Filing period for town offices begins next week

Beginning on January 19th through January 28th is your chance to file for town office. In a tradition of electing government officials that is uniquely that of the United States, the following positions in the Town of Amherst are up for grabs:

One seat for Selectman (3 year term)
One seat for Trustee of the Trust Funds [...]

4-alarm fire on Storybrook Lane

At approximately 5:00PM on Friday, January 7th a call went out to Amherst firefighters to respond to a house fire at 31 Storybrook Lane. The fire went to 4-alarms bringing in equipment and about 100 firefighters from neighboring towns like Bedford, Merrimack, Milford, Nashua, Manchester, Brookline, Wilton, Mont Vernon and Hollis. It took nearly three [...]

Accused of murder, parents expected to take stand

Steven Spader was already found guilty of first degree murder in the highly publicized Mont Vernon murder of Kimberly Cates and the brutal attack on her 11-year old daughter. Christopher Gribble of Brookline is the second suspect to be charged with first degree murder with his trial beginning in a few weeks.
Gribble has pleaded not [...]

Local Ponzi scheme victims still searching for answers

It’s been called the largest Ponzi scheme in the state’s history with the state and especially the Banking Department. They are the focus of victim claims for being partial responsible for allowing Financial Resources Mortgage and CL&M to conduct business as they were. The victims are also claiming that by not intervening they are liable [...]

Selectmen support Community Development Block Grant

Selectmen voted unanimously this past Monday night in favor of pursuing a Community Development Block Grant that will help provide funding for an affordable-housing project called Hidden Pond Development. The project is estimated at $6 million and would be located on property at 104 Amherst Street.
Quoted from the Milford Cabinet, “The Planning Board has over [...]

Man held at gunpoint after Amherst St. break-in

In a story by the Nashua Telegraph, 20-year old Eldon Spikes of Amherst was arrested and “charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespass at 11:30PM on Tuesday” for breaking into a home on Amherst Street in Amherst.
According to police, Spikes broke into the home by kicking in the back door. He was met by the [...]

Planning Board to discuss number of permitted “animal units”

Straight from the town’s website, the Planning Board has scheduled a public hearing for tonight to discuss proposed regulations in the number and type of animals cared for at a residence and/or a farm:
The Town of Amherst Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at or about 7:30 pm in [...]

David and Jamie Cates named Citizens of the Year

The Union Leader announced that Jamie and David Cates of Mont Vernon are their 2010 Citizens of the Year. In a detailed article the Union Leader spoke about the resilience, courage and dignity that these two showed through horrific circumstances.
Kimberly Cates, the wife of David and mother to Jamie, was brutally murdered at home in [...]

The Amherst Advocate is BACK

As many of you know, this site is essentially a one-man operation. It’s me sitting at my desk and crawling for news each morning and then keeping an eye and ear out during the day. Well, sometimes things get real crazy and scheduling doesn’t allow the time and in all honesty, I burned myself out.
So [...]

Amherst’s 250th anniversary celebration schedule

WHAT: Amherst Heritage Days
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 24th thru Sunday, Sept. 26th
Where: Village Green
Heritage Days is the major event celebrating Amherst’s 250th anniversary. Most happens on the Village Green, but a few events happen elsewhere.
Friday
7:00PM – 10:00 PM    Contra Dance, Wilkins School, for young and not so young.
Saturday
9:00AM – 3:00PM Historic Society Wigwam and Chapel Museums [...]

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