UMass Downtown Celebrates Grand Opening
UMass Downtown, a multipurpose retail, event, and meeting satellite space in Amherst’s central business district...
Year: 2025
What’s Next for Waste Reduction/Curbside Compost Proposal?
Town Manager Update Town Manager Paul Bockelman reported to the Town Services and Outreach (TSO) Committee...
Amherst Cinema Announces Cost Cutting Measures
Source: Amherst Cinema Amherst Cinema this week announced several measures to reduce costs and sustain...
UMass Amherst Computer Scientist Co-Recipient of “The Nobel Prize of Computing”
Source: UMass News & Media Andrew G. Barto, University of Massachusetts Amherst Manning College of...
Update: Sunday March 16 Looks to Be a Good Night for Amphibian Migration
Source: amherstma.gov The forecast for Sunday, March 16 looks like it could be a good...
Public Invited to Mark Spring Equinox at the UMass Sunwheel on March 20
Source: UMass News & Media The public is invited to celebrate the end of winter...
Auditions for Missoula Children’s Theater’s Hercules, March 24
Amherst Community Theater will hold auditions for The Missoula Children’s Theater’s production of Hercules! Auditions will be...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
Opinion: One Year Later: Revisiting Amherst’s Resolution in Support of a Ceasefire in Gaza
On March 4, 2024, the Amherst Town Council passed a Resolution in Support of a...
Recycling Robot Takes out the Trash at UMass
Imagine you are at a University of Massachusetts dining hall or at a stadium concert...
The Mill River in Amherst: The History You Probably Don’t Know
A version of this article appeared previously in The Amherst Current. It is reposted here...
The Net-Zero Revolution. Libraries Strive to Generate as Much as They Consume
A Better World is Possible The following article, “The Net Zero-Revolution” by Cass Balzer appeared...