SINGLE POLLING STATION PROPOSED FOR AMHERST VOTERS. VOTING BY MAIL ENCOURAGED
Town Clerk Shavena Martin has proposed eliminating the Town’s eight current polling locations and replacing...
TOWN BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW DOG PARK
Source: amherstma.gov A groundbreaking ceremony for Amherst’s new dog park was held on Wednesday July...
UMASS UPDATES REOPENING PLANS
NEW PROTOCOLS FOR TESTING AND QUARANTINE Source: UMass News and Media UMass will implement new...
REPORT ON THE MEETING OF THE AMHERST HISTORICAL COMMISSION (7/22/20)
The meeting was conducted via Zoom webcast and was recorded. Participating: Commission Members: Jane Wald...
COUNCIL REJECTS DEMANDS TO REDUCE POLICE BUDGET
REPORT ON THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF 7/20/20 The meeting was held via Zoom webcast...
ARTISTS INVITED TO JOIN THE AMHERST ELECTRICAL BOX MAKEOVER PROJECT 2020
Source: Amherst Public Art Commission Electrify Amherst! The Electrical Box Makeover Project 2020 continues to...
AMHERST DESIGNATED A HOUSING CHOICE COMMUNITY
Source: amherstma.gov Amherst has again been named as one of 56 municipalities in Massachusetts to...
LETTER: USE GOODWIN ROOM TO PROTECT JONES LIBRARY’S THREATENED COLLECTIONS
The Jones Library’s Special Collections includes works of Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Julius Lester, and...
LETTER: LIBRARY EXPANSION REPRESENTS A WISE INVESTMENT
Editor’s note: A version of this letter appeared previously in The Amherst Bulletin. Like many...
LETTER: THE LAMENTABLE SALE OF LIBRARY’S BIERSTADT MASTERPIECE GIVES US CAUSE TO RECONSIDER PROPOSED DEMOLITION OF 1993 ADDITION
The headline in the November 20,1988 New York Times read, “Town Votes Painting Sale”. “Efforts...
OPINION: JONES LIBRARY BUDGET MEETING – DOLLARS AND DEMEANOR DECREASE
Every trustee of an institution has the legal obligation to ask questions and provide suggestions...
OPINION: THE PANDEMIC – A TIME FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVENTURE
Keep school buildings closed; keep schooling going Use technology to individualize and magnify teaching and...