Amherst Bulletin
New Jones Library bid comes in under target. 11-07-2024 7:22 PM. AMHERST — A general contracting bid below the $36 million estimate for expanding and renovating the Jones Library was received by the town by Thursday’s deadline.At $35.77 million, the bid from Fontaine Brothers Inc. of Springfield, one of two...
Amherst Bulletin - Reimagining the Hampshire Mall: UMass …
Mar 24, 2024 · Maple & Russell is one of eight “Reimagining the Hampshire Mall: Exploring Opportunities for Intergenerational Housing and Community Development” midterm presentations from 40 juniors in the Architecture and Landscape Architecture programs. Presented at the John W. Olver Design Building over the course of two hours, groups of five students ...
Amherst Police Chief Livingstone stepping down in May
Published: 03-08-2023 6:41 PM. Amherst MA. AMHERST — Amherst Police Chief Scott Livingstone will retire in May after nearly 14 years leading a department he joined upon graduating from Granby High School in 1977. “This has been just an incredible journey over the last 46 years,” Livingstone said in a statement issued Friday.
Amherst Bulletin - The different sides of James Baldwin: Mead …
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Amherst Bulletin - The sorrow and the laughter: Amherst writer’s …
Jan 2, 2023 · Like so many people, Catherine Newman’s life has been touched by cancer. In 2015, Newman, an Amherst writer, lost a close friend, Ali, whom she’d known since childhood, to ovarian cancer. As painful as that was, Newman also recalls Ali’s passing as a time of heightened love and emotion and even laughter, when family and friends came together to celebrate Ali’s life and give each other ...
New invader here: Spotted lanternfly appears in Hampshire County ...
Oct 10, 2024 · “If it had fallen on me, I would not have known what it was,” Boileau said. “I wanted to let people know what it was.” According to the Invasive Pest Dashboard of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, the spotted lanternfly has moved into Springfield, West Springfield, Wilbraham, Ludlow, Chicopee and Holyoke, including parts of Mount Tom State Reservation that border ...
June dates set for big school vote in Belchertown
Mar 3, 2024 · jabish brooke. BELCHERTOWN — Voters in June will get their say whether to authorize funding for a new $121 million Jabish Brook Middle School, now that the Select Board has selected dates for a special election and special Town Meeting to take place about a month after the town’s regular annual Town Meeting. The special election on June 17 ...
Five selected from limited pool to interview for Amherst police chief
Feb 15, 2024 · Amherst MA. facebook. AMHERST — Even with continued concerns over having just a small pool of applicants to be Amherst’s next police chief, a search committee is forging ahead with interviews. Five candidates, culled from 11 who submitted letters of interest in the job, will soon answer questions and meet with the search committee over Zoom.
Amherst Bulletin - East Amherst affordable housing project grows, …
Jan 2, 2024 · Ehrlich said the state’s $4 billion bond bill for affordable housing will help fund the project, but there’s a “line out the door” to secure the state financing. Under current plans, 23 of the apartments will be for people making 30% of area median income, 10 will be at market rate, and the remainder income-restricted at higher levels ...
Opinion - Amherst Bulletin
10-21-2024 12:00 PM. By ROBIN GOLDSTEIN. Imagine this: a high-paid, Ivy League-educated lawyer and nonprofit executive from Los Angeles shows up in Massachusetts and claims that our restaurant workers are being paid a “sub-minimum wage” that’s below the state minimum wage.