To my constituents in Amherst and to the surrounding communities: As your state representative in Concord, I would like to provide you with an overview of the bills we voted on during our most recent House session. Since I am limited in the size of the update, I am only going to mention those ...

The Souhegan Valley Chamber of Commerce is excited to offer to the community a unique opportunity to travel internationally with us on a spectacular Food and Wine Tour of Italy. You do not need to be a Chamber member to participate in this exciting trip. The trip departs from Logan to Milan on ...

This Jussie Smollett story: Know why I find this fascinating? Because now, all of a sudden, out of the blue ... I’ve heard of him. Never had before. Wouldn’t know him from Adam and still wouldn’t except that I “Get the papers, get the papers” (vague “Goodfellas” reference.) Now ...

Too bad they have to wait a year, but starting in September 2020, students in Amherst middle and high school will be able to get a bit more sleep in the morning because school officials there finally decided to make start times later. We say “finally decided” because we can’t for the ...

We do not know the name of the New Hampshire state trooper who, after last week’s snow storm, issued 17 tickets to drivers who had not bothered to clear the snow off of their cars, thus finding themselves in violation of Jessica’s Law, named for a young woman killed when flying ice hit a ...

71 years ago, 1948 The three-story brick store and post office building in Amherst, owned by Andrew J. Raymond, was destroyed by fire. It was the only three-story building on town and had been a Village landmark since 1809. Also housed in the building were the IGA market on the first floor ...