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New college bar has potential, is spacious, lacks buzz: Spoke Live the place to go when Spoke is full
09-19-2024 2:27 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

Spoke is a University of Massachusetts Amherst student treasure. One of the three college bars in town, Spoke offers the trifecta of a good college bar: space to dance, cheap drinks and a classic bar feel complete with a wall of fake IDs. The...


Two years on, Amherst police alternative CRESS still finding footing
09-19-2024 2:19 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Even with limited calls for the Community Responders for Equity, Safety and Service, and the department losing half its staff in recent months, the director is confident that a base is being built for success.“I believe that while things are...


Block party returns to celebrate Amherst on Sept. 19
09-16-2024 11:07 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Live music, various street performers including acrobats and jugglers, and a variety of food will bring a section of North Pleasant Street to life for four hours on Thursday.From 5 to 9 p.m., the section of the main thoroughfare through...


Jones Library director earns glowing review in Amherst
09-13-2024 9:19 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Jones Library Director Sharon Sharry’s dedication to the Jones Library, its staff and patrons, and her continued planning for a renovated and expanded main branch, is being recognized with an exemplary annual performance review from the...


Guest columnist Jon McCabe: NIMBY obstruction threatens public good
09-13-2024 9:18 PM

By JON MCCABE

 Journalist Ezra Klein interviewed Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii recently about the negative impact of Not-in-My-Back-Yardism regarding support for local public goods/services such as housing, schools, and yes, libraries. Schatz focused on how NIMBYism...


Finger-picking good: Amherst autoharp workshop hosts weekly jams for all levels
09-13-2024 9:17 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Music from centuries-old folk songs and contemporary and classical tunes emanates through the hallway at the Bangs Community Center on a recent morning, as some of the autoharp players hold the instrument upright against their shoulders and below...


Around Amherst: 50 ready to take oath, become Americans
09-13-2024 9:16 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A naturalization oath ceremony in which 50 candidates from 29 countries will become American citizens takes place at the hall at Munson Memorial Library on Tuesday morning,Beginning at 11 a.m. at the 1046 South East St. site, Judge Katherine...


Spigot opens for housing authorities: County leaders excited about what $2B statewide authorization will mean for residents here
09-13-2024 9:16 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Maintaining and improving existing public housing properties is an ongoing challenge for local housing authorities with limited resources, an issue that housing advocates and professionals are hopeful the state’s $5.16 billion housing...


Local colleges see effect of Supreme Court ruling
09-13-2024 9:16 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A steep drop in the number of Black students in the Class of 2028 at Amherst College compared to the preceding year’s incoming class, and less racial diversity in the first-year class, is likely a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against...


Amherst Historical Commission gives final OK to Jones project; bids to be readvertised
09-13-2024 9:16 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Amherst Historical Commission is accepting cost-saving measures in the plans for the expanded and renovated Jones Library, including removal of a skylight from the roof, use of synthetic slate shingles and streamlined landscaping.The...


Federal humanities grants go to Porter-Phelps, colleges’ learning institutes
09-13-2024 9:15 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Enslaved from 1770 to 1776 at the Forty Acres homestead in Hadley, now known as The Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum, Caesar Phelps wrote a letter from Fort Ticonderoga, where he was serving in the Continental Army, to his owner, Charles Phelps,...


Saying goodbye to Dash: Amherst’s first K-9 laid to rest
09-13-2024 9:13 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst police are paying tribute to K-9 Dash, the department’s first canine member following his recent death from heart disease, after almost 10 years of service that ranged from helping to identify criminal suspects to locating missing...


College’s geothermal project underway
09-13-2024 9:13 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A geothermal energy project to heat and cool all buildings on the Amherst College campus is underway, with some of the coming work of boring holes down 850 feet to be visible for passers-by on College Street throughout 2025.Along with an...


New design standards in works for downtown Amherst, workshops start Friday
09-13-2024 9:10 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — How the future streetscape and public and private properties will look in downtown Amherst, where so-called infill mixed-use projects have been built in recent years and a new five-story building is under construction, is the focus of new...


UMass demonstration task force tries to balance rights, rules
09-13-2024 9:09 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Giving the Demonstration Response and Safety Team at the University of Massachusetts an expanded role in promoting safety, education and deescalation at protests, clarifying the campus land-use policy by defining structures according to...


Amherst Black Reparations Committee just a council vote away from reality
09-09-2024 10:47 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A five-member committee that will regularly consult with the Black community in Amherst, making recommendations for how reparations money is disbursed, could soon be established by the Town Council.The charge for the Amherst Black...


Amherst public safety responses tick up with return of students
09-09-2024 10:47 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — All students living in the 22-story Coolidge Hall in the Southwest Area of the University of Massachusetts campus were safely evacuated for three hours Sunday night into early Monday morning after an unattended candle caused a small fire in...


Around Amherst: Hike for Hunger feeds Survival Center needs
09-09-2024 10:44 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Hike for Hunger, a fundraiser being held for the fifth time, is the the Amherst Survival Center’s major event for Hunger Action Month, underway throughout September.Beginning this week, people are encouraged to register their hikes, paying a...


Program to mark closing of Ancestral Bridges exhibit at Amherst College
09-09-2024 10:44 AM

AMHERST — A closing celebration for the Ancestral Bridges exhibit at Amherst College’s Frost Library, on view on the mezzanine level since the fall of 2023, took place Tuesday afternoon.Attendees discussed the future of the Ancestral Bridges...


Amherst council adds newcomer Kluttz to Planning Board
09-09-2024 10:44 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Over the objections of some Town Council members with concerns about the process leading to his appointment, a new member is joining Amherst’s Planning Board.A divided Town Council confirmed Lawrence Kluttz of Dana Street on Aug. 19 to serve...

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