TOWN & UMASS ESTABLISH COVID-19 WORKING GROUP
Source: amherstma.gov and UMass News and Media To enhance their coordinated response to the COVID-19...
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BOARD OF HEALTH MANDATES FACE MASKS/COVERINGS IN PART OF THE TOWN
Source: amherstma.gov The Amherst Board of Health has issued an emergency order making the wearing...
NO SWIMMING AT FORT RIVER/ WENTWORTH FARM CONSERVATION AREA
Source: amherstma.gov Swimming is now prohibited at the Fort River/Stanley Street Conservation area (popularly known...
UMASS UPDATES COVID-19 PROTOCOLS FOR RETURNING STUDENTS
Source: UMass News and Media UMass Amherst has established new requirements for the use of...
STATE ISSUES NEW COVID-19 TRAVEL ORDERS
Source: amherstma.gov, mass.gov Effective August 1, 2020, all visitors and returning residents entering Massachusetts must...
LETTER: TOWN MUST CONSIDER DISPARATE IMPACTS OF POLICIES ON VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS
Editor’s note; This letter was sent to Town Manager Paul Bockelman and to Town Councilors...
OPINION: SCHOOL REOPENINGS, HEALTH AND HEALTH INEQUALITY
Editor’s note: This column appeared previously in the Blog of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population...
STUDENTS RETURNING TO UMASS FROM ALL BUT EIGHT STATES ARE REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE UPON ARRIVING IN AMHERST
Source: UMass News and Media Returning UMASS students were informed of new Massachusetts travel restrictions...
UMASS UPDATES REOPENING PLANS
NEW PROTOCOLS FOR TESTING AND QUARANTINE Source: UMass News and Media UMass will implement new...
COUNCIL REJECTS DEMANDS TO REDUCE POLICE BUDGET
REPORT ON THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF 7/20/20 The meeting was held via Zoom webcast...
Town Manager Report for July 20, 2020
Source: amherstma.gov Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town...
MASSACHUSETTS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR PHASED REOPENING OF SCHOOLS
Source: Massachusetts Teachers Association Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) announced on July 13, a plan for the...