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November 11th, 2025 · North Shore News

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  Welcome to North Shore News and Interviews on
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  Amherst Island Radio. Each week we keep you updated
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  on newsworthy events, happenings and conversations
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  that we've had with people in the local community
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  and beyond. Loyalist Township has announced the
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  installation of a new commemorative crosswalk
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  located at Kildare Drive and Kidd Drive in Amherstview.
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  The crosswalk, which was unveiled on Monday,
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  November 10th, is in honor of Canada's veterans.
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  The unveiling took place with the support of
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  the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 623 Bath and
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  Area. During the remembrance period and throughout
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  the year, communities across Canada are installing
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  commemorative crosswalks as a meaningful tribute
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  to those who have served and sacrificed for our
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  country. Loyalist Township noted it is honored
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  to join this growing movement of remembrance
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  and respect. The crosswalk will serve as a visible
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  reminder to pause and reflect on the contributions
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  of veterans, both past and present, each time
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  residents and students cross its path. For Amherst
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  Island Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative,
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  I'm Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. Loyalist
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  Township will be accepting naming ideas for street
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  names in the area until December 31st. The Township's
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  commemorative street naming program gives residents
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  the chance to put forward suggestions that celebrate
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  the people, places, and stories that make the
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  community unique. Approved names will be added
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  to the Township's road registry for future developments.
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  Learn more and submit ideas at Loyalist .ca.
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  For Amherst Island Radio and the Local Journalism
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  Initiative, I'm Ted Evans. This is North Shore
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  News. Loyalist Township has announced the new
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  name for the Aquatic Centre at the W .J. Henderson
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  Community Centre. Through a gift agreement for
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  naming rights with Barr Homes and a $250 ,000
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  donation from the company, the space will be
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  named the Barr Homes Aquatic Centre. Council
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  approved the 10 -year agreement at their latest
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  meeting. CAO Rebecca Murphy spoke about the agreement
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  with Barr Homes. Barr Homes has agreed to sign
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  on, be a major donor in the Tier 3 category,
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  to name the Aquatic Centre at the facility. at
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  the WJ. This is very great. We're very gracious
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  and very thankful to Barr for stepping up and
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  being part of this vital community project. And
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  we're excited to be naming it and recommending
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  that it be named the Barr Homes Aquatic Centre.
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  The renewal of the entire center has been a large
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  ongoing project for the township. The revitalization
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  campaign was approved by council on December
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  10th, 2024, with a goal of raising $2 million.
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  The new space will feature an eight -lane 25
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  -meter pool, a new warm water leisure pool, updates
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  to arena infrastructure, enhanced accessibility,
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  updated change rooms, green energy upgrades,
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  and a new indigenous legacy space in partnership
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  with the Downey Wenjack Fund. Residents can expect
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  to see the new name used in township marketing
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  materials. inside on the west wall of the space,
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  as well as a location on the exterior of the
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  building to be agreed on at a later date. Barr
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  Homes will also be recognized on the donor wall
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  to be located in the atrium of the building.
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  Barr Homes has over 70 years of history in the
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  construction industry within Kingston and the
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  surrounding areas. According to the company,
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  they build approximately 60 homes annually in
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  Kingston and Loyalist Township. For Amherst Island
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  Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative, I'm
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  Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. Loyalists
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  Township has announced that their annual holiday
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  celebration, Light Up the Season, will be returning
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  on Saturday, November 29th from 3 p .m. to 5
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  p .m. at Fairfield Park, 4574 Bath Road in Amherst
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  View. Admission and all activities are free and
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  no registration is required. This festive family
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  -friendly event will include wagon rides, festive
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  music, milk and cookies, hot chocolate, marshmallow
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  roasting, ornament making, and visits with Santa
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  and his reindeer. Lights in the park will continue
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  to shine nightly until February. Guests are encouraged
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  to park at the W .J. Henderson Community Center
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  and take advantage of the free shuttle service
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  running every 15 minutes starting at 2 .45 p
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  .m. Parking at Fairfield Park is reserved for
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  accessible parking only, and parking along Highway
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  33 is not permitted. For more information, visit
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  loyalist .ca slash events. For Amherst Island
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  Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative, I'm
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  Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. Torrent
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  Productions is returning to Lennox and Addington
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  with their second annual Merry Magical Pantomime.
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  This year the company is presenting Jack and
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  the Beans Talk, a Merry Magical Pantomime. Shows
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  will take place at the hall at Emanuel United
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  Church, 63 Factory Street in Odessa. It will
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  be premiering Tuesday, December 23rd at 7pm and
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  run for 15 shows until January 4th. Established
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  in 2008, Torrent Productions is a professional
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  theatre company composed of Rob Tor and Stephanie
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  Graham. They've developed and produced new musicals
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  at the Toronto Fringe Festival and Next Stage
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  Theatre Festival in Toronto, as well as an annual
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  holiday pantomime in Toronto from 2016 to 2019.
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  Both Tor and Graham have extensive theatre credits
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  from the Stratford Festival, Charlottetown Festival,
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  Neptune Theatre, Theatre Aquarius, Mervish Productions,
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  Thousand Islands Playhouse, and many other companies
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  across Canada. Most recently, Graham was the
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  co -director and choreographer of the sold -out
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  run of Mary Poppins at Thousand Islands Playhouse.
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  Tor has spent seven seasons as a performer at
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  Thousand Islands Playhouse as well as many other
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  theatres across the country. For showtimes and
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  more information, visit torrentproductions .com.
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  T -O -R -R -E -N -T productions dot com. For
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  Amherst Island Radio and the Local Journalism
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  Initiative, I'm Ted Evans. This is North Shore
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  News. Loyalist Township has announced dates for
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  their Fall Town Hall meetings. The meeting for
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  Amherst Island will take place Wednesday, November
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  12th from 6 .30 to 8 p .m. at the Amherst Island
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  Community Centre, 5955 Front Road on Amherst
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  Island. To submit questions in advance, residents
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  can visit engage .loyalist .ca. For Amherst Island
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  Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative, I'm
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  Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. Residents
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  of Greater Napanee will see a change in their
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  recycling pickup on January 1, 2026. Starting
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  in the new year, Circular Materials Ontario will
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  take over Greater Napanee's blue and gray bin
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  programs. MTERA Environmental will be collecting
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  all recyclable materials. To help residents prepare
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  for the transition, the Town is holding information
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  sessions on October 23rd and November 4th from
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  6 p .m. to 730 p .m. at 99 Advance Avenue. These
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  sessions will provide an opportunity to learn
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  about the transition, how it may impact residents,
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  and how related concerns will be addressed in
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  the new year. Deputy Director of Environmental
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  Services, Growth and Infrastructure Services,
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  Andrew Girouard, spoke about the changes for
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  2026 and the possibility of more changes in the
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  coming years. 2026, we shouldn't, residents should
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  not see a change in their collection dates, the
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  streams of recycling or what recyclables are
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  collected. Beyond 2026, Circular Materials Ontario
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  and MTERA can decide to change collection dates
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  routes. streams, how it's collected, so on and
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  so forth. CAO Matthew Grant explained the challenges
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  staff are facing and how they're moving forward
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  in the new year. There's going to be some change
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  management challenges that will present themselves
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  as this rolls out. One of the things that will
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  be important for us is a pretty robust communications
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  plan combined with a pretty significant advertising
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  plan just to ensure that people understand what
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  we are and are not responsible for. You know,
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  we will need to make it clear for people what
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  we are and are not able to do because I appreciate
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  some people will be coming to us to maybe look
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  for us to assist and make sense of this. And
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  unfortunately, we won't be in that position.
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  And so it'll just be really important that we
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  be clear with people about where they can go
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  for the right information, who is now in charge
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  of this, you know, recycling more generally.
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  And that work is already underway. You know,
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  I will give kudos to the team. It's a bit of
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  a moving target. But, you know, we're staying
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  on top of the changes which have been numerous.
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  Non -eligible sources such as industrial and
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  commercial properties, not -for -profit organizations,
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  municipal and government buildings, commercial
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  farms, daycares, places of worship, campgrounds
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  and trailer parks will no longer receive curbside
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  collection. Residents who live in mixed, commercial
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  and residential buildings will still receive
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  curbside collection while the commercial section
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  of the building will not. The town will still
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  be responsible for collecting garbage. For Amherst
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  Island Radio and the Local Journalism Initiative,
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  I'm Ted Evans. This is North Shore News. This
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