “I felt it was time for me to relax.”
The COVID-19 testing centre in the Town of Amherst is being moved to the Amherst Stadium.
“We are more than happy to assist Nova Scotia Health in ensuring residents of Amherst and Cumberland County have access to a COVID-19 testing centre that can meet the current demand for testing,” Mayor David Kogon said. “The Amherst Stadium is more than adequate to meet that demand while ensuring people have a safe location in which they can be tested.”
Matthew Brown has joined the ‘A’ team as the Town of Amherst’s new information services manager.
“We look forward to working with Matthew, who joined our team on May 10, 2021,” Interim CAO Jason MacDonald said, as he announced Brown’s hiring on May 13.