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This year’s Canada Day celebration is still on, but it will have a dramatically different look.
Regulations preventing more than 50 people from gathering in one location and requiring social distancing of at least two metres, established by the province to battle the COVID-19 virus, are preventing people from gathering in Victoria Square to listen to music or the Robb’s Centennial Complex to watch fireworks as they have traditionally done.
The Town of Amherst will have its first fully electronic municipal election in its history when voters go to the polls in October.
Council decided to go the electronic voting route during its June 22, 2020, council meeting.
In making the decision, council felt an electronic vote was the only way to ensure the safety of citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic as social distancing could not be guaranteed if traditional paper ballots and polling stations were used.
Amherst town hall has reopened to serve the public.
Closed three months ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the building at 98 Victoria St. E. reopened on June 22, 2020, some modification to accommodate public health protocols.
Town crews lay new sod on baseball field at Robb’s Centennial Complex
The baseball field at the Robb’s Centennial Complex, known as Robb 3, is getting a facelift.
Town crews have been working to eliminate a “lip” that caused the dirt infield to be about 2.54 centimetres lower that the grass outfield.