Governor Baker Announces New Restrictions On Outdoor Gatherings
Source: mass.gov Governor Charlie Baker announced last Friday (8/7). a new set of restrictions on...
Year: 2020
Council Drops Plan To Consolidate Voting Sites
By Marla Goldberg-Jamate and Maria Kopicki The Amherst Town Council dropped an unpopular plan to...
UMass Professor Leads Successful Campaign To Make Juneteenth A State Holiday
Source: UMass News and Media Growing up in Beaumont, TX, UMass Professor of Afro-American Studies...
Opinion: Show Me the Money! Jones Library Trustees To Negotiate With Town Concerning Jones $6 Million Building Project Pledge
A motion was approved by the Jones Library Board of Trustees on August 13, 2020...
Opinion: Bylaw Change To Allow Approval Of Site Plan Review With Simple Majority Goes Too Far
The Town Council, and especially At Large Councilor Mandi Jo Hanneke, Chair of the Community...
Opinion: A Surprise
I got a surprise the other day. I came across a reference to the Yale Climate...
Opinion: Local and Green – Climate Solutions For Buildings
Editor’s note: A version of this column appeared previously in The Amherst Bulletin. A lot...
Photo Of The Week: Peaches And The Moon By Michael Aronson
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local photographer....
From Other Sources: News and Features For And About Amherst (#26)
Editor’s Note: “From Other Sources” offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to...
What’s In This Issue?
Dear Reader:Last week we introduced a Table of Contents in response to requests from our...
Editorial: No To A Single Polling Site. Our Town Council Must Do Better.
Editor’s note: This editorial was signed by the following members of the Amherst Indy’s editorial...
Amherst Schools Will Delay In-Person Instruction For Most Students Until November
Preschool Through Grades One to Return in September At a meeting of the Amherst, Pelham...