TSO APPROVES FARMERS’ MARKET OPENING AND WAGE THEFT BYLAW
REPORT: JOINT MEETING OF TOWN SERVICES AND OUTREACH COMMITTEE (TSO) AND TOWN COUNCIL (5/18/20) The...
COVID-19
PUBLIC WIRELESS AVAILABLE IN NEW UMASS AMHERST LOCATION AS PART OF COVID-19 RESPONSE
Source: UMass News and Media Public wireless service is now available in a new outdoor location in...
MASSACHUSETTS BEGINS PHASED APPROACH TO REOPENING
Sources: amherstma.gov and mass.gov The Baker-Polito Administration initiated a comprehensive plan for a phased reopening...
PUFFERS POND BEACHES REMAIN CLOSED TO SWIMMING, CONGREGATING
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst announced on Thursday that it will continue to ban...
CDBG ADVISORY COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES MAY 27 PUBLIC HEARING ON CARES ACT FUNDING
Source: amherstma.gov The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has published a Notice...
DOWNTOWN AMHERST FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO 32 AMHERST BUSINESSES
Source: Downtown Amherst Foundation The Downtown Amherst Foundation has awarded grants to 32 businesses in...
OPINION: SOME SUCCESSES TO SHARE
In my post two weeks ago entitled “Piano Man”, I shared the story of a...
TOWN MANAGER REPORT FOR MAY 15, 2020.
Source: amherstma.gov Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town...
TOWN PONDERS REVENUE SHORTFALLS AND POST-PANDEMIC CHALLENGES IN FRAMING NEW BUDGET
REPORTS ON JOINT MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, SCHOOL COMMITTEE, LIBRARY TRUSTEES, AND FINANCE COMMITTEE...
MASKS4ALL ENLISTS PUBLIC TO MEET LOCAL DEMAND FOR MASKS
Source: amherstma.gov Masks or face coverings are now essential for being in public when physical...
OPINION: THE GOOD SOCIETY – RESOURCES FOR IMAGINING A BETTER WORLD (#2). WHERE DO WE LAND AFTER THE PANDEMIC?
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them....
OPINION: WHAT DOES A POST-PANDEMIC LIBRARY LOOK LIKE?
Elsewhere in this issue I wrote about the urgent need for us to have community...