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Tamara Porter has resigned her position as the Town of Amherst’s Business Development Officer.
“I accepted her resignation with regret,” Interim CAO Jason MacDonald said on Monday, May 10, 2021.
Nova Scotia Public Health has advised the Town of Amherst that a town employee has tested positive for COVID-19.
Town officials received the information late in the morning on Wednesday, May, 5, 2021.
The Town of Amherst has become aware of a rumour circulating in the community about a potential COVID-19 positive test among its workforce.
However, as of late afternoon on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, the town has “not had any communication from Nova Scotia Public Health in this regard,” Interim CAO Jason MacDonald said.
Establishing a youth centre in the Town of Amherst took a step forward during a special session of the Amherst town council on Monday, May 3, 2021.
Council approved a memorandum of understanding between the town and Maggie’s Place that will see the town provide $135,000 in one-time, non-renewable, seed funding to Maggie’s Place for the sole purpose of establishing a “physical facility for a youth development centre.”