Joanne Crane Head was an American politician who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1976 to 1984 as a member of the Republican Party.

Amherst is a town in Hillsborough County in the state of New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,753 at the 2020 census. Amherst is home to Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary, Hodgman State Forest, the Joe English Reservation and Baboosic Lake.