REPORT: MEETING OF THE ORGANIZATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE (OCA) (9/23/19)
Editor’s Note: 1) Documents discussed at this meeting were not available to the public at...
FROM OTHER SOURCES: NEWS AND FEATURES FOR AND ABOUT AMHERST (#8)
Editor’s Note: “From Other Sources” offers links to articles that might be of interest to Amherst...
REPORT: PLANNING BOARD (9/18/19) PART 2
The report on Part I of the meeting can be found here. Liaisons The second...
ENERGY AND CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES PUBLIC FORUMS
Community members are invited to join members of the town’s Energy and Climate Action Committee...
LETTER: COUNCIL SHOULD RETHINK PURCHASE OF FOSSIL FUEL BURNING SCHOOL BUS.
Editor’s note: the letter was also sent to all members of the Amherst Town Council. ...
UMASS NOVELIST & POET OCEAN VUONG AWARDED MACARTHUR GENIUS GRANT
Ocean Vuong, an assistant professor in the UMass Masters of Fine Arts Program for Poets...
HISTORIC COLLECTION OF WORKS BY WHISTLEBLOWER DANIEL ELLSBERG ACQUIRED BY UMASS
UMass announced, on September 24, the acquisition of the papers of Daniel Ellsberg, one of...
SCHOOL HARASSMENT POLICY TO BE REVIEWED FOLLOWING HOSTILE COMMUNICATION INCIDENTS
Consensus emerged among Regional School Committee members at their meeting on September 10th to look...
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN AMHERST?
There is a lot happening in Amherst this fall. Here is a brief listing of...
AN INDY INVESTIGATION: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS APPROPRIATED FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS REMAIN UNSPENT
Millions of dollars in capital projects and equipment approved by Town Meeting remain unspent. Reports...
PHOTOS FROM THE 8TH ANNUAL AMHERST BLOCK PARTY
All photos by Art Keene
REPORT: PLANNING BOARD MEETING (9/18/19) Part 1
Present: Maria Chao, Christine Gray-Mullen, Jack Jemsek, Janet McGowan, Pari Riahi. Absent: Michael Birtwistle and...