What’s In This Issue?
Dear Reader:Last week we introduced a Table of Contents in response to requests from our...
Editorial: No To A Single Polling Site. Our Town Council Must Do Better.
Editor’s note: This editorial was signed by the following members of the Amherst Indy’s editorial...
Amherst Schools Will Delay In-Person Instruction For Most Students Until November
Preschool Through Grades One to Return in September At a meeting of the Amherst, Pelham...
In-Person Preschool To Be Limited To Those With IEPs
Amherst Public Schools Student Services Administrator JoAnn Smith presented the fall plans for the District’s...
UMass Encourages Students To Stay Home. Number Of Students Residing On Campus To Be Greatly Reduced For Fall Term
Source: UMass News and Media The worsening conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic nationally have led...
Amherst Town Council Will Reconsider Its Vote To Consolidate Eight Polling Locations Into One Site At High School
The Amherst Town Council quietly posted an alternative plan for Amherst’s polling places to the...
Zoning Board Of Appeals Continues Deliberation On Proposed Supportive Housing At 132 Northampton Road
Report On The Meeting of the Zoning Board Of Appeals (ZBA) 8/6/20 The meeting was...
Planning Board Approves Amherst Media Project. Controversy Erupts Over Choosing Next Chair
Report on the Planning Board meeting of 8/5/20 The meeting was held via Zoom webcast...
Town Manager Names Three More To School Building Committee
TSO Recommends Town Manager’s Nominations For Council Approval Town Manager Paul Bockelman made three new...
Amherst Media Launches New Weekly News Program
Source: Amherst Media Amherst Media launched a new program, the Amherst Weekly Report, on Friday,...
Amherst Town Council Can Change Controversial Polling Place Consolidation Plan Until Aug. 12
Plan To Put 10 Precincts In A Single Gym Apparently Unknown To State Officials A...
Amherst Awarded $321,577 in CDBG And Cares Act Funding
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst announced on Monday (8/3) that they have received an...