Keep Busy During School Vacation Week with Winterfest Events
The Recreation Department has partnered with community organizations to provide a variety of activities for...
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UMass Amherst Lion Dragon Club to Celebrate Lunar New Year with Downtown Amherst Parade
Source: Amherst Business Improvement District The UMass Amherst Lion Dragon Club will welcome the Lunar...
Downtown Parking Ban Extended
Source: amherstma.gov Even though the snowstorm is over, our Department of Public Works crews are...
Town Council Adopts Public Urination Bylaw
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, November 24, 2025 This meeting was...
Amherst Kicks Off the Winter Season with the Annual Lighting of the Merry Maple on December 5
Source: Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce The Annual Lighting of the Merry Maple will take place...
Planning Board Rejects Resident-Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendments
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, November 19, 2025 This meeting was...
Opinion: When Amherst Voted Down the Future: Revisiting Form-Based Zoning
Social Inequality Goes Global In Amherst, around 2010, the Planning Department tried to introduce form-based zoning a...
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Will Celebrate Revitalization for North Common
Source: amherstma.gov After more than a decade of planning, the Town’s North Common Revitalization Project is officially...
Annual Halloween Spooktacular, October 26
Source: amherstma.gov Get ready for a day full of fun and frights for the whole...
Citizens’ Zoning Petitions Referred to Planning Board
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, October 6, 2025, Part 1 This...
Public Comment: Residents Have Petitioned for Two Sensible Zoning Changes
The follwing public comment was offered at the meeting of the Amherst Town Council, October...
Residents File Zoning Bylaw Changes for Balanced, Liveable Neighborhoods and Downtown
Source: Contact Kitty Axelson-Berry A group of Amherst residents has filed two zoning bylaw proposals...