Amherst’s new community hub includes a new emergency shelter and supportive housing units

On today’s show, CHMA talks with Ashley Legere, executive director of the Cumberland Homelessness and Housing Support Association, about a new emergency shelter with supportive housing units set to open in Amherst early next month. Amherst town councillor Leon Landry says that $100,000 in funding from the town of Amherst towards Legere’s position helped make the project possible.

Plus in news briefs, Tantramar council hears about a needed water pump replacement in one of Sackville’s wells, and the voting is done and the town’s new sidewalk plow is officially named Luke Sidewalker.

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