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Amherst town council’s committee of the whole is recommending council change the name of Copp Lane to Ernie Lane.
The committee made the recommendation during its Feb. 18, 2020, meeting when it referred a request to change the name to council’s Feb. 24 session for approval.
The Town of Amherst celebrated everying winter during its recently completed sixth annual Winter Carnival. To see a photo essay on the event, please click on the link.
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AMHERST, Nova Scotia – Eleven teams and 38 individuals who achieved gold medal performances at the provincial level or gold, silver or bronze at the national-international level in 2019 were honoured by the Town of Amherst on Feb. 11, 2020, during the town’s annual Athletic Achievers Award Ceremony.
“On behalf of all members of town council I want to congratulate all the athletes we are honouring here tonight,” Mayor David Kogon said. “These athletes achieved gold medal performances at the provincial level, or gold, silver or bronze medal performances at the national level. We recognize that it takes practice, hard work and sacrifice to reach the level of success that each of you have achieved.
The Town of Amherst has received a $75,000 grant from the Nova Scotia Department of Energy and Mines that will help the town reduce its green-house-gas emissions.
The grant was announced by Deputy-premier Karen Casey during a news conference in Truro on Jan. 30, 2020, that was attended by Mayor David Kogon and Andrew Fisher, the town’s planning and strategic initiatives manager.
Kogon told the news conference that climate change is real and the town owed it to its citizens to address it.