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...
elections/voting
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...
Town Clerk Responds To Questions About Voting In Amherst
On Friday, August 1, 2020, Town Clerk Shavena Martin answered several of the questions and...
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...
Letter: Democratic Failings Observed At This Week’s Town Council And Planning Board Meetings
I was concerned this week by two points of process regarding Amherst governance. Town CouncilI...
Letter: Council Must Reject Polling Place Consolidation
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to members of the Town Council on Saturday August...
Town Manager Report For 8/3/20
Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town Council at...
TOWN COUNCIL TO VOTE ON CONSOLIDATION OF POLLING PLACES
Source: amherstma.gov The Town Council is scheduled to discuss and then vote on polling locations...
SINGLE POLLING STATION PROPOSED FOR AMHERST VOTERS. VOTING BY MAIL ENCOURAGED
Town Clerk Shavena Martin has proposed eliminating the Town’s eight current polling locations and replacing...
OPINION: BIDEN, ENTHUSIASM, AND THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD
Throughout my writing of this blog I’ve been exploring connections between climate change and racial...
OPINION: THE GOOD SOCIETY (#3): WHERE DO WE LAND AFTER THE PANDEMIC? (PART 2)
The Good Society is a column about the role of imagination and curiosity in building...