COVID-19 Daily Update
by Art and Maura Keene The Indy’s COVID-19 Daily Update will post the daily confirmed…
Council Drops Plan To Consolidate Voting Sites
By Marla Goldberg-Jamate and Maria Kopicki The Amherst Town Council dropped an unpopular plan to…
What’s In This Issue?
Dear Reader:Last week we introduced a Table of Contents in response to requests from our…
Editorial: No To A Single Polling Site. Our Town Council Must Do Better.
Editor’s note: This editorial was signed by the following members of the Amherst Indy’s editorial…
Amherst Schools Will Delay In-Person Instruction For Most Students Until November
Preschool Through Grades One to Return in September At a meeting of the Amherst, Pelham…
In-Person Preschool To Be Limited To Those With IEPs
Amherst Public Schools Student Services Administrator JoAnn Smith presented the fall plans for the District’s…
UMass Encourages Students To Stay Home. Number Of Students Residing On Campus To Be Greatly Reduced For Fall Term
Source: UMass News and Media The worsening conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic nationally have led…
Amherst Town Council Will Reconsider Its Vote To Consolidate Eight Polling Locations Into One Site At High School
The Amherst Town Council quietly posted an alternative plan for Amherst’s polling places to the…
Zoning Board Of Appeals Continues Deliberation On Proposed Supportive Housing At 132 Northampton Road
Report On The Meeting of the Zoning Board Of Appeals (ZBA) 8/6/20 The meeting was…
Planning Board Approves Amherst Media Project. Controversy Erupts Over Choosing Next Chair
Report on the Planning Board meeting of 8/5/20 The meeting was held via Zoom webcast…