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A 37-year-old male wanted in connection with a robbery and assault that allegedly took place at an Amherst residence on February 25th, 2024 has been located by Amherst Police and arrested.
Amherst Police are investigating a late-night accident that occurred in the South Albion Street area on March 15th, 2024.
What do you get when your town has an egg factory, a bread factory, and is surrounded by maple sugar woods? An annual French toast festival, of course. French Toast Fest is back for its sixth year from March 18-24, with 11 amazing Amherst restaurants taking part.
Each restaurant has created its own unique French toast dish to offer up, including: raisin bread French toast with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce; French toast sausage rolls; French toast muffins topped with maple cream cheese and maple syrup drizzle, plus salted maple lattés; French Toast churros; Elvis French toast (including peanut butter, bananas, and bacon); apple cinnamon French toast; maple cheesecake topped with French toast crunch and maple syrup; and, Nutella-stuffed French toast with strawberries.
March 6, 2024
When Melanie Cyr was growing up in Memramcook, NB, she often travelled with her mother to Amherst so they could take care of shopping for the family.
“My mom lives in Irishtown now,” Melanie said. “She still comes to Amherst to shop, and she’s always happy when she comes home. Because of her, when I had my kids, we always came here, and now my kids know their way around Amherst.”
A few years ago, Melanie’s daughter Danica was in university and wanted to start a small side business to generate some income. She started out creating cupcakes, but it wasn’t quite the right fit. Melanie explained that it’s long been their family tradition to bring cheesecake whenever they’re invited to a holiday supper or special event. So, after a lot of experimentation and combining several recipes, she and Danica developed a new product: cheesecake on a stick.