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...
Opinion: A Surprise
I got a surprise the other day. I came across a reference to the Yale Climate...
Opinion: Local and Green – Climate Solutions For Buildings
Editor’s note: A version of this column appeared previously in The Amherst Bulletin. A lot...
Photo Of The Week: Peaches And The Moon By Michael Aronson
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local photographer....
From Other Sources: News and Features For And About Amherst (#26)
Editor’s Note: “From Other Sources” offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to...
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...