COVID-19 DAILY UPDATE: MARCH ARCHIVES
by Art and Maura Keene UPDATE FOR TUESDAY MARCH 31 as of 8 AMConfirmed Cases…
Month: March 2020
A LETTER FROM COUNCIL PRESIDENT LYNN GRIESEMER & TOWN MANAGER PAUL BOCKELMAN
Source: amherstma.govEditor’s note: this letter was originally submitted to the Amherst Bulletin and appeared there…
AMHERST SCHOOL COMMITTEE CONDUCTS LIMITED BUSINESS AMIDST PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS
The Amherst School Committee met remotely on March 26, 2020 with a limited agenda. The…
AMHERST SCHOOL COMMITTEE LIMITS NUMBER OF CHOICE-IN STUDENTS
The Amherst School Committee voted unanimously to accept the recommendation by Superintendent Morris to limit…
FIRST CASE OF COVID-19 CONFIRMED IN AMHERST
Source: amherstma.gov The Amherst Public Health Department was alerted by the Massachusetts Virtual Epidemiological Network…
UPDATED: UMASS DINING OFFERS FREE DAILY MEALS FOR AMHERST STUDENTS
Souorce: UMASS News Service Dining Services at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has begun offering…
NEW COUNCIL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS POSTED
TOWN COUNCIL COMMITTEES AS OF MARCH 2020 Outreach ,Communications and Appointments Committee ( to be…
TOWN COUNCIL FOCUSES ON COVID-19 RESPONSE
SPECIAL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING (3/23/20) PRESENT: Lynn Griesemer, Council President (District 2), Paul Bockelman, Town…
OPINION: TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS – SAFE AND SOUND?
Special Council Meeting (3/23/20) The big issue of the week (and the foreseeable future): COVID-19….
OPINION: CLIMATE CHANGE AND CORONAVIRUS ARE RELATED
COVID-19 has certainly claimed our attention, and appropriately so. I hope you are healthy, following the…
OPINION: WHAT WE LEARNED ON THE MEXICAN BORDER
Last month, ten members of Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice of Western Massachusetts spent a…
A FEW QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE SHONEKAN, ETHNOMUSICOLOGIST AND CHAIRPERSON OF THE W.E.B. DU BOIS DEPARTMENT OF AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES AT UMASS.
A Few Questions For…” is an occasional feature of The Indy, aimed at helping our…