ARHS STUDENT JOURNALISTS WIN NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR INVESTIGATION OF PRISON LABOR IN AMHERST SCHOOLS
Earlier this month, Amherst High School senior Spencer Cliche was the lead writer for a…
JULY 4th EVENTS PLANNED FOR SOUTH AMHERST COMMON, UMASS McGUIRK STADIUM AND BANGS CENTER
South Amherst All Amherst residents are invited to attend the annual South Amherst Community July…
RECAP: MEETING OF THE OUTREACH, COMMUNICATIONS AND APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL (OCA) – (6/24/19)
Editor’s Note: Last week, The Indy began posting recaps of OCA meetings and we will…
RESIDENT CAPITAL REQUEST FUNDED TO STUDY POSSIBLE CROCKER FARM SCHOOL EXPANSION
This Spring, Toni Cunningham and Maria Kopicki, parents of Amherst elementary school children, submitted a…
PUBLIC FORUM ON NORTHAMPTON ROAD PROJECT
The Community Preservation Act Committee’s recommendation for the affordable studio apartment project at 132 Northampton…
FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES BORROWING FOR NORTHAMPTON ROAD AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT
The Finance Committee (FC) voted 5-0 to recommend borrowing for Valley CDC’s Northampton Road affordable…
TOWN OF AMHERST TO RAISE PRIDE FLAG FOR FIRST TIME ON JUNE 28.
Source: Amherst.gov and Twitter The Town of Amherst will officially raise the LGBTQ rainbow flag…
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING (6/17/19). THE BIG ISSUE WAS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM (This is part one of a two-part column).
The proposed campaign finance reform bylaw returned for a vote at tonight’s meeting. Put forward…
EXCAVATIONS AT EMILY DICKINSON HOMESTEAD
Archaeologists from UMass Amherst are currently conducting excavations on the grounds of the Emily Dickinson…
NOMINATIONS TO FIVE COMMISSIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED
Town Manager Paul Bockelman, in a memo to the Town Clerk dated June 3, 2019,…
ACT LOCAL: GREEN SOLUTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMHERST. AMHERST YOUTH DEMAND BOLD CLIMATE GOALS (Third in a series).
Editor’s Note: A version of this column also appeared in The Amherst Bulletin. Have you…
WHAT A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL MIGHT LOOK LIKE (Third in a series).
I have been writing about the background and underlying principles of a Community Advisory Council…