OPINION: 40R ZONING PROPOSAL IS MATERIALLY DEFICIENT, LACKS PROPER CITIZEN INPUT, AND OFFERS LITTLE BENEFIT TO AMHERST RESIDENTS
Editor’s Note: The following was submitted as testimony to the Planning Board in June . ...
OPINION: IN THE FACE OF MASSIVE UNEMPLOYMENT WE NEED A 21st CENTURY WPA
Editor’s note: this column appeared previously in Labor Notes. How can we help the unemployed...
CULTURE CLUB: SUMMER READING RECOMMENDATIONS
Culture Club is a new column that will fill out the Indy’s news and opinion...
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: STRAWBERRY FIELDS BY DEBORAH KEISCH
Shot at Pie In The Sky Berry Farm, Northampton. Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents...
CPAC REJECTS $1 MILLION LIBRARY REQUEST
A Jones Library request for $1,000,000 from Community Preservation Act (CPA) funds for constructing a...
MASSACHUSETTS MOVES TO PHASE 3 OF REOPENING PLAN
The Baker-Polito Administration announced on Thursday, July 2, that the state will proceed with Phase...
PLANNING BOARD BEGINS SITE PLAN REVIEW FOR NEW AMHERST MEDIA HEADQUARTERS
REPORT ON THE PLANNING BOARD MEETING OF 7/1/20 The meeting was held via Zoom webcast,...
PUBLIC READING OF “WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?” ON JULY 5
SOURCE: amherstma.gov The public is invited to join the Reading Fredrick Douglass Project as the group...
PUFFERS POND CLOSED TO SWIMMING
Puffer’s Pond is closed to swimming until further notice, due to high levels of E....
AMHERST SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHEDULE VIRTUAL TOWN HALLS ON FALL REOPENING
Source: Amherst Public Schools The Amherst Public Schools have invited the public to an Internet-based...
SUPERINTENDENT, SCHOOL COMMITTEE STRONGLY REJECT NEW STATE GUIDANCE ALLOWING STUDENT DESKS TO BE JUST THREE FEET APART
PLAN FOR SIX-FOOT SEPARATIONS IN AMHERST REGIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROCEED Students in the Amherst...
AMHERST’S PROPOSED WAGE THEFT BYLAW RECEIVES LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE
On June 30, Council President Lynn Griesemer (District 2) received a letter from Cynthia Mark,...