🌱 Patch AM: Cooking Techniques Class: Hands-On Pasta Making (1/17/26 – Amherst) and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• Friends of the Library Artist Reception - Liz Cardoso at Amherst Town Library
• Little Listeners at Amherst Town Library
• Pages & Pals at Amherst Town Library

... and check out 7 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did the shovel say to the dirt? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Occasional rain and drizzle, with a high of 44 and low of 36 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, afternoon rain, temps: high: 44, low: 33.
• Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the a.m., with a high of 39 and low of 24 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Amherst

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday January 13

• FREE WEBINAR | “Italy's Top 10 Mosaics”
  Online,
  11:30 am

Saturday January 10

• Paint & Sip Workshop: Winter Wine Glasses (LaBelle Winery- Amherst, NH)
  LaBelle Winery Amherst Event Center, 345 State Rte 101, Amherst
  1:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday January 10

• Friends of the Library Artist Reception - Liz Cardoso
  Amherst Town Library , 14 Main Street , Amherst
  1:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• Little Listeners
  Amherst Town Library , 14 Main Street , Amherst
  10:00 am
• Pages & Pals
  Amherst Town Library , 14 Main Street , Amherst
  3:30 pm

Thursday January 15

• Tots & Tunes
  Amherst Town Library , 14 Main Street , Amherst
  10:00 am

Friday January 16

• Bubbly Babies
  Amherst Town Library , 14 Main Street , Amherst
  10:00 am

Saturday January 17

• Cooking Techniques Class: Hands-On Pasta Making (1/17/26 – Amherst)
  LaBelle Winery Amherst Event Center , 345 State Rte 101 , Amherst
  10:30 am
• Rotary Club of Bedford's Regional Idol Scholarship Competition is January 17
  Dana Center-Koonz Theatre , 100 St Anselm Dr , Manchester
  7:00 pm

Thursday January 22

• AM Gold: Yacht Rock Concert at LaBelle Winery Amherst)
  LaBelle Winery Amherst Event Center , 345 State Rte 101 , Amherst
  7:15 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday January 9

• Foreign Film Friday
  Whipple Free Library , 67 Mont Vernon Rd , New Boston
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Company - The Musical
  Nashua Center for the Arts , 201 Main St , Nashua
  7:30 pm
• Jamelot at Riley’s Place
  Riley's Place , 29 Mont Vernon St , Milford
  8:00 pm

Sunday January 11

• Wrestling Hosts Merrimack Mayhem
  Merrimack Middle School
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• School Administrative Unit 39 posted a job opening for Amherst Middle School Girls Basketball Coach in Amherst. Apply here.
• Merrimack School District SAU26 posted a job opening for Day Custodian Floating Position (2 Positions) in Merrimack. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Amherst here.

🗞 Nearby News

Merrimack

• NH housing market starts to even out for buyers, Realtors say (unionleader.com)
• School spending cap shot down due to House GOP defections (unionleader.com)
• 5 Most Notable Food & Beverage Manufacturing Trends in 2025 (powderbulksolids.com)

Milford

• Local students achieve academic honors at Rivier (cabinet.com)
• Earthquake centered in Mass. felt over 60 miles away (masslive.com)
• Sally A Bosquet (nashuatelegraph.com)

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