Community Safety Working Group Prepares Survey Of Amherst Police Department’s Policies And Practices
At its weekly Wednesday meeting on December 16, Amherst’s Community Safety Working Group (CSWG) voted...
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Second People’s Assembly Envisions A Decolonized, Anti-Racist Amherst
Over 65 people participated in the Second People’s Assembly, held on Zoom last Sunday (11/15)....
Planning Board Considers Plans For Newman Center And 40R Overlay Zoning
Report On The Meeting Of The Planning Board (11/18/20) The meeting was held as a...
Town Awarded $1.5 Million MassWorks Grant For Improvements At Intersection of Pomeroy Lane and West Street
Source: amherstma.gov Governor Baker announced on Tursday (11/19) that the Town of Amherst has been...
Second People’s Assembly To Be Held Sunday 11/15 Via Zoom
The Second People’s Assembly will take place on Sunday, 11/15, at 4 PM on Zoom....
Public Forum on Budget Scheduled for Thursday, November 19
The Finance Committee has scheduled a public forum on the FY 2022 budget via Zoom...
Town Manager’s Report For November 9, 2020
Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town Council at...
Petua Mukimba, The Youngest Member Of Amherst Town Government, Reflects On the Work Of The Human Rights Commission
Petua Mukimba, senior at Amherst Regional HIgh School, began her experience on the Amherst Human...
Letter: Racial Equity Task Force Offers Alternative To Town’s Community Safety Working Group
Editor’s Note: The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and Town Manager...
Opinion: Trade-Offs, Compromises And Subjectivity. Comments On 40R Zoning In Amherst
I’m sure that elsewhere in the Indy there will be a full accounting of Wednesday...
Opinion: How We Stop the Coming Trump Coup
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”–Maya Angelou Editor’s note: ...
Opinion: Call It a Coup
As terrible as the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was, it...