Photo of the Week. Happily off to School by Danya Keene
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local photographer....
Day: December 20, 2024
Town Issues Requests for Proposals for Community Development Block Grants
The Town of Amherst is eligible to apply to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing...
School Building Project Contract Not Yet Signed, Timeline Not Yet Re-established
With the bid protest denied, the Elementary School Building Committee’s (ESBC) agenda on December 20 centered...
Amherst Installs Innovative Groundwater Treatment System
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst, in partnership with Elateq Inc., installed a new solar-powered groundwater treatment...
A Better World is Possible: Strengthening Civic Participation and Local Democracy Through Participatory Budgeting
By Art Keene Note: This is the second of two articles exploring participatory budgeting (PB)...
Amity Street at University Drive Development Will Be Smaller Due to Rising Cost of Steel. Planning Board Nears Agreement on Overlay District
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, December 18, 2024 This meeting was...
Overcommitting to an MBLC Library Expansion — A Cautionary Tale from Westford
A planned renovation and expansion of the J. V. Fletcher Library in Westford, Massachusetts has...
How to Avoid the Latest Generation of Scams This Holiday Season
The following article, “How to Avoid the Latest Generation of Scams This Holiday Season” by...
Amherst’s Neighboring Towns: Pelham (Part 2). “Upon an Eminence”
This column is the last in a 10-part series about towns surrounding Amherst. Previous columns...