REPORT: FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING (7/24/19). UPDATE ON NEW CAPITAL PROJECTS SIMULATION TOOL
An updated capital project planning simulation tool was a major topic of conversation at the...
FROM OTHER SOURCES ( #4). NEWS AND FEATURES FOR AND ABOUT AMHERST
Editor’s Note: “From Other Sources” offers links to articles that might be of interest to Amherst...
BUILDING COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT ONE
Soon after the inauguration of the new Amherst Council, a few of us in the...
WHO DECIDES ABOUT PUBLIC SPACE?
This month in London, the mayor decided against allowing a new tall building, nicknamed The...
AMHERST MEDIA UNVEILS REVISED SITE & BUILDING PLAN
New plans for an Amherst Media building in the Emily Dickinson Historic District were unveiled...
FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES $692,000 FOR WATER TREATMENT PLANT DESIGN
The Amherst Finance Committee voted this week to borrow $692,000 to design a new town...
REPORT: TOWN COUNCIL MEETING (7/22/19)
Act Affirming Aborton Rights Wins Unanimous Support, Councilors Debate Presence of Non-Voting Members on Finance...
YOUTH BEAT: OUR GENERATION DEMANDS IT – IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP!
By Julian Hynes and Marisol Pierce Bonifaz Editors note: this week we launch a new...
RESIDENTS RAISE OBJECTIONS TO PROSPECT OF NEW DPW FACILITY ON SOUTH EAST STREET: TOWN OFFICIALS URGED TO CONSIDER OTHER SITES
An energized crowd of about 30 neighbors attended a District 2 meeting at Fort River...
A SPECIAL REPORT ON AMHERST’S PERCENT FOR ART BYLAW
Editor’s Note: This commentary also appeared in the Amherst Bulletin on 7/25/19. Town Meeting passed...
NEW DIRECTOR OF SENIOR SERVICES, NEW MEMBERS OF BOARD OF HEALTH APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL
Town Manager Paul Bockelman submitted his nominations for a new Director of Senior Services and...
REPORT: MEETING OF THE OUTREACH, COMMUNICATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL (OCA) (7/22/19).
Present: Alisa Brewer, Darcy Dumont, Evan Ross (chair and recorder), George Ryan and Sarah Swartz...