Second People’s Assembly Envisions A Decolonized, Anti-Racist Amherst
Over 65 people participated in the Second People’s Assembly, held on Zoom last Sunday (11/15)....
Planning Board Considers Plans For Newman Center And 40R Overlay Zoning
Report On The Meeting Of The Planning Board (11/18/20) The meeting was held as a...
Amherst Residents To Get Tax Hike In 2021
Residential tax rates in Amherst will go up in early 2021, following a vote by...
Council Approves Purchase Of Hybrid Ambulance. Retains Single Property Tax Rate For FY 21
Report on the Town Council Meeting of 11/16/20 The meeting was held as a Zoom...
ZBA Holds Hearings On Three Special Permit Applications
Report on the Meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) (11/12/20) The meeting was...
Town Awarded $1.5 Million MassWorks Grant For Improvements At Intersection of Pomeroy Lane and West Street
Source: amherstma.gov Governor Baker announced on Tursday (11/19) that the Town of Amherst has been...
Amherst Public Schools Launch Warm Coat Drive
Source: Amherst Public Schools Family Center This winter, an unprecedented number of Amherst children need...
Amherst Survival Center Seeks Donations For Thanksgiving Meals
The Amherst Survival Center (ASC) seeks support to help continue their Thanksgiving tradition of providing...
Not Bread Alone Will Host Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday November 26
Source: CHD The Center For Human Development’s Not Bread Alone Community Meal Program in Amherst...
Letter: UMass Should Do More To Prevent Off-Campus Spread Of COVID-19
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswammy on November 16....
Letter: University Has A Comprehensive COVID-19 Response
Editor’s note: this letter was sent to Florence Rosenstock on November 17, in response to...
Opinion: Why Is UMass Reopening?
On Tuesday evening, November 17, two members of UMass Amherst’s community relations team gave a...