The South Amherst Congregational Church is doing a different takeout meal: lunch. Meat and vegan chili, clam chowder, corn bread and cookies ( warm comfort food for a cold day) will be available Saturday, Jan. 14, from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m for pickup only. The food is warm or can be frozen for later.

To order, call 253-2977.

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 Amherst will host a program, “Celebrating the Life and Legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,” on Sunday, Jan. 15, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Town Room, Town Hall, according to an email from Jennifer Moyston, assistant director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the town.

The program includes reading and discussing King’s 1957 speech, ” A Realistic Look at the Question of Progress in the Area of Race Relations.”

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Monday, Jan. 16, is the holiday to honor Martin Luther King. Town buildings, the schools and library are closed, as are banks. No lunch will be served at the Bangs Center.

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Girls in kindergarten and first grade and their guardians are invited to a free Science of Snow program Thursday, Jan. 26, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Bangs Center, according to my neighbor Dana Carnegie, who is the communications manager for the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts. She wrote that the group will learn about the different types of snowflakes, learn why it snows, make their own snow, and earn their first official Girl Scout patch.

This event is for girls in the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District, who are not currently Girl Scouts. If interested, visit https://bit.ly/snowamherst to respond. The deadline is Jan. 22.

For information on Girl Scouts, email bprevost@gscwm.org or call 413-584-2602 x4027.

Actually, I would like to make snow — sounds like fun.

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Does Friday being on the 13th have any negative significance anymore? I remember as a child that it was unlucky, you had to be careful all day.

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Income tax season has begun. The question of the week: Can I throw away tax returns from 2015? Or is it 2014? When counting seven years back do you include the current year? Any help greatly appreciated.

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