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Fire overnight Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, destroyed much of a century-old building in downtown Amherst that contained two businesses, despite the efforts of 105 firefighters from seven different departments.
“The call came in shortly after 10:30 p.m.,” Fire Chief Greg Jones said, during an 8 a.m. interview Sunday morning, Sept. 20, 2020.
“When we arrived on the scene, smoke was starting to come out of the eaves of the structure and from the doors on the lower level.”
Nearly $60,000 in Community Support grants were handed out by the Town of Amherst on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, to 10 organizations that help make Amherst a great place to live, work and play.
“It is organizations the like the ones here this evening that help make this town a strong, caring community,” said Mayor David Kogon, who, along with other members of council, handed out the grants.
Some strange, scary, hair-raising creatures will be haunting the streets of Amherst during the month of October.
All without a brain, these spooky, funny, well-dressed scarecrows will be hanging out among the shops, restaurants, businesses and community groups participating in the town’s first ever Scarecrow Stroll.
“We’re inviting the public to take a stroll through town to view these one-of-a-kind scarecrows,” Cheryl Laliberté, the town’s community well-being manager, said.
More than three decades of contributions by the local Zonta Club to the citizens of the Town of Amherst were recognized on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, with a proclamation and the raising of the Zonta International flag.
“The Zonta Club of Amherst Area is part of a worldwide service organization that has 29,000 members in 63 countries that work for the advancement of the status of women, legally, socially and economically,” Mayor David Kogon said, before signing a proclamation declaring Sept. 13- Sept. 19, 2020, as Zonta Week in the Town of Amherst.