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Amherst College giving $2.5M to the town over next three years
02-14-2025 8:54 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.

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Around Amherst: Eight days of Winterfest kicks off in North Amherst
02-14-2025 9:06 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — WinterFest Amherst, being called eight days of frosty fun, is beginning with cold-weather games and activities at Mill River Recreation Area and the Mill District in North Amherst on Saturday afternoon.


Families alerted about middle school student’s Nazi salute
02-14-2025 9:06 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Families of students at Amherst Regional Middle School are being notified about an antisemitic incident that occurred Monday when a student gave a Nazi salute during class — the latest in a series of incidents that have occurred at area schools in recent years.


Amherst man pleads guilty to child porn charges
02-14-2025 9:06 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.


Amherst school budget best-case scenario: 17 positions gone
02-14-2025 9:06 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Unless state aid increases, other sources of funding are found or member towns can contribute more, a fiscal year 2026 budget that eliminates around 17 positions may be the best-case scenario for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, according to information presented at a “Four Towns Meeting” Saturday.


A fire to remember: 50 years on, firefighters recall bad Amherst College fraternity blaze
02-14-2025 9:04 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.”


: Time to get what things done?
02-14-2025 9:00 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?


Guest column: UMass protest response review was just a whitewash
02-14-2025 8:54 PM

By KEVIN A. YOUNG

 


Amherst hires inspector as it ramps up rental oversight program
02-07-2025 9:13 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.


UMass launches federal actions webpage to inform community of Trump administration actions
02-07-2025 9:13 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.


Taylor Davis Landscaping & Construction faces $42K in fines from MassDEP
02-07-2025 9:13 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

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
02-07-2025 9:13 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 last week that local officials are prepared for renewed federal efforts to locate undocumented immigrants in town.


Around Amherst: Historical Society salutes people behind Cambodian exhibit
02-07-2025 9:11 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.


Amherst Regional school board contesting town’s spending cap
02-07-2025 9:11 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.


Commenters spring to Amherst superintendent’s defense before school board
02-07-2025 9:11 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.


Scale of Jones Library addition one of last sticking points in historical review
02-07-2025 9:11 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Losing two interior staircases and some original woodwork from the original 1928 Jones Library building, along with the proposed addition’s size, scale and “massing,” remain adverse effects to be resolved before the $46.1 million expansion and renovation project moves forward.


Nonprofit developers say cost, siting chief barriers to affordable housing in Valley
02-07-2025 9:11 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Significant cost increases to build affordable housing across the region pose a major challenge, but streamlining zoning rules, soliciting state and federal support, and pursuing local assistance can lead to successful developments, according to leaders with regional nonprofit housing developers.


Guest column: Privilege and loss in LA’s Palisades
02-07-2025 9:04 PM

By JAMIE ROWEN

 


UMass planning major public-private campus housing overhaul
01-30-2025 7:28 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — UMass Chancellor Javier Reyes is seeking a new public-private partnership that could bring to the University of Massachusetts campus affordable, mixed-use housing for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as possible options for non-students — an initiative that could reduce the pressure on the area’s housing stock.


Amherst Board of Health seeks suite of stricter tobacco regs
01-30-2025 7:28 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Restricting the sale of oral nicotine pouches to adults-only tobacco stores, increasing the minimum price of cigars to be consistent with state regulations, and not allowing a tobacco retailer to move within 1,000 feet of an existing business selling tobacco are among changes being considered for the town’s rules related to sale of tobacco and vape products.


Outside report calls UMass protest breakup reasonable but tweaks Reyes on handling of it
01-30-2025 7:28 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — University of Massachusetts officials acted reasonably and prudently in breaking up pro-Gaza encampments on campus last spring, but different enforcement tactics might have cut down on the number of arrests, as well as reduced the fraying of trust between students, faculty and staff and the UMass administration, according to an independent review released this month.

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