School Committee Discusses FY27 Budget Draft and Possible Time Change for School Day Start
Report on the Meeting of Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, December 9, 2025 This meeting was...
public comment
Consultant to Help Town with Long-delayed Trash Hauler Reform
The town has hired consultant Eric Weiss from the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission to help...
Firefighters and Parents Decry Understaffed Fire Stations and Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, November 17, 2025, Part 1 This...
What Kinds of Housing Could Be Built at the Old South Amherst School Site?
This was a Zoom forum on November 19. It was recorded. The town engaged Joy...
Citizens’ Zoning Petitions Referred to Planning Board
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, October 6, 2025, Part 1 This...
Eversource Plans Clearcutting Through Eleven Towns Including Amherst
Eversource has proposed 278 acres of tree cutting, and the plan they have filed with...
Conservation Commission Issues Ultimatum on Proposed Development at Atkins Corner
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Conservation Commission, September 24, 2025 This meeting was...
Retreat to Produce Recommendations for Changes to Town Charter
Having completed their review of all the articles of the Town Charter over their last...
Divided Council Unable to Choose Representative for DPW Building Committee
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, July 21, 2025 by. Audrey Falkner...
Plenty of Criticism of Town Government at the Final Charter Review Listening Session
At the fourth listening session of the Charter Review Committee, four members of the committee...
Sparse Attendance at Charter Review Listening Sessions
The second of four planned public listening sessions sponsored by the Charter Review Committee was...
FY26 Budget Adopted with Objections to Loss of CRESS Positions and Extra Money for the Elementary Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, June 16, 2025, Part 1 By...