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A major step towards establishing affordable housing units and a permanent emergency transitional housing facility in the Town of Amherst was taken on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, when the Amherst town council unanimously approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the town and Cumberland Homelessness and Housing Support Association.
The memorandum will see the town fund the costs of an executive director for the association, a non-profit organization also known as Cornerstone, for a period of 12 months.
It happened more than 150 years ago, but is still talked about today.
It is the Saxby Gale, a storm that barrelled over the Isthmus of Chignecto overnight on Oct. 4, 1869, breaching the dikes and causing death and widespread destruction to communities in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
And a local historian continues to warn that a similar gale could devastate the vital transportation links that connect Nova Scotia to the rest of the North American continent.
People need to remember that “homelessness is not a crime,” says Amherst Police Chief Dwayne Pike.
“We also need to understand and guard ourselves against the criminalization of homelessness as many homeless people are looking for means of getting by and surviving.”
The month of October has been proclaimed Disability Employment Awareness Month in the Town of Amherst.
“Persons with disabilities are valued members of our community,” Mayor David Kogon said on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, as he signed the proclamation on behalf of the Amherst town council.