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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Jacqueline Wallace and the Amherst Area Gospel Choir she has directed are earning the Jean Haggerty Award for Community Engagement and Social Justice from Amherst Media.The presentation will take place as part of the second annual Amherst...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Reflecting on his time volunteering at the Amherst Survival Center when it was housed in the basement of a former school building, sorting clothes and doing some cooking, Sky Lloyd appreciates how the annual Thanksgiving meal brings people...

By CAROLYN BROWN

Thousands of University of Massachusetts Amherst students have learned from percussion instructor Thom Hannum, whose 40-year career at the college included a tenure as the assistant director, then associate director, of the Minuteman Marching Band...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — After nearly a quarter-century as an assistant fire chief for operations and having twice led the department on a temporary basis, Lindsay Stromgren will become Amherst’s next fire chief, pending Town Council review on Monday.Town Manager...

Recently, a writer on this page voiced concerns that few townspeople in Amherst know about or understand the current plans to renovate and expand the Jones Library [letter, “Most Amherst residents unaware of library project,” Nov. 14].I have been...

A letter published on Nov. 18 claims that we need to “get this country back on its feet,” and that we have been “the laughing stock of the world with the last administration” [“Election results,” Gazette]. I assume the writer is claiming that people...

A recent letter writer claims that the U.S. has been “the laughing stock of the world with the last administration” [“Election results,” Gazette, Nov. 18]. What world is he talking about? Which administration? Because if he’s talking about Trump 1.0,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Northampton, Amherst and Hadley are among area communities that have lifted the outdoor burning ban that has been in effect for most of November.The ban was enacted during drought-like conditions that set the stage for numerous brush fires — including...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A five-story, 68-unit project is ready to break ground at 47 Olympia Drive, which when complete will provide another housing option for local college students.Archipelago Investments LLC of Amherst this week received approval for both the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Using a role-playing exercise on a recent day at an Amherst elementary school, an upper-grade student was shown ways to build social skills and resolve conflict, abilities that continue to be diminished in the wake of remote learning during...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Shannon Bernacchia will be the interim director of finance for the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools, likely at least until the end of the 2024-2025 school year.At a joint meeting of the Regional and Union 26 school...

For the first time in U.S. history the American electorate has voted into the White House a man who is a well-known and recognized pathological liar. What is a pathological liar? A pathological liar is a person who is governed by impulse and not by...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

At the Walter Salvo House on Thursday, residents of the affordable senior living complex lined up inside the building’s community room, perusing several crates full of produce such as onions, carrots and Brussels sprouts.Ruth von Goeler, a food access...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — With concerns over how long it’s taking to complete a mandated federal historic review of the planned renovation and expansion of the Jones Library, town and library officials are requesting an extension of up to three months for hiring a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Despite changes and enhancements at the Amherst Family Center designed to better meet the needs of all students, including more direct support provided at the elementary and regional school buildings, some families and community advocates...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Outside a new yoga studio, massage therapy center and meditation space is a busy parking lot, with people bustling into neighboring stores and restaurants to buy groceries, pick up prescriptions or get a meal.Within the confines of Resonance Hot Yoga...

By Staff Report

AMHERST — A South Amherst apartment was left uninhabitable after a fire caused extensive damage Thursday morning, according to the Amherst Fire Department.Firefighters responded at 9:59 a.m. to the 911 call from maintenance personnel at Butternut...

By JANINE ROBERTS

There were seven girls ages 9-16 left in the dorm at the American Community School in Beirut, Lebanon, over the Thanksgiving break. It was past nine, our curfew. I peek down the hall, anyone sneaking out of their rooms? What are those sounds coming...

By Staff Report

AMHERST — An interim director of finance for the Amherst, Regional and Pelham public schools is to be appointed during a joint school meeting Friday.The virtual meeting of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee and Union 26 Committee, to convene...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Only one municipal water service line in Amherst contains lead, according to a recently completed inventory by the Department of Public Works as mandated by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Revised Lead and Copper Rule.In the findings...