Still Haven’t Found What They’re Looking For: Town Rejects Proposed Sites For DPW
An effort to secure a site for a future Department of Public Works (DPW) facility...
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Public Hearing On Rezoning “CVS Lot” For Construction Of Parking Garage
Report on the Meeting of the Community Resources Committee (CRC), July 13, 2021 The Community...
Swimming Advisory Lifted For Puffers Pond Beaches. High Bacteria Counts Persist For Fort River
After several weeks of recording high levels of e.coli at the North Beach of Puffers...
Town Council Rejects Temporary Downtown Building Moratorium
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council, July 12, 2021 A recording of...
Amherst Receives $184,728 Mass DOT Grant For Shared Streets and Spaces Program
Source: amherstma.govThe Town of Amherst has received a grant of $184,728 from the Massachusetts Department...
Town Manager Seeks Residents To Serve On Reparations Committee And Jones Library Building Committee
Source: amherstma.gov Amherst Town Council has established the African Heritage Reparations Assembly (AHRA), a seven-member...
Local Activists Rally For Full Funding Of CRESS Program And School Budget
More than two dozen people gathered at Sweetser Park in downtown Amherst on July 10...
Will The Town Build A Parking Garage Behind CVS?
Report on the Meeting Of The Planning Board of July 7, 2021 The meeting was...
Board of Health Urges Adoption of Declaration Of Racism As A Public Health Crisis
Meeting of the Amherst Board of Health of July 8,2021 PresentMembers Nancy Gilbert (Chair), Steve...
Town Manager To Determine Priorities For $12 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding
A process for spending almost $12 million that the Town of Amherst is receiving under...
Housing Trust Provides Over $99,000 In Emergency Rental Assistance
Report On The Meeting of the Amherst Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, Julky 8, 2021 The...
Community Safety Working Group Will Continue Until November 1, 2021
After two successive meetings filled with fraught exchanges on June 24 and July 1, Town...