UMass Project Will Explore Whether Digital Technologies Increase Public Participation In Amherst’s Municipal Government and Civic Life
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Amherst Town Council, Board of Registrars, Plan Executive Sessions To Discuss Lawsuit Over Disqualified Petition Signatures
The Amherst Town Council is planning an executive session on Monday, June 7, to discuss...
Board of Registrars Dismisses Open Meeting Law Violations Complaints
The Amherst Board of Registrars (BOR) met on June 1, 2021 to continue a hearing...
Recordings From Daniel Ellsberg Conference Now Available Online
Sources: UMass News and Media and Amherst Media In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon...
Updated: Lawsuit Over Wrongfully Disqualified Signatures Filed In Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint Seeks Judgment Ordering Town To Certify At Least 76 Signatures Amherst voters who claim...
Board Of Registrars Continues Hearing On OML Violation Complaint Until June 1
The Amherst Board of Registrars (BOR) met Monday May 24, 2021 to hear an Open...
Letter: Amherst Doesn’t Really Care About Transparency
The first time I attended an in-person Amherst School Committee meeting, I was 15 minutes...
Town Clerk Uses Ex-Officio Role On Board Of Registrars To Kill Fresh Count Of Petition Signatures
At a virtual hearing of the Amherst Board of Registrars which lasted more than three...
Town Attorney Caught On Hot Mic In Strategy Meeting To Subvert Appeal On Jones Petition Signatures. Petitioners Move For Her Exclusion For Conflict of Interest
Petitioners who claim that the Town Clerk’s Office wrongfully disqualified signatures on April 21 have...
Public Comment: Residents Ask Board Of Registrars To Correct Assistant Town Clerk’s Improper Rejection of Petition Signatures
The following public comments were offered at the Amherst Board of Registrars meeting on May...
Letter: Which Signatures Count?
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and Town Manager on May...
Board Of Registrars Takes No Action On Appeal Of Signature Disqualifications. Hearing Continued To Monday
Amherst voters whose signatures were disqualified from petitions seeking a referendum on the Jones Library...