Amherst Board of Police Commissioners bylaw amended

The Amherst town council approved the second and final reading of an amendment to the Bylaw Respecting the Amherst Board of Police Commissioners when it met in special session on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022.

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Sept. 26, 2022, proclaimed Medic Monday by the Town of Amherst

The life-saving efforts of the province’s paramedics is being recognized by the Town of Amherst, which has proclaimed Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, as Medic Monday.

“Paramedics play a very important role in our health care system,” Mayor David Kogon said, as he signed the proclamation on behalf of the Amherst town council on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.

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Hurricane Fiona expected to impact Amherst and area

Environment Canada has issued a tropical cyclone information statement and a special weather statement that state hurricane Fiona is expected to bring dangerous weather conditions to Amherst and the surrounding area later this week.

The storm is expected to affect the area between Friday evening (Sept. 23, 2022, and Saturday (Sept. 24, 2022). It is expected to bring severe and damaging wind gusts, very high waves, coastal storm surges and intense rainfall events.

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Amherst will be spooktacular in October

Amherst’s greatest mystery will be celebrated in spooktacular fashion when the town hosts Esther Fest from Oct. 17, 2022, to Oct. 31, 2022.

Celebrating all things scary, frightening and ghostly, the festival is named after Esther Cox, a young Amherst woman who was the subject of reported poltergeist activity that gained international attention between 1878 and 1879 and was the subject of a book written by Walter Hubbell titled The Great Amherst Mystery.

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