New Parents’ Organization Presses For Careful Return To School Buildings As District and Unions Continue Negotiations
Numerous parents of children in the Amherst, Pelham, and Regional public schools contacted their school committees...
UMass Puts 850 Dining Hall And Residence Hall Staff On Indefinite Furlough
Source:umass.edu UMass Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy, announced in a letter to the campus community dated...
CRC Rejects Veteran Planning Board Member
Report on Meeting of the Town Council’s Community Resources Committee (CRC) (8/26/20) The meeting was...
ZBA Continues To Hear Testimony On Supportive Housing Project At 132 Northampton Road
Report on Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) meeting (8/25/20) The meeting was held via Zoom...
Virtual Community Forum Scheduled To Discuss Joint UMass-Town Efforts To Mitigate Spread Of COVID-19
Source: amherstma.gov A Virtual Community Forum, sponsored by the Town-Gown Fall Reopening Group, will be...
Town Establishes Hotline To Field COVID-19 Questions And Complaints About Parties
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst announced on Tuesday (8/25) that they have established a...
Towns Seek Poll Workers for November Election
The following local towns are looking for poll workers: Colrain, Greenfield, Hawley, Orange, Whately, Springfield,...
Library Chat With Jones Library’s Sustainability Committee
The public is invited to join to a Zoom webinar with the Jones Library’s Sustainability...
Jones Library Seeks Comments For Director’s Annual Evaluation
Source: The Jones Library The Trustees of the Jones Library are in the process of gathering...
Letter: Second Thoughts On Vanderbilt’s Strict COVID-19 Policies
After including a copy Vanderbilt University’s strict disciplinary policies for enforcing student compliance with COVID-19...
Letter: Racial Equity And Social Justice Should Be Woven Into Each Of Amherst’s Policy And Management Goals
Although we appreciate the revisions to the FY21 Goals for the Town Manager submitted in...
Letter: Markey Not Accessible To His Constituents
An important consideration when casting a vote in this Democratic primary is that Ed Markey...