Community Safety Working Group Seeks To Ensure BIPOC Involvement With Police Oversight And CRESS Implementation
Concerns about the representation of BIPOC people in the implementation of Amherst’s new Community Responder…
Town Council
Letter: Elected Officials Are Not Unencumbered To Do Whatever They Choose
This letter appeared in the Amherst Bulletin on July 22, 2021 In his Amherst Bulletin…
Town Council Rejects Temporary Downtown Building Moratorium
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council, July 12, 2021 A recording of…
Local Activists Rally For Full Funding Of CRESS Program And School Budget
More than two dozen people gathered at Sweetser Park in downtown Amherst on July 10…
Letter: Council’s Indifference To Citizen Concerns Has Given Us Weak Democracy
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on July 14, 2021 Since…
Opinion: Town Manager Should Release Amherst Media Capital Funds
Amherst Town Manager, Paul Bockelman has refused to release Comcast Capital Funds earmarked for Amherst…
Will The Town Build A Parking Garage Behind CVS?
Report on the Meeting Of The Planning Board of July 7, 2021 The meeting was…
Town Manager To Determine Priorities For $12 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding
A process for spending almost $12 million that the Town of Amherst is receiving under…
Community Safety Working Group Will Continue Until November 1, 2021
After two successive meetings filled with fraught exchanges on June 24 and July 1, Town…
Planning Board Considers New Changes To Zoning Amendments. Public Hearings Slated For July 21.
The Community Resources Committee of the Town Council and the Planning Board are holding a…