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Amherst man pleads guilty to child porn charges
02-07-2025 2:14 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An Amherst man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston on Wednesday to distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Massachusetts.

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Around Amherst: Historical Society salutes people behind Cambodian exhibit
02-07-2025 1:02 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Organizers of the “Cambodians in Amherst: A History of the Khmer Community” exhibit in 2024 at the Strong House are earning the Amherst Historical Society’s annual Arthur F. Kinney Conch Shell award.


Guest column: UMass protest response review was just a whitewash
02-06-2025 4:36 PM

By KEVIN A. YOUNG

 


Amherst College giving $2.5M to the town over next three years
02-06-2025 4:22 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A $2.5 million donation from Amherst College will support the Amherst and regional schools, the town’s emergency services, and infrastructure work downtown over the next three years, as well as one of two municipal building projects the town is undertaking.


New digs: Innovintage Place moves to old Kelly’s restaurant in Amherst after six years in Greenfield
02-06-2025 10:52 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

AMHERST — As a teenager, Skye Wellington frequented Kelly’s restaurant, a nearly 30-year mainstay of a College Street business plaza until closing near the end of 2022.


Amherst town manager sounds alarm over looming 20% insurance hike
02-05-2025 4:30 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst is facing a much larger than anticipated increase in health insurance costs for fiscal year 2026, with a projected jump of almost 20%, at the top range allowed for the town’s insurer, the Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association.


Jeff Clark: Get ready for the clean energy future
02-04-2025 5:01 PM

I beg to differ on a few points in the Jan. 30 guest column ”Just not ready for clean energy future” by Stephen Fox. First, Gov. Maura Maura Healey and the Legislature are quite aware of the concerns he lays out and are addressing the challenges of climate changes. They are putting policies in place to get us to net zero (i.e., not producing more carbon than the environment can sequester) by 2050.


David Schmidt: Yes, you are missing something
02-04-2025 5:01 PM

In David Murphy’s Jan. 31 guest column ”All-electric rule: Costlier homes, worse efficiency” he erroneously calculates the overall efficiency of heating a home with electricity from the grid and compares it to the efficiency of the natural gas furnace in his basement. He concludes that Ordinance 24.170 would force homeowners to rely on electric heating that is 60% efficient rather than a home furnace that is roughly 90% efficient. He asks, “Am I missing something?” The answer is a definitive “Yes.”


Amherst hires inspector as it ramps up rental oversight program
02-04-2025 3:57 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — After more than a decade of rental housing oversight in Amherst being complaint-driven, with no regular evaluations of the habitability of rental properties, a more rigorous process that will lead to all apartments being inspected every five years starts July 1.


Tariffs on pause as experts call idea ‘unsettling’
02-03-2025 6:26 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH and SAMUEL GELINAS

The ever-shifting tariff landscape took a turn late Monday, as the U.S. agreed to pause tariffs on Canada for 30 days, several hours after agreeing to do the same with Mexico. China, meanwhile, was also preparing to talk trade with President Donald J. Trump about impending tariffs on its goods.


A fire to remember: 50 years on, firefighters recall bad Amherst College fraternity blaze
02-03-2025 1:29 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Printed the day after an early morning fire gutted an Amherst College fraternity house, a headline in the Feb. 3, 1975 Daily Hampshire Gazette quoted the Amherst fire chief describing the incident as the “worst Amherst blaze in 15 years.”


UMass launches federal actions webpage to inform community of Trump administration actions
02-02-2025 1:01 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A briefly considered White House federal funding freeze order and other possible changes in how federal money is disbursed, including for grants related to diversity, equity and inclusion projects, is prompting University of Massachusetts leaders to keep researchers regularly updated about possible funding shortfalls and disruptions to their ongoing work.


: Time to get what things done?
01-31-2025 8:38 PM

With regard to the Jan. 30 letter ”Time to get things done,” I agree it is time to get things done. The question is what things?


Thomas White: Real ignorance has brought us here
01-31-2025 8:38 PM

While guest columnist Bob Couch has a point regarding the danger of ignorance, he looks in the wrong direction [“Let’s leave ‘Age of Ignorance’ behind,” Jan. 29].


‘Renewable diesel’ use at UMass runs into climate-based opposition
01-31-2025 8:36 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The use of a fuel known as “renewable diesel” being at the central heating plant at the University of Massachusetts on the coldest days of the year, in place of liquefied natural gas and ultra-low-sulfur diesel, is raising worries for some faculty members and other campus leaders about compromising the UMass Carbon Zero plan unveiled on Earth Day 2022.


No ICE raids in region this week, but rumors whipped fear throughout immigrant community
01-31-2025 8:34 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant and Bar closed on Thursday amid a rumor that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had raided and detained five employees the previous evening.


Amherst Regional school board contesting town’s spending cap
01-31-2025 1:01 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A letter being drafted by members of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee to the Amherst Town Council is challenging the idea that the school officials’ annual budget requests have been fiscally irresponsible, while at the same time seeking ways to gain more financial support in the face of up to 24 staff reductions projected for next year.


Around Amherst: Seniors renew push for more usable Senior Center
01-31-2025 11:00 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Senior citizens active with the Council on Aging are renewing appeals for town assistance to modernize and improve the Bangs Community Center.


Commenters spring to Amherst superintendent’s defense before school board
01-30-2025 5:18 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman’s work to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and to combat a status quo in the schools that has been harmful to students, is winning praise from some in the community.


Taylor Davis Landscaping & Construction faces $42K in fines from MassDEP
01-30-2025 1:24 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined a South Amherst landscaping and construction company for various hazardous waste and wetlands violations at its facility.


Amherst ready should ICE come knocking: Bockelman says town prepared to handle legitimate requests
01-29-2025 12:15 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Even though no civil immigration detainer requests were made to Amherst police and no individuals were transferred to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2024, Amherst’s town manager told the Town Council this week that local officials are prepared for renewed federal efforts to locate undocumented immigrants in town.

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