Property Tax Burden Rises 4.8% As Average Tax Bill Approaches $10,000
Average Amherst Home Value Tops $500,000In a presentation for the Tax Classification Hearing before the...
Planning Board Begins Permitting for Jones Library Expansion Project
Report on the Meeting of the Planning Board, November 15, 2023 This meeting was held...
Pickleball Courts Included in CPA Requests for FY 2025
By Maura Keene The Community Preservation Act Committee (CPAC) received 13 requests for funding for...
Three ZBA Applications for Nonowner Occupied Duplexes Produce Three Different Outcomes
Report on the Meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals, November 9, 2023 This meeting...
Health Department Has Free Covid Tests
Public Health Director Kiko Malin announced at the November 9 Board of Health meeting that...
UMass Ranked in Top 20 of Nation’s Green Colleges
Source: Umass News & Media The University of Massachusetts Amherst rose to the top 20...
Public Forum on Additional Borrowing for Jones Library Expansion
source: amherstma.gov Amherst Town Council will hold a Public Forum on Monday, November 20,...
Two Public Hearings Scheduled on CRESS, Public Safety, and Social Justice in Amherst
Source: Community Safety and Social Justice Committee The town’s Community Safety and Social Justice Committee...
Lighting of the Merry Maple, December 1
Source: amherstma.gov The annual lighting of the Merry Maple will take place on Friday December...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene There is a lot happening around town. You can help...
Rally: Tax Amherst College’s Endowment to Support Public Education
Source: Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENO) A rally will be held on the...
Letter: Student Rental Industry Should Pay Its Fair Share of Taxes
I read in local papers that a house in Amherst that is valued at $508k...