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    | On the Merrimack (east) end of Rt 101A in Amherst, there
    are several strip malls.  Each has a dozen or so storefronts and a bunch of offices.
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    | This grouping of stores is just west of Heritage Place. | 
  
  
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    | Next, heading west on Rt 101A, is Amherst Plaza | 
  
  
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    | Then there is this huge Antiques store. | 
  
  
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    | We're still heading west down Rt 101A.  This is next
    on the left.  More stores and a pastry shop (Fredericks)
    that is one of two that are in Amherst and are legendary in the region. | 
  
  
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    | After the pastry shop and party store I went south of Rt 101A into an
    area that has many small businesses, business and office parks, and both light and heavy
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    South of 101A   |