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Temporary walkup/ramp to window at Town Clerk’s Office. Please call

603-673-6041 x203 or 208 before arrival or conduct business online.

      The Amherst Town Clerk’s service window is installed and ready for business.  We still encourage citizens to renew online, by mail, or over the phone with a credit card but if you need to transact business in person please call ahead of time.

      Rich Ray and Rick Keyes from the DPW have done a wonderful job constructing this temporary window so that we can assist our residents during these difficult times.  The ramp is still under construction and should be completed in a few days.  

      Our hours are 9AM-3PM Monday - Friday or earlier by appointment .Tuesday evening hours  are suspended until further notice.

      Please call us if you have any questions or email us.

ndemers@amherstnh.gov

lfucci@amherstnh.gov

673-6041 x 203 or 208

      We thank you for your support and understanding.  Be safe

Amherst Transfer Station Notice

      The DPW is preparing for staffing shortages at the transfer station.   We have our highest priority set as accepting trash.   We may find it necessary with no notice to close the scale house to support taking trash.  We have alternate personnel to use, but we may not get them there on short notice.

       Running the scale house requires a weighmaster license.   We will use the town webpage and the DPW Facebook page to give as much notice as possible; however if our weighmaster(s) call out sick, or if the deck attendant(s) call out at the last minute, we may have to use the weighmaster on the deck and we may only be reporting the closure as it occurs.

****Transfer Station Notice (Updated 7/7/20) ****

       The Transfer Station resumed taking trash and recyclables during regular hours on Thursday, June 4th.  All other materials will continue as usual:  Brush, Leaves, Grass Clippings, Construction and Demolition, batteries, electronics, scrap metals, etc.   

Starting on Tuesday July 14th and Thursday July 16th, then every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter, the Transfer Station will reserve the first hour of opening (Noon to 1pm) for seniors and the immunocompromised. Masks will be required in every case for this reserved time along with firm social distancing. 

       In addition to changes already made to the transfer station layout to increase and support social distancing, we have also installed social distancing stanchions/chains at every recycling station to improve social distancing and keep residents and employees safe.

       Plastic recycling will continue to be limited.  The Souhegan Regional Landfill District (SRLD) has become aware that our mixed plastics (#1 – 7’s) are being sorted at the recycling centers with much of the plastic deemed unusable, being reloaded and taken to landfills.  The SRLD believes that to be transparent, it needs to take affirmative action. Therefore; the only plastics that we will accept for recycling will be #1 PET clear plastic bottles and to continue with the #2 translucent food containers (aka ‘milk jugs.’)  We know they are being recycled.  The remainder of plastics will go to trash; where we know it will be turned into energy. Please stay mindful of social distancing, be patient, and stay healthy.

      Transfer Station webpage (https://www.amherstnh.gov/public-works/transfer-station) or our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/AmherstNH.DPW/) daily for closures and other updates.  Thank you for your continued patience and understanding throughout this state of emergency as we continue to evaluate what needs to be done to keep our staff and residents safe.  Please feel free to contact our office at 673-2317 with any questions.  Normal office business hours are Monday thru Friday, 7am to 3pm. 

      To support social distancing at the transfer station, DPW has marked out 4 dedicated parking spots for the trash compactors. They are designated with barricades/cones/barrels and we have divided the trash bins into a left and right side. There are two parking spots per side.

      Except for: Still Good Shed and Book Swap, the remainder of the transfer station functions remain in operation.

      If things change, we will continue to provide updates via our Facebook page and the DPW and Transfer Station webpages.

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