ACTV losing its College Street home
August 27, 2010
Amherst Community Television will lose its longtime home on College Street at the end of next August as Western Massachusetts Electric Co. reclaims the space in the two-story building it owns.
Green Valley: Area towns push sustainability efforts with varied projects
August 27, 2010
SHUTESBURY -- A visitor to the town hall here would be hard pressed to avoid the four solar panels installed in the rear of the building, such is the pride that residents of this environmentally conscious hamlet have for their new 10-kilowatt photovoltaic system.
New blog aims for 'positive' presence
August 27, 2010
Amherst's increasingly crowded constellation of blogs grew by one last week, as a group of residents moved to establish an online forum dedicated to promoting "positive" discourse surrounding the town's education policy.
Fire Department mourns comrade, 41, taken by illness
August 27, 2010
Black bunting on the brick facade of the downtown fire station and the mourning badge covers being worn by firefighters signify the department's grieving for one of its own.
Jones Library trustees ease back on cell phone use
August 27, 2010
Jones Library trustees have relaxed the policy on cell phone use in the library. It is now allowed in most parts of the building.
Amherst children head back to school, many to new digs
August 27, 2010
Many elementary-age children will be attending new schools this fall because of the redrawing of the district lines following the closure of Mark's Meadow School. There are many activities planned to welcome students to school and celebrate the start of the academic year.
Elementary classrooms go high-tech
August 27, 2010
DEERFIELD -- Shiny new blackboards will be the defining feature in nearly all of this four-town district's classrooms this year, but students and teachers can forget the chalk. These are not your parents' blackboards.
Donated backpacks adding up in Amherst
August 27, 2010
The campaign to provide free backpacks and school supplies to children from low-income families has been more successful than organizers thought possible.
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