Opinion: Amherst Town Government Needs New Faces, New Leadership
I moved my young family to Amherst in 1993, looking for a hometown more my...
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Public Forum On Digital Equity In The Pioneer Valley, June 30
Source: Alliance For Digital Equity The Alliance For Digital Equity will host a “Forum on...
Opinion: Town Council And Its Committees
By Meg Gage and Michael Greenebaum The following column appeared previously in The Amherst BulletinIt’s...
UMass Project Will Explore Whether Digital Technologies Increase Public Participation In Amherst’s Municipal Government and Civic Life
Source: UMass News and Media School of Public Policy Professors Jane E. Fountain and Ethan...
Amherst Town Council, Board of Registrars, Plan Executive Sessions To Discuss Lawsuit Over Disqualified Petition Signatures
The Amherst Town Council is planning an executive session on Monday, June 7, to discuss...
Board of Registrars Dismisses Open Meeting Law Violations Complaints
The Amherst Board of Registrars (BOR) met on June 1, 2021 to continue a hearing...
Recordings From Daniel Ellsberg Conference Now Available Online
Sources: UMass News and Media and Amherst Media In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon...
Updated: Lawsuit Over Wrongfully Disqualified Signatures Filed In Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint Seeks Judgment Ordering Town To Certify At Least 76 Signatures Amherst voters who claim...
Board Of Registrars Continues Hearing On OML Violation Complaint Until June 1
The Amherst Board of Registrars (BOR) met Monday May 24, 2021 to hear an Open...
Letter: Amherst Doesn’t Really Care About Transparency
The first time I attended an in-person Amherst School Committee meeting, I was 15 minutes...
Town Clerk Uses Ex-Officio Role On Board Of Registrars To Kill Fresh Count Of Petition Signatures
At a virtual hearing of the Amherst Board of Registrars which lasted more than three...
Town Attorney Caught On Hot Mic In Strategy Meeting To Subvert Appeal On Jones Petition Signatures. Petitioners Move For Her Exclusion For Conflict of Interest
Petitioners who claim that the Town Clerk’s Office wrongfully disqualified signatures on April 21 have...