Town News
Victoria Street Closed Sunday, November 16
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- Category: Public Notices
On Sunday, November 16, 2025 - from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. - Victoria Street East will be closed to traffic between Havelock and Church Streets.
This closure will allow us to welcome and celebrate the tree for Boston as it passes through Amherst.
Join us from noon to 1 p.m. and have some fun while we send this year's Nova Scotia Christmas tree to Boston.
Please Note:
- Street closed at 7 a.m.
- Event from noon until 1 p.m.
October 27, 2025 Amherst Town Council Highlights
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- Category: Media Releases
Election of New Deputy Mayor
The term for Amherst’s Deputy Mayor expires annually on October 31. At the regular meeting of Town Council, Charlie Chambers was elected as the new Deputy Mayor – effective from November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026.
Council Committee Appointments
Council approved the following committee appointments effective November 1, 2025 to October 31, 2026, with the exception of the terms for the Amherst Board of Police Commissioners appointments as noted:
- Mayor Small has been re-appointed to Regional Emergency Management and re-appointed to the North Tyndal Wellfield Advisory Committee;
- Councillor Chambers has been re-appointed to the Planning Advisory Committee, and will continue to sit on the Amherst Board of Police Commissioners through October 31, 2027;
- Councillor Davidson has been re-appointed to the Accessibility, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee, the L.A. Animal Shelter board, and will continue to sit on the Amherst Board of Police Commissioners through October 31, 2026;
- Councillor Furlong has been re-appointed to the Northern Region Solid Waste Committee, Regional Emergency Management, and will continue to sit on the Amherst Board of Police Commissioners through October 31, 2027;
- Councillor McManaman has been re-appointed to the Planning Advisory Committee, the North Tyndal Wellfield Advisory Committee, and the Cumberland Public Libraries Board;
- Councillor Ripley has been re-appointed to the Planning Advisory Committee, the Intermunicipal Tourism Committee, and has been appointed to the GFL Community Liaison Committee; and,
- Councillor Wells has been re-appointed to the Accessibility, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee, as well as being newly appointed to the YMCA Board of Directors.
Further, all members of Council are also appointed to the Committee of the Whole of Amherst Town Council, and the Town of Amherst Audit Committee.
Additional Committee Appointments
The Town of Amherst Audit Committee received two new citizen appointments on Monday night when Jim Prince was appointed to the committee for a one-year term and Rae Burke was re-appointed for a two-year term.
Council also approved a motion appointing Ava Tooley as the Amherst Youth Town Council appointee to the Town of Amherst Accessibility, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee.
Remembrance Day Ceremony
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- Category: Public Notices
On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony will take place in downtown Amherst at Victoria Square. Attendees are asked to be in place by 10:45 a.m.
To accommodate this year's ceremonies, Victoria Street East will be closed between Havelock and Lawrence, and Church Street will be closed at King. Streets will close at 7 a.m. and will re-open after the ceremonies, by approximately noon.
Remembrance Day Itinerary
- 10:15 a.m. - Colour Party/Pipe Band meet behind Baptist Church
- 10:55 a.m. - Parade marches off from Lions Parking lot
- 10:58 a.m. - Colour Party halts in front of flag pole
- 10:58 a.m. - O Canada sung by Zea Carbona
- 11:00 a.m. - Eleven bells - First Baptist Church
- After the 11th bell:
- Last Post by Lt. MacLean MS
- Two Minutes Silence
- Flag Half Masted by NCdt Jordan Jones
- (Banner dipped - Colour Party)
- After the 11th bell:
- 11:05 a.m. - One Bell - First Baptist Church
- Lament - Pipe Band
- Rouse by Lt. MacLean MS
- Flag raised by NCdt Jordan Jones
- (banner raised - Colour Party)
- Amazing Grace - Pipe Band
- 11:15 a.m. - Act of Remembrance
- Official wreath laid
- Formal speeches
- Prayers and benediction - Rev Jeff White
- Royal Anthem
- 11:20 a.m. Parade dismissed
Water Bills Are in the Mail
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- Category: Public Notices
Due to circumstances beyond our control, there was a delay in sending out water bills, therefore the payment deadline has been extended to December 12, 2025.
Find more information here on the quarterly water billing schedule.
Winter Parking
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- Category: Public Notices
The public is advised that Winter Parking Regulations are in effect in the Town of Amherst from November 15th, 2025 until April 15th, 2026.
The Regulations state that:
No owner or driver or person having control or custody of any vehicle, shall between the 15th day of November A.D. 2025 and the 15th day of April A.D. 2026, park or leave standing the same upon any highway or street in the Town of Amherst between the hours of 12:00 o’clock midnight and the hour of 7:00 a.m. of the same day.
Demolition of 27 Westminster Avenue
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- Category: Public Notices
A Town-hired contractor will be completing the demolition of 27 Westminster Avenue starting on Tuesday, November 4th at 7:30 a.m., weather dependent.
The street will be temporarily closed November 4th - local traffic only.
Work is expected to be completed within three days. There will be heavy machinery on site during this time, so please use caution if in the area.
