Questions & Answers About Amherst’s 2% Property Tax Rate Increase
Town Manager Paul Bockelman Responds to the Amherst Indy‘s Questions Editor’s Note: The annual tax...
North Amherst Library Now Offering Book Pickup
The North Amherst Library has now joined Amherst’s other two public libraries in offering curbside...
85 Percent of Hampshire County Towns Have Had In-Person Learning—When Will We?
Since September, my husband has taught in-person in a Hampshire County public school. He comes...
Regional School District Towns Address Budget for the Coming Year
Report on Four Towns Meeting (December 5, 2020) This year’s Four Towns meeting was chaired...
Town Manager’s Appointments Process Questioned
Reappointment recommendations to the Personnel Board by Town Manager Paul Bockelman were called into question...
Parent Group Urges Teachers to Push Union Back to the Negotiating Table
Questions Arise About Parents Contacting Teachers Directly Over COVID-19 School Closures As a stalemate drags...
Gov. Baker Announces New Gathering Restrictions, Amid Rollback of COVID-19 Reopening Plan
Gyms, Stores & Places of Worship Told To Reduce Occupancy from 50% to 40% Source:...
UMass-Amherst & State Partner To Offer Asymptomatic Community Testing For COVID-19
New $5 Million Grant Will Support Free Testing for Those Without Symptoms Source: UMass Amherst...
Virtual Amherst Symposium On Reparations Draws Nearly 300 Attendees
Reparations In Evanston, Ill, May Include Home Down Payment Grants for Longtime Black Residents &...
Opinion: Expanding The Jones Library Comes At Too High A Cost
Editor’s Note: This column was submitted by Toni Cunningham to the Daily Hampshire Gazette on...
Up To $1.6 Million In State Funds For School Project Will Depend On District’s Maintenance Record
Amherst’s Elementary School Building Committee (ESBC) held its second meeting on November 18, and elected...
Finance Committee Recommends Flat Budgets, Raises Concerns About Spending Priorities
The next fiscal year will bring flat budgets across all Town of Amherst departments, if...