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Amherst council to vote on new town clerk Monday
Amherst Town Hall
AMHERST A member of the town clerk’s office for more than 15 years, Susan Audette, will become Amherst’s next town clerk, pending approval by the Town Council on Monday.
Audette, who has been serving as temporary town clerk since Shavena Martin began a leave in September and then departed from the position in December, is being recommended for the job by Town Manager Paul Bockelman.
A memo from Bockelman to the Town Council praises Audette for stepping in to oversee the presidential election last fall and proving her “mettle.”
AMHERST A member of the town clerk’s office for more than 15 years, Susan Audette, will become Amherst’s next town clerk, pending approval by the Town Council on Monday.Audette, who has been serving as temporary town clerk since Shavena Martin began.
Susan Audette named Amherst town clerk
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
AMHERST – Interim Town Clerk Susan Audette has been named the town’s permanent clerk.
The Town Council is scheduled to act on Town Manager Paul Bockelman’s appointment of Audette at its Monday night’s meeting.
In a letter to the council, Bockelman said Audette “earned the right to serve in this position permanently.”
“With 15 years of experience in the Amherst Town Clerk’s office, Ms. Audette brings a firm understanding of the laws and rules that control the operations and functions of the Town Clerk’s office, and an attention to detail that is a key ingredient to a well-run Town Clerk’s office,” Bockelman said.
Around Amherst: Businesses get boost from state Winter Pivot grants
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST Several local businesses recently received $500 grants, matched with an additional $500 from other sources, that could help sustain them through the remaining winter months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Using an earmark secured in the state budget by Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, and administered through the state’s Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, 18 businesses in Amherst, Hadley, Sunderland and Belchertown are getting financial support, according to an announcement from the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce.
“The Amherst Area Chamber is proud to continue to offer every possible lifeline to our businesses to keep them afloat during these difficult winter months,” said Claudia Pazmany, the chamber’s executive director.