🌱 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:

• Rotary Club of Bedford's Regional Idol Scholarship Competition is January 17 at Dana Center-Koonz Theatre
• Little Listeners at Amherst Town Library
• Pages & Pals at Amherst Town Library

... and check out 5 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What did one elevator say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Breezy this morning, with a high of 38 and low of 26 degrees.
• Tuesday: Sunshine giving way to clouds, temps: high: 43, low: 33.
• Wednesday: Cloudy with occasional rain, with a high of 44 and low of 33 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Amherst

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 17

• Rotary Club of Bedford's Regional Idol Scholarship Competition is January 17
  Dana Center-Koonz Theatre, 100 St Anselm Dr, Manchester
  7:00 pm

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Other local events

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

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

Sunday February 8

• Gal-entine’s Day Brunch Event (2/8/26 – Amherst, NH)
  LaBelle Winery Amherst Event Center , 345 State Rte 101 , Amherst
  10:15 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday January 12

• D-V Basketball at McLaughlin
  Merrimack Middle School , 31 Madeline Bennett Lane , Merrimack
  4:00 pm
• NHDES Baboosic Lake (Amherst/Merrimack) Aluminum Treatment Plan Public Information meeting
  Matthew Thornton Room , 8 Baboosic Lake Rd , Merrimack
  6:00 pm

Wednesday January 14

• D-V Basketball Host Timberlane
  Merrimack Middle School , 31 Madeline Bennett Lane , Merrimack
  4:00 pm
• JMES Time To Clay
  Mastricola Elementary School , 7 School St , Merrimack
  5:00 pm
• TFS Winter Concert
  Thorntons Ferry Elementary School , 134 Camp Sargent Rd , Merrimack
  6:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Merrimack

• Merrimack breaks ground on new radio tower (unionleader.com)
• Ernest Shelton scores 17 to help Merrimack turn back Siena 63-59 (kens5.com)
• David M. Parr (nashuatelegraph.com)

Nashua

• Nashua, NH – Morning Crash at Amherst St & Somerset Pkwy Leaves 1 Injured (localaccidentreports.com)
• 'She was full of life': Family remembers child who died in New Year's Day fire (wmur.com)
• New Hampshire, Nashua 2025 housing market showed positive signs (inklink.news)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I think I’m coming down with something!
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