In-Person Preschool To Be Limited To Those With IEPs
Amherst Public Schools Student Services Administrator JoAnn Smith presented the fall plans for the District’s...
Year: 2020
UMass Encourages Students To Stay Home. Number Of Students Residing On Campus To Be Greatly Reduced For Fall Term
Source: UMass News and Media The worsening conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic nationally have led...
Amherst Town Council Will Reconsider Its Vote To Consolidate Eight Polling Locations Into One Site At High School
The Amherst Town Council quietly posted an alternative plan for Amherst’s polling places to the...
Zoning Board Of Appeals Continues Deliberation On Proposed Supportive Housing At 132 Northampton Road
Report On The Meeting of the Zoning Board Of Appeals (ZBA) 8/6/20 The meeting was...
Planning Board Approves Amherst Media Project. Controversy Erupts Over Choosing Next Chair
Report on the Planning Board meeting of 8/5/20 The meeting was held via Zoom webcast...
Town Manager Names Three More To School Building Committee
TSO Recommends Town Manager’s Nominations For Council Approval Town Manager Paul Bockelman made three new...
Amherst Media Launches New Weekly News Program
Source: Amherst Media Amherst Media launched a new program, the Amherst Weekly Report, on Friday,...
Amherst Town Council Can Change Controversial Polling Place Consolidation Plan Until Aug. 12
Plan To Put 10 Precincts In A Single Gym Apparently Unknown To State Officials A...
Amherst Awarded $321,577 in CDBG And Cares Act Funding
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst announced on Monday (8/3) that they have received an...
Council Approves Water Agreement With Leverett, Hears Plans For North Amherst Library Renovation
Report On The Town Council Meeting of 8/3/20 The meeting was held via Zoom webcast...
Town Council Votes To Replace Eight Polling Sites With One
SPLIT COUNCIL NARROWLY PASSES CHANGE DESPITE WIDESPREAD OBJECTIONS A divided 13-member Town Council voted last...
Town Clerk Responds To Questions About Voting In Amherst
On Friday, August 1, 2020, Town Clerk Shavena Martin answered several of the questions and...