FINANCE COMMITTEE APPROVES BORROWING FOR NORTHAMPTON ROAD AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT
The Finance Committee (FC) voted 5-0 to recommend borrowing for Valley CDC’s Northampton Road affordable...
TOWN OF AMHERST TO RAISE PRIDE FLAG FOR FIRST TIME ON JUNE 28.
Source: Amherst.gov and Twitter The Town of Amherst will officially raise the LGBTQ rainbow flag...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: TOWN COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING (6/17/19). THE BIG ISSUE WAS CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM (This is part one of a two-part column).
The proposed campaign finance reform bylaw returned for a vote at tonight’s meeting. Put forward...
EXCAVATIONS AT EMILY DICKINSON HOMESTEAD
Archaeologists from UMass Amherst are currently conducting excavations on the grounds of the Emily Dickinson...
NOMINATIONS TO FIVE COMMISSIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCED
Town Manager Paul Bockelman, in a memo to the Town Clerk dated June 3, 2019,...
ACT LOCAL: GREEN SOLUTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMHERST. AMHERST YOUTH DEMAND BOLD CLIMATE GOALS (Third in a series).
Editor’s Note: A version of this column also appeared in The Amherst Bulletin. Have you...
WHAT A COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL MIGHT LOOK LIKE (Third in a series).
I have been writing about the background and underlying principles of a Community Advisory Council...
RECAP: TOWN COUNCIL MEETING (6/17/19)
Editor’s note: We were unable to cover the June 3 council meeting. The minutes for...
RECAP: MEETING OF THE OUTREACH, COMMUNICATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL (OCA) (6/17/19)
Editor’s Note: Beginning this week, The Indy will be posting recaps of the meetings of...
FROM OTHER SOURCES: NEWS AND FEATURES FOR AND ABOUT AMHERST
Editor’s Note: From Other Sources offers links to articles that may be of interest to Amherst...
WHO NEEDS IT? WHO ARE THE FUTURE RESIDENTS OF VALLEY CDC’s PROPOSED AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ON NORTHAMPTON ROAD?
Amherst residents and officials have for many years talked about our commitment to affordable housing. This...
$ 273,000 UNRESTRICTED BEQUEST GOES TO PROPOSED JONES LIBRARY BUILDING PROJECT
The Jones Library Board of Trustees voted on June 5 on how to use two...