Assistant School Superintendent Doreen Cunningham Is No Longer Employed by District
School Superintendent Doug Slaughter confirmed today (10/19) that Assistant Superintendent Doreen Cunningham left the employment...
High Vacancy Rate at Housing Authority Units While Amherst Residents Search for Apartments
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, October 12, 2023 This...
Amherst Historic Commission: Jones Library Expansion Satisfies Historic Preservation Agreement
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Historical Commission October 19, 2023 This meeting was...
Is a 200-Year-old Relic Worth Saving if Nothing of the Original Remains?
Demolition Delay Instituted for Former Downtown Bookstore Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Historical...
What’s Next for Reparations In Amherst?
Funding and Committee Succession Referred To Town Council Committees Report on the Meeting of the...
Council Passes Resolution About the War in Israel and Gaza, Bylaws on Reproductive Health Care and Specialized Stretch Building Code
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council October 16, 2023 (Part 2) This...
Does Amherst Town Government Need a Set of Guiding Principles? Results of a Survey
“A recent Town Council conversation concerning the relevance of beliefs about governing and democracy got...
UMass Panel on Affirmative Action In College Admissions, October 23
Source: UMass News & Media In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Affirmative Action,...
Halloween Spooktacular at the Bangs Center
Source: amherstma.gov Amherst Recreation Department, in collaboration with The Jones Library, is sponsoring HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene The students are back and there is a lot happening...
Interest Payments – The Library Project Cost Trustees Don’t Talk About
Most Library Trustee Candidates Appear Oblivious To Town’s Borrowing CostsAt the October 18 Candidates Forum...
Opinion: Do You Want Your Neighborhood to Remain a Family Neighborhood?
As a former Town Councilor from District 5, I have witnessed, and then followed closely,...