School Reopening Plan Is Very Limited As Most Teachers Choose to Stay Remote
Residents Urge Amherst To Fill Regional School District Budget Gap With Police Department Funds The...
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UMass Amherst Will Lower COVID-19 Risk Status From “High” To “Elevated” On Monday
Students Must Present Proof Of Twice-Weekly Testing To Access Classes, Jobs, Dining Hall Take-Out Meals ...
State Expands Vaccine Eligibility To Those 65 And Over Or With Multiple Underlying Medical Conditions
Source: mass.gov The Baker-Polito Administration announced on Wednesday (2/17) that individuals ages 65 and over...
Western Mass Residents Gather At Governor Baker’s Office To Protest Biomass Rules Rollback
Source: Springfield Climate Justice Coalition Western Massachusetts residents spoke out against Governor Baker’s energy regulation...
From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst (#32). This Week’s Focus – News From Amherst That You Might Have Missed And More On Alternatives To Policing And On Reopening The Schools
This column offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to Amherst readers....
Active COVID-19 Cases At UMass Climb Past 600
Lockdown Prevents Many Working Students From Reporting To Jobs It was a challenging week for...
Campus And Community Respond To COVID-19 Outbreak
Report On The Town Council Meeting of 2/8/21 The meeting was held via Zoom. A...
UMass Amherst Evicts Graduate Student Workers Amid COVID19 Spike On Campus
Source: GEO This past weekend, after the first week of the semester saw a...
UMass Profs Design App For Tracking Area COVID-19 Cases
Two UMass professors have created an online app for tracking the number of COVID-19 cases...
Amherst Board Of Health Issues Emergency Order In Response To Local COVID-19 Surge
Source: amherstma.gov The Board of Health for the Town of Amherst has issued an emergency...
UMass-Amherst Logs Over 400 Active COVID-19 Cases Within Days Of Reopening, Imposes New Restrictions
All Students On And Off-Campus Directed To “Self-Sequester” Just six days into the official start...
UMass COVID-19 Risk Level Raised From “Elevated” To “High” Risk
Source: UMass News and Media UMass Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy announced today (2/7) in a...