Opinion: Hanneke’s Bid To Constrain Public Comment Is An Assault On Democracy
by Art and Maura Keene On Monday March 6, the Town Council will consider changes...
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New Limitations Proposed For Public Comments At Council Meetings
Public Comments Would Be Limited To 30 Minutes And Non-Amherst Residents Would Be Discouraged From...
ZBA: We Don’t See How The Hanneke–DeAngelis Zoning Proposal Helps Amherst
Report on the Meeting Of the Amherst Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting February 16, 2023The...
Public Comment: “Trickle Down Housing” Will Not Help Amherst’s Work Force
The following public comment was submitted to the Amherst Town Council via the town’s public...
Planning Board And Public Offer Critiques Of Proposal To Ease Permitting Of Multifamily Housing
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Planning Board, February 15,2023 This meeting was held...
Design For New K-5 Elementary School Features Improved Energy Efficiency
The Elementary School Building Committee (ESBC) presented the proposed schematic design for the new elementary...
Neighbors, Conservationists, Seek Dialogue With University On Proposed Pavilion At Renaissance Center
A group of about 20 Amherst residents met via Zoom on January 23 to discuss...
Planning Board Skeptical About Proposal To Relax Permitting For Duplexes, Triplexes, and Townhouses
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Planning Board, January 18,2023 This meeting was held...
School Building Committee Works To Minimize Higher Cost Estimates
Explaining that “the amount of (cost) escalation in the past six months outstripped the assumptions...
More Than 100 People Attend Reparations Listening Session Featuring Congressman McGovern
The African Heritage Reparations Assembly (AHRA) hosted a listening session on January 11 featuring United...
Council Defends Private Meetings With Police. Griesemer Re-elected As Council President
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council, January 9, 2023 This meeting was...
Community Forum On The Elementary School Building Project
The Elementary School Building Committee will host two community forums on the new elementary school...