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🌱 Patch AM: How a mobile clinic is quietly expanding health care access in Amherst.

Happening soon: Wags to Whiskers Festival on the Amherst Patch calendar

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Greetings Amherst! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a mobile clinic is quietly expanding health care access in Amherst.

Also on today's calendar: Wags to Whiskers Festival and 8 more events.

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

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: An afternoon shower, with a high of 78 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 58.
  • Thursday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 82 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Accessing health care for all (nhmagazine.com) — Amherst residents can now access non-urgent medical care, screenings, and help with insurance or benefits through St. Joseph Hospital's Mobile Health Clinic, which regularly serves Nashua and nearby towns including Amherst. The article also highlights Greater Seacoast Health's mobile van on the Seacoast, showing how mobile clinics are expanding access for people facing transportation, housing, or financial barriers.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday August 25
  • Highway Safety Committee →
    Bedford, NH Calendar Bedford, NH 03110
    8:15 am
  • Little Wigglers Storytime (Ages 0-6) In-Person
    Hollis Social Library Meeting Room,
    10:30 am
  • Silviculture Presentation, on behalf of the Merrimack Conservation
    Merrimack Town Clerk 8 Baboosic Lake Rd, Merrimack, NH 03054, USA
    6:00 pm
  • Conservation Commission →
    Bedford, NH Calendar, Town Meeting Room - BCTV 10 Meetinghouse Road, Bedford
    7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Harbor Freight Tools posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Amherst. Apply here.
  • Sullivan Tire & Auto Service posted a job opening for Dock Worker in Merrimack. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Amherst here.

🗞 Nearby News

Merrimack

  • Mooney: The Truth About State Spending And Merrimack Taxpayers (patch.com)
  • Colebrook woman accused of DWI, fleeing police after erratic driving in Merrimack (boston25news.com)
  • Kindergarten vaccine exemptions increase in NH, across country (wmur.com)

Milford

Bedford

  • More Showers And Thunderstorms Expected In The Queen City And Surrounding Communities This Week (patch.com)

Ok Amherst! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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