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Amherst officials float ideas to reduce expenses next fiscal year as deficit looms
10-05-2024 11:24 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Reducing or modifying what Amherst spends on its capital improvement program, adjusting the town’s contribution to Other Post Employment Benefits and taking a closer look at the Community Responders for Equity, Safety and Service operations...


Hadley planners take no stand on expanding senior housing zone
10-04-2024 3:32 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — The Planning Board will not make a recommendation to special Town Meeting this fall about a proposal to significantly expand the senior housing overlay district, to include a 30-acre property near the corner of Rocky Hill Road and North Maple...


Jewish activists to hold Tashlich ceremony in Amherst on Sunday
10-04-2024 9:39 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Concern for the well being of immigrants to the United States, and how those who have come to the country may be affected by a second Donald Trump administration, will be discussed as part of a Tashlich ceremony Sunday afternoon.Being held...


Around Amherst: Bids again sought for Jones Library project
10-04-2024 9:34 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A general contractor to undertake the expansion and renovation of the Jones Library building is again being sought by the town, with a bid advertisement recently posted for an estimated construction cost of $36 million.The legal ad comes...


Amherst schools roll out new online bullying reporting system
10-03-2024 1:22 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A new bullying reporting system is on the websites for the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools, providing an improved process for notifying school officials about possible incidents and ensuring prompt investigations....


Hadley’s longtime assessor set to retire after 38-year career
10-03-2024 11:32 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A 38-year career as a municipal assessor will come to a close in January for Daniel H. Zdonek Jr., who has been Hadley’s assessor since July 1990.The Easthampton resident who worked for the city for four years prior to coming to Hadley...


Amherst eyes joint homeless shelter, housing on old VFW site
10-01-2024 4:16 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Town officials are exploring development of the former VFW site on Main Street into a new 40-bed homeless shelter with associated services and a four-story, 30-unit single-room occupancy apartment complex.At a recent presentation to update...


Culture quest: Crocker Farm librarian named Wallace Teaching Award winner
10-01-2024 3:50 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

“We were trying to find someone who represents the multitudes of who we are as a school community. … Whatever Waleska brings to the building, it’s vast.” — Principal Derek Shea AMHERST — Art from Indigenous tribes, Hawaii, Nepal, Mexico and Chile,...


Chamber, UMass event veteran Page named to lead downtown business boosters
10-01-2024 12:44 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A Pelham resident with experience in economic development, event management and advocating for businesses in roles at both the University of Massachusetts and the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce becomes the Amherst Business Improvement...


UMass, Amherst Survival Center to open food pantry on campus in fall of 2025
09-30-2024 4:25 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A pantry for University of Massachusetts students and employees who are experiencing food insecurity, representing a long-term partnership between the university and the Amherst Survival Center, will open next fall at the former Newman...


New super pitches merging Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools in face of shortfall
09-30-2024 3:38 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A significant deficit anticipated in the fiscal year 2026 budget for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, amid continued enrollment declines in grades 7-12, is prompting Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman to propose consolidating all secondary...


Shutesbury considers gazebo, plexiglass as ways to protect historic guideboard currently under repair
09-30-2024 1:04 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — An open-air gazebo is being proposed to protect the town common’s historic guideboard, an artifact that dates to 1837 and continues to be refurbished and restored at the Williamstown Art Conservation Center.While the Historical Commission...


Four in running to be Hatfield town administrator
09-29-2024 2:31 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A Northampton native with municipal management experience in Pennsylvania, a chief of staff for the city of Newburyport, and two Hatfield residents, including one who is currently town coordinator in Westhampton and another who is a former...


Town to explore if old South Amherst School is useable
09-28-2024 1:16 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Mostly vacant since fall 2018 when an alternative program for teens moved from the 1001 South East St. site to Amherst Regional High School, South Amherst School’s future could be determined by recommendations from a consultant.Amherst...


Hadley eyes high-tech weapons detection tool for Hopkins Academy
09-27-2024 2:49 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — School officials are considering the installation of a high-tech tool to possibly identify anyone carrying a firearm into Hopkins Academy, though School Committee members are wary of moving forward with the idea without more information.The...


Amherst Media director departs after 17 years
09-27-2024 11:32 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst Media Executive Director Jim Lescault is out at the cable access nonprofit after almost 17 years in the role, though those associated with the organization, and Lescault himself, are tight-lipped about his departure.While confirming...


Around Amherst: Public input sought on housing production plan
09-27-2024 11:25 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Town officials are in the midst of updating the town’s housing production plan for the first time since 2013.On Tuesday, two 90-minute, in-person sessions will be held at the Woodbury Room at the Jones Library, 43 Amity St., led by Greg...


Amherst-Pelham Regional super warns of funding shortfall
09-26-2024 5:37 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Should the four towns in the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District limit their assessment increases next year, 35 middle and high school staffers, or 10% of the 350-member workforce, could lose their jobs, leading to what Superintendent E....


Making planning personal: Brestrup to retire after two decades with Amherst Planning Department, including about 9 as director
09-26-2024 3:05 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Several mixed-use buildings in downtown Amherst constructed over the past decade are enhancing the town’s tax base, providing both housing options for families and individuals and revenue needed to support municipal services and public...


Tibetian group to fete McGovern
09-26-2024 2:26 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A silver sculpture, replicating a treaty between the Tibetan Empire and the Tang Dynasty in China more than 1,400 years ago, will be presented by the Regional Tibetan Association of Massachusetts to U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern on Saturday.At a...

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