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Last week myself and three others spent several hours over the course of four days on the street in downtown Amherst gathering signatures on a petition to stop the demolition and expansion of the Jones Library. We had many interesting and in-depth...

I understand that Hulk Hogan is to be named secretary of state. I protested the election by hanging an American flag upside down on my garage. This is a symbol of protest dating to the Vietnam War. My adult son stopped by and said, “Hi Pop, what’s...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Members of the Amherst Regional, Pelham and Amherst school committees are calling an anonymous, typewritten letter critical of Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman and her administration, accompanied with confidential and personal information...

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 AMHERST — A series of vehicle break-ins on Lincoln Avenue, with valuables taken from unlocked cars, are being investigated by Amherst police.The break-ins were reported over the weekend, with at least one of the vehicles, parked in a driveway, having...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Before work on geothermal wells begins on the University of Massachusetts campus, residents in the Farview neighborhood are making a final appeal that the project, expected to start by the end of November, be relocated to a site at least 500...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A $1 million transfer from free cash to support road and sidewalk improvements, addressing a backlog of repairs, and $125,000 in free cash to continue efforts to determine whether a town-sponsored waste hauler program is feasible are among...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An anonymous letter critical of new Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman and her administration, a communication that also publicly released confidential and personal information about a school district employee, will be discussed at the Amherst...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Completing tattoo art sketches and illustrating cartoons became a creative outlet for U.S. Navy veteran Evelio “Evan” Velez when dealing with high-pressure situations during his time in the military.A Springfield resident who continues to...

By TIM NIXON

If Kamala Harris had won the 2024 election, the next months would have been filled with a cycle of headlines about voter fraud. They would have stemmed from complaints from Republican leadership and lawsuits backed by powerful donors (along with a...

I was pleased and relieved to hear the news that a bid for the Jones Library renovation project has come in within the budget. Libraries are important to our democracy, and the proposed renovations will protect and expand this precious resource so it...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Late Yankee Candle founder Michael J. Kittredge II’s sprawling 60-acre estate could be in line for a $200 million development, featuring 400 owner-occupied homes for people 55 and over, with one-quarter of these homes deemed...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A downtown mixed-use building under construction, to house Amherst College students starting next fall under an agreement between the college and the developer, is continuing to raise questions from residents and members of the Planning...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst Regional Middle School’s swimming pool is regularly used for aquatics programming by Amherst Recreation, a town department that also has its administrative offices in the building.Yet for many aspects of the relationship between the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In a town where many languages are spoken, handheld translation devices are helping municipal employees who interact with the public to better support residents.With the success of Pocketalk Translators bought two years ago for Amherst’s...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

After the presidential election victory of Donald Trump on Tuesday, many Democrats — including in Massachusetts, where residents favored Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris by a large margin — may be left scratching their heads as to how...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The town’s ending fiscal year 2024 with a $5.7 million surplus on June 30 is prompting some members of the Amherst and Regional school committees to question whether this leftover money means education is being shortchanged.Concerns were...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Average residential property tax bills in Amherst are projected to exceed $9,600, but the year-over-year increase for homeowners is likely to be under $200, which is less than half the jump seen in 2023.At a tax classification hearing...

If you want to know what’s happening in the Middle East, you won’t find it in Western corporate mainstream news media. Despite the crackdown on free speech since Israel began its genocidal campaign in Gaza, alternative media has played a vital role of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH, EMILEE KLEIN and ALEXA LEWIS

On the final day of voting in the presidential election between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and former Republican President Donald Trump, a steady stream of voters made their ways to polling locations throughout the area Tuesday, both...