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PRSRT. STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 10 Amherst, NH ECR WSS Postal Customer Cyan Magenta Yellow Black A MHERST C ITIZEN THE INSIDE THIS ISSUE Letters .... .......................... 2, 7, 16 Town News ........................... 4 Library/Conservation ............. 5 Schools................................ 9 Region ................................. 11 SportsFolio ........................... 12 Arts & Entertainment ............ 14 Religion................................ 15 Mont Vernon ........................ 15, 16 INCLUDED WITH THE MARCH 8 ISSUE: TOWN OF AMHERST VOTERS’ GUIDE, BALLOTS, LETTERS AND MORE B R I E F S Sports page 12 SportsFolio Souhegan’s Boys Indoor Track Team are this year’s champions in Division II. Congratulations! Town News page 4 Schools Wilkins School was the scene for this year’s Invention Convention! Historic Amherst Contributor, Katrina Holman, researches details of Judge Parker and his wife with their contributions to Amherst. Next Issue: March 8, 2012 Schools page 9 Mont Vernon e Lady Falcons basketball team turn in top 2nd and 3rd finishes in their league. Sports pages 13 V O L U M E 2 0 – N U M B E R 1 2 F E B R U A R Y 2 8 – M A R C H 7 , 2 0 1 2 A M H E R S T , N E W H A M P S H I R E ’ S C O M M U N I T Y N E W S P A P E R SHS Scholarship Foundation Applications The Souhegan Scholarship Foundation is pleased to announce that its applications are post- ed for the 2012 scholarship year. College scholar- ships are available to any high school student from Amherst or Mont Vernon, NH, regardless of school attended, including home-schooled students. To date, the SSF has given more than $73,000 to lo- cal high school students. Please visit our website, www.souheganschol- arshipfoundation.org, for more information and to download the applications. All applications are due by April 2, 2012. Schol- arships are announced in late May. Amherst RepublicansMarch Meeting Amherst RepublicansMonthly Meetingwill be at 8:00 AM, Saturday, March 3 at Joey’s Diner. Theguest speaker will be announced on our web site. Join our email list for up to date meeting and event notices delivered right to your inbox.Please visit www.amherstrepublicans.org for more infor- mation. March Meeting of Daughters of the American Revolution The Captain Josiah Crosby Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, will meet on Monday, March 5th at the Amherst Fire Hall. A light buf- fet lunch starts promptly at 12:00 noon with the meeting following at about 12:30. Our chapter DAR Good Citizen winners from Souhegan, Milford, High-Mowing, and Wilton-Lyndeborough Coop High Schools will be announced & honored. Members of the public are welcome to attend; call Jackie Mar- shall 673-8029 for further information. Historical Society Scholarship Applications Available The Historical Society of Amherst is seeking high school seniors who have an interest and aptitude in history to apply for its annual scholarship. Ap- plicants must be Amherst residents and graduating high school seniors who will be enrolling in a post- secondary school to pursue a major in history or a related field. Thanks to the success of fundraising events including the Antiques on the Green, we are able to offer a $1500 scholarship to a deserving applicant. Application forms are available online at www. hsanh.org. Forms will also be available at local high school student services offices. Completed ap- plications must be received by April 2, 2012 at the student’s high school student services office, by email attachment addressed to historicalsociety@ hsanh.org, or by regular mail to the Historical So- ciety of Amherst, Attn: Scholarship Committee, PO Box 717, Amherst, NH 03031. “Right Here in New Hampshire” The Friends of the Amherst Town Library are looking for local artists with photographs, paintings, and drawings of places in New Hampshire for the Amherst Town Library’s April art exhibit. We are looking to complement the theme for April which is “Right Here in New Hampshire”. If you have a favorite framed photograph, painting, or drawing of a special place in New Hampshire please contact Sharron April at [email protected]. Election Day Tuesday, March 13, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Souhe- gan Cooperative High School TOWN OF AMHERST PUBLIC NOTICE The Amherst Supervisors of the Checklist will be in session at the Town Clerk’s office at the Amherst Town Hall on Saturday, March 3, 2012 between 11:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. This session will be for new voter registration and corrections to the checklist. Please bring proof of residence and identification with you. Stop in, have coffee, we love to talk about kitchens!! “You all made this so easy for us, your ideas and input was exactly what we needed. We can’t even believe this is our kitchen. Your team is truly impressive and our new space is beautiful in every way.” E & L, Amherst 2012 Impressive! Rte. 101, Bedford, NH (603) 472-4080 www.gscabinetry.com Mon.-Fri 8:30-5pm • Sat. 10-4 Construction Begins on Affordable Housing in Amherst Amherst Town Library Forensic Science Roadshow March 13 RMANH President/CEO Nancy Kyle and Board Chairperson, Dennis DiPaolo, Seasonal Specialty Stores, award Senate President Peter Bragdon the 2012 RMANH Legislator of the Year Award. Senate President Peter Bragdon Named 2012 Legislator of the Year Amherst PTA Play Wins Awards AMHERST - Ashley Hughes Swanson of Amherst wins Best Actress at the New Hampshire eatre Awards for her role in the Amherst PTA’s production last year of e Music Man. Ashley comments, “is award was so special to me because there is truly nothing better than to combine two things I love so much... eater and Family... and there is no better family than the Amherst PTA. e dedication that every single person put into making e Music Man a success is such a testament to how much support and love there is in Amherst! I am so happy to have the Amherst PTA name out there and to be a part of such an incredible group!” e Music Man was up for an impressive total of nine awards, including Best Musi- cal Production. Top three award honors went to Paula Troie of Amherst for her brilliant costuming. is year’s play, Oklahoma is the PTA’s 60th Annual Production. It’s already in production, with rehearsals in full swing! Come see why Amherst continues to be nominated for awards, and with an incred- ible cast and production crew, we expect no less this year. With hit songs like Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’, e Surrey with the Fringe on Top, I Can’t Say No, People Will Say We’re in Love, and Oklahoma, it is a show for the entire family. And profits go to help the schools! e show is directed by Roger Hurd, ad- visor to the director, Alan D. Kaplan. Mu- sic director is Kim Whitehead and chore- ography by Vouli Anthimidou. Producers are Jackie O’Dowd and Rita Piotrowski. Show dates are April 12th – April 15th at the Souhegan High School eatre. Tick- ets are $12 for Adults, $10 for Senior and Students and can be purchased at: www. brownpapertickets.com/event/229110 or our local ticket outlets including e Black Forest Cafe and Bakery, e Homestead Grocery and Deli, and Moulton’s Market in Amherst, or e Toadstool Bookshop in Milford. AMHERST - Neighbor- Works Greater Manches- ter has received approvals and secured funding for the construction of the Hidden Pond Apartments, an af- fordable housing develop- ment in Amherst. Located on Amherst Street at the edge of the historic district, the Hidden Pond Apart- ments will consist of 28 townhouse style apartments on 14 acres of land. e 28 units will be clustered in five buildings. While de- signed as town homes, the exterior of the buildings has been designed to mimic the historic nature of existing buildings in town, which date back to the early-mid 1800’s and are classified as Colonial, Federalist and Greek Revival. Hidden Pond Apart- ments will help answer a need for affordable family rental housing in Amherst where rental property pri- marily consists of single- family homes. Rents at the Hidden Pond Apartments will range from $875 per month to $980 per month, with heat and hot water in- cluded. Construction is expect- ed to begin by late spring and units will be ready for move-in by early 2013. e project architect is BMA Architects of Amherst. AMHERST - March be- gins a new programming series at the Amherst Town Library entitled It’s a Mys- tery to Me. Forensic scien- tist Paul Zambella will start off this series on Tuesday, March 13th from 7 to 8:30 PM with a presentation, “Forensic Science Road- show.” Venture into the world of CSI with this in- teractive program that in- troduces you to the world of forensic science. Learn about the history of foren- sic science, functions of a forensic scientist, gunshot residue, metal detector, footwear impressions, fin- gerprints, DNA, blood, and crime lights. Presenter Paul Zambel- la (Ret.) was employed as a Forensic Scientist at the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory for 36 years. His functions in the laboratory included crime scene investigator, criminal- ist, drug analyst, serologist and toxicologist. He par- ticipated in more than 450 crime scene investigations, examined tens of thousands of physical evidence items and testified in more than 350 criminal trials. Paul has taught courses in Foren- sic Science at Northeastern University and Salem State University. He has also lec- tured at Suffolk University and to various law enforce- ment institutions includ- ing the Massachusetts State Police Academy, the North- east Regional Police Insti- tute and the Massachusetts District Attorneys Associa- tion (MDAA). You are invited to join us for this presentation and the rest of the It’s a Mystery to Me programs at the Am- herst Town Library: “Take the Mystery Out of Glu- ten Free Cooking and Do Some Detective Work on Other Food Allergies” on Tuesday, March 20th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM; “Raising Heritage Chickens in Your Backyard” on Wednesday, March 21st from 7:00 to 8:30 PM; and, “Crime in Lit- erature: Exploring Mystery and Detective Fiction” on Tuesday, March 27th from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. is presentation is free and open to the public. However, registration is RE- QUIRED for this program due to space limitations. You can register for one or all of the It’s a Mystery to Me series programs for adults by calling 673-2288, emailing library@amherst. lib.nh.us or by visiting our website at www.amherst.lib. nh.us and selecting “Calen- dar of Events.” March Exhibit Features Paintings by Charles Kirk Mooradian Amherst Town Library Charles was born and raised in Arlington Massa- chusetts and graduated from the New England School of Art where he studied water- colors with Don Stone. He then pursued a career as a graphic designer and art di- rector for the next 35 years, designing graphics and il- lustrating all types of sub- jects for various advertising agencies and corporations. Now that he is painting full time Charles uses gouache in a realistic technique and watercolor in a more loose approach, getting much of his inspiration from the many vistas and wildlife that New England has to offer. He takes photos and uses an extensive reference file for his subjects, while painting the final work in the more controlled sur- roundings of his studio. Currently Charles resides with his wife Sandy in Nash- ua where he also maintains his studio. Charles will be exhibiting his work at the Amherst Town Library dur- ing the month of March. Reflections Deer CONCORD - Senate President Peter Bragdon was named the 2012 Legisla- tor of the Year by the Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire. RMANH Board Chairperson Den- nis DiPaolo, Seasonal Spe- cialty Stores, and RMANH President/CEO Nancy Kyle, presented Senate President Bragdon with his award at RMANH’s 46th Annual Member and Legislative Re- Roger Hurd, advisor and Kim Whitehead, music director of this year’s PTA Play, “Oklahoma”. Ashley Hughes Swanson of the 2011 “The Music Man” play. Continued on page 11 u Teagan McInnis and The Cup Deliverer
