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Affordable Housing Trust Discusses Emergency Rent Assistance Program and Threatened Evictions
Report On The Meeting Of the Amherst Affordable Housing Trust Of 8/13/20 The meeting was...
Amherst Schools Plan Virtual Town Hall Sessions To Discuss District Reopening Plan
Source: Amherst Parent Guardian Organization There will be two virtual Town Hall meeting sessions on...
Coronavirus Remains The Primary Issue For Massachusetts Voters According to New UMass / WCVB Poll
Survey Also Shows Majority Support For The Black Lives Matter Movement And A Number Of...
Nine Out Of 10 Parents Are Concerned Students Will Catch And Spread COVID-19 If School Buildings Reopen As Scheduled
Source: Massachusetts Teachers Association A new poll by Echo Cove Research & Consulting commissioned by...
Truth School Announces Fall Lineup Of 45 Free Classes
The Soujourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership has announced that registration is now open...
Town Council Begins Discussion of Community Safety. Narrowly Passes New Zoning Bylaw.
UMass Clarifies COVID-19 Prevention Plans. Report On The Special Town Council Meeting of 8/10/20 The...
Governor Baker Announces New Restrictions On Outdoor Gatherings
Source: mass.gov Governor Charlie Baker announced last Friday (8/7). a new set of restrictions on...
Council Drops Plan To Consolidate Voting Sites
By Marla Goldberg-Jamate and Maria Kopicki The Amherst Town Council dropped an unpopular plan to...
UMass Professor Leads Successful Campaign To Make Juneteenth A State Holiday
Source: UMass News and Media Growing up in Beaumont, TX, UMass Professor of Afro-American Studies...
Opinion: Show Me the Money! Jones Library Trustees To Negotiate With Town Concerning Jones $6 Million Building Project Pledge
A motion was approved by the Jones Library Board of Trustees on August 13, 2020...
Opinion: Bylaw Change To Allow Approval Of Site Plan Review With Simple Majority Goes Too Far
The Town Council, and especially At Large Councilor Mandi Jo Hanneke, Chair of the Community...