Opinion: The Push to Reopen Schools Is Sheer Madness. Here Are Four Key Steps For Doing It Right
Editor’s Note: This column appeared previously in Alternet. In the indelible 1983 cold war movie The...
COVID-19
Affordable Housing Trust Discusses Emergency Rent Assistance Program and Threatened Evictions
Report On The Meeting Of the Amherst Affordable Housing Trust Of 8/13/20 The meeting was...
Coronavirus Remains The Primary Issue For Massachusetts Voters According to New UMass / WCVB Poll
Survey Also Shows Majority Support For The Black Lives Matter Movement And A Number Of...
Nine Out Of 10 Parents Are Concerned Students Will Catch And Spread COVID-19 If School Buildings Reopen As Scheduled
Source: Massachusetts Teachers Association A new poll by Echo Cove Research & Consulting commissioned by...
Governor Baker Announces New Restrictions On Outdoor Gatherings
Source: mass.gov Governor Charlie Baker announced last Friday (8/7). a new set of restrictions on...
Council Drops Plan To Consolidate Voting Sites
By Marla Goldberg-Jamate and Maria Kopicki The Amherst Town Council dropped an unpopular plan to...
From Other Sources: News and Features For And About Amherst (#26)
Editor’s Note: “From Other Sources” offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to...
Amherst Schools Will Delay In-Person Instruction For Most Students Until November
Preschool Through Grades One to Return in September At a meeting of the Amherst, Pelham...
In-Person Preschool To Be Limited To Those With IEPs
Amherst Public Schools Student Services Administrator JoAnn Smith presented the fall plans for the District’s...
UMass Encourages Students To Stay Home. Number Of Students Residing On Campus To Be Greatly Reduced For Fall Term
Source: UMass News and Media The worsening conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic nationally have led...
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...