Council Drops Plan To Consolidate Voting Sites
By Marla Goldberg-Jamate and Maria Kopicki The Amherst Town Council dropped an unpopular plan to…
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Editorial: No To A Single Polling Site. Our Town Council Must Do Better.
Editor’s note: This editorial was signed by the following members of the Amherst Indy’s editorial…
Town Manager Names Three More To School Building Committee
TSO Recommends Town Manager’s Nominations For Council Approval Town Manager Paul Bockelman made three new…
Amherst Town Council Can Change Controversial Polling Place Consolidation Plan Until Aug. 12
Plan To Put 10 Precincts In A Single Gym Apparently Unknown To State Officials A…
Town Manager Report For 8/3/20
Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town Council at…
TOWN & UMASS ESTABLISH COVID-19 WORKING GROUP
Source: amherstma.gov and UMass News and Media To enhance their coordinated response to the COVID-19…
COUNCIL REJECTS DEMANDS TO REDUCE POLICE BUDGET
REPORT ON THE TOWN COUNCIL MEETING OF 7/20/20 The meeting was held via Zoom webcast…
TOWN MANAGER REPORT FOR JULY 20, 2020
Source: amherstma.gov Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town…
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON LIBRARY RENOVATION AND POLICE BUDGET CUTS
JONES REPAIRS ESTIMATED TO COST $14.4-$16.8 MILLION RESIDENTS DEMAND 52% REDUCTION IN POLICE BUDGET The…
LETTER: AMHERST SHOULD UNDERTAKE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF POLICING PRACTICES
I feel very strongly about the recent murder of George Floyd. It sent me back…