Town Council Drafts Evaluation and Goals for Town Manager
Report on Town Council Meeting (8/17/20) The meeting was held via Zoom webcast and was...
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Letter: Change To Site Plan Review Sends Wrong Message To Potential Investors
Amherst’s need for development, versus wise limits that prevent overbuilding, have long been in a...
Town Council Begins Discussion of Community Safety. Narrowly Passes New Zoning Bylaw.
UMass Clarifies COVID-19 Prevention Plans. Report On The Special Town Council Meeting of 8/10/20 The...
Council Drops Plan To Consolidate Voting Sites
By Marla Goldberg-Jamate and Maria Kopicki The Amherst Town Council dropped an unpopular plan to...
Opinion: Show Me the Money! Jones Library Trustees To Negotiate With Town Concerning Jones $6 Million Building Project Pledge
A motion was approved by the Jones Library Board of Trustees on August 13, 2020...
Opinion: Bylaw Change To Allow Approval Of Site Plan Review With Simple Majority Goes Too Far
The Town Council, and especially At Large Councilor Mandi Jo Hanneke, Chair of the Community...
Editorial: No To A Single Polling Site. Our Town Council Must Do Better.
Editor’s note: This editorial was signed by the following members of the Amherst Indy’s editorial...
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...
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...
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...
Letter: Town Council Must Rescind Its Vote To Consolidate Polling Locations
Late Monday night, by a bare 7-6 majority, the Amherst Town Council voted to consolidate...