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BAKER SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUIRING WEARING MASKS IN PUBLIC
Source: mass.gov Governor Baker issued an executive order effective Wednesday, May 6, 2020, requiring the...
LETTER: COVID-19 EMERGENCY IS NO REASON TO LIFT BAN ON SINGLE USE PLASTIC BAGS.
Editor’s Note: A version of this letter appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. World Health...
OPINION: A FUTURE OF MORE FEAR OR MORE CONNECTION?
What a time we are going through! I continue to be heartened by the actions...
TOWN SETS TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES
Have you ever wished your neighborhood were safer to walk in? Have you longed for...
A New Monthly Column: THE GOOD SOCIETY – RESOURCES FOR IMAGINING A BETTER WORLD (#1)
Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and...
LOCAL AND GREEN (#7) AMHERST 2030 – THE NEW PARADIGM (PART II)
Editor’s note: A version of this column also appeared in the Amherst Bulletin. Part I of...
PUBLIC FORUM EXPLORES AMHERST HOUSING CHALLENGES AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
The Town of Amherst Fall Housing Forum took place at the Unitarian Universalist Society on...
FROM OTHER SOURCES: NEWS AND FEATURES FOR AND ABOUT AMHERST (#9)
Editor’s Note: “From Other Sources” offers links to articles that might be of interest to Amherst...
ENERGY COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST PUBLIC VISIONING SESSION ON TOWN’S CLIMATE MITIGATION GOALS
Twenty-five people gathered at the Bangs Center on Wednesday evening (10/2) for the first of...
SCHOOL HARASSMENT POLICY TO BE REVIEWED FOLLOWING HOSTILE COMMUNICATION INCIDENTS
Consensus emerged among Regional School Committee members at their meeting on September 10th to look...
AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST SEEKS CREATION OF ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS
At the August 26 Town Council meeting, John Hornik, chair of the Amherst Municipal Affordable...