AMHERST — The FBI field office in Boston announced that an Amherst man became the 32nd resident from their investigative coverage area, which includes Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, to face criminal penalties related to the Jan. 6, 2021... Read More
AMHERST — The proposed construction of pickleball courts identified for Kiwanis Park has been met with resistance from some community members who live in close proximity to the park and the location where the courts would be installed.... Read More
AMHERST — The Joint Union 26 and Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committees voted unanimously to engage a search and recruitment firm for the purpose of identifying candidates to fill the vacant school superintendent post.... Read More
AMHERST — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be providing technical support to Amherst in order to assist the town in improving stormwater management and to facilitate the advancement of environmental justice for disadvantaged communities within the Pioneer Valley-Connecticut River... Read More
AMHERST — A student invention team at Amherst Regional High School has become one of only eight school groups across the country to be awarded a grant to further work on a technological project designed to assist a public safety operation.... Read More
AMHERST — The Lighting of the Merry Maple will again be the center of a host of activities on Dec. 1 as the annual holiday cavalcade returns to the Town Common.... Read More
AMHERST — With their release this month and public access now confirmed, the redacted versions of five related Title IX investigation reports into allegations of improper conduct by staffers towards student members of the LGBTQIA+ community at Amherst Middle School are now open to universal scrutiny... Read More
AMHERST — Ahead of the regularly scheduled Town Council meeting, Town Manager Paul Bockelman introduced the annual gathering of the major elected officials for the town for the start of the budget season.... Read More
AMHERST — Joining communities in the area, residents, town leaders and members of the public safety departments gathered at the downtown fire station on Veterans Day to pay tribute to those who currently serve or have served in the military.... Read More
AMHERST — The Mill District General Store and Local Art Gallery is presenting their first Holiday Arts Market on Nov. 18 to showcase not only the store’s variety of goods for sale but also the work of local artists and their creations.... Read More
AMHERST — Braving a cold and rainy Sunday, superheroes, clowns and animals took to the streets of downtown on Oct 29, stopping off at local businesses for noontime trick-or-treating ahead of the annual Halloween Spooktacular.... Read More
AMHERST — At its Nov. 1 meeting, the Planning Board heard a request for a comprehensive permit to construct 30 affordable residential units on a 9.047-acre site located at 20-40 Ball Lane.... Read More
AMHERST — Town taxpayers who voted strongly in favor of supporting the financial burden for a new elementary school will likely see a significant reduction in their costs for the project after a vote by the state agency overseeing new public-school construction.... Read More
AMHERST — Adding to a $100,000 bestowment the institution made last year, Amherst College is now giving a $1 million gift to the Jones Library Building Project.... Read More
AMHERST — The Amherst Council on Aging and the Senior Center are working to making sure the town’s older community members are not forgotten during the holiday season with their sponsorship of this year’s “Claus for a Cause.”... Read More
