ENERGY COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST PUBLIC VISIONING SESSION ON TOWN’S CLIMATE MITIGATION GOALS
Twenty-five people gathered at the Bangs Center on Wednesday evening (10/2) for the first of...
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SCHOOL HARASSMENT POLICY TO BE REVIEWED FOLLOWING HOSTILE COMMUNICATION INCIDENTS
Consensus emerged among Regional School Committee members at their meeting on September 10th to look...
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST SEEKS CREATION OF ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS
At the August 26 Town Council meeting, John Hornik, chair of the Amherst Municipal Affordable...
UMASS TO HOST “THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICE” WITH STATE SENATOR JO COMERFORD AND SAMANTHA HAMILTON
The University of Massachusetts/Amherst School of Public Policy will kick off the 2019-’20 academic year by presenting...
ACT LOCAL: GREEN OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR AMHERST. CLIMATE CHANGE: WE NEED TO DO IT ALL
Editor’s Note: This column appeared originally in The Amherst Bulletin. In general, there are two...
REPORT: MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS (7/11/19)
by Hilda Greenbaum Two consecutive meetings were held: first an administrative meeting to orient new...
RECAP: MEETING OF THE OUTREACH, COMMUNICATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE (7/1/19)
9:30-11:45. Present: Evan Ross (chair) (District 4), Alisa Brewer (at-large), Darcy Dumont (District 5), George...
WHAT A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL MIGHT LOOK LIKE (Third in a series).
I have been writing about the background and underlying principles of a Community Advisory Council...
TOWN COUNCIL NEEDS TOOLS TO ASSESS UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES
One of the biggest challenges of any governing body is to step back and explore...
A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL: BACKGROUND TO A PROPOSAL
by Michael Greenebaum Once upon a time, Amherst had a Town Meeting. And if this...