Grand Reopening For Black Sheep Deli On Saturday July 24
The Black Sheep Deli, 79 Main Street, Amherst, will welcome the public back with a...
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Letter: In Our Rush To Build We Are Destroying The Very Conditions That Make For Successful Local Economies
The following letter was sent to Town Councilor Andy Steinberg (at large) on July 16, ...
Councilors Voice Opposition To Temporary Building Moratorium, Consider Relaxing Parking Regulations For Downtown Buildings, Recommend Extension For CSWG To Complete Its Work
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, June 28, 2021The meeting took place...
Letter: Let’s Build – In A Way That’s Good For Amherst!
This letter appeared previously in The Amherst Bulletin Housing is today’s targeted investment commodity, and...
Letter: A Longstanding Plea for Better Planning
By Ken Rosenthal The following letter was sent to Planning Director Christine Brestrup, Town Manager...
The Montague Bookmill Complex And COVID
This column was originally published in The Montague Reporter. As is the case for many...
Planning Department Presents Revised Zoning Bylaws For Mixed-use Buildings and Apartments And Demolition Delay
Report On The Planning Board Meeting Of May 12,2021 The meeting was held via Zoom....
Issues and Analyses: Promoting Creative Economic Development In Amherst
By Gerald Friedman and Maral Asik This is part three in our series, Economics In...
Planning Board Considers Archipelago’s Application For New Building Downtown
Report On The Meeting Of The Planning Board On May 5, 2021 The meeting was...
Issues & Analysis: If We Build It Will They Come?
By Gerald Friedman and Maral Asik This is Part 2 of a three-part series on...
Letter: Downtown Needs Interesting, Family-friendly Businesses
I am writing as a home and business owner in Amherst in strong support of...
Opinion: Mr. Density and Mr. Infill
A great New Yorker cartoon in 1997 showed two thuggish men standing in a bookshop...