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Human Rights Commission Hopes to Create an Institutional Record of Rights-Related Incidents in Amherst

Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Human Rights Commission, Sept. 16, 2026. This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded.PresentCommissioners: Jayendran Pillay (co-chair), Milan Clark (co-chair) ...
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Market Will Guide Future Zoning of Hampshire College Campus

About 25 people gathered at the new Izote Restaurant on West Street with Town Manager Paul Bockelman and Planning and Economic Development Director Jeff Bagg. Most of the discussion centered around ...
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Elementary School Year off to a Good Start, District Considering Tech-less Thursdays

Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, September 15, 2026 By Maura Keene This hybrid meeting was held in Town Hall and was recorded. PresentDeb Leonard (Chair), Andrew Hart, Laura Jane ...
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Initial DPW Building Proposal Already Over Budget

Report of the meeting of the Department of Public Works Building Committee (DPWBC) on September 16, 2026 The hybrid meeting was held in the First Floor Conference Room of Town Hall and was recorded.
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Library Project’s Failure to Repay Town Discussed at Finance Committee

This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. Money Coming To the Town Town Finance Director Sean Mangano updated the Finance Committee on the financials of the Jones Library building project at ...
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Air Quality at Middle School is Good, Small Fixes Still Needed

School Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman (Dr. Xi) reported in an email to the school community on Wednesday, Sept. 15, that the latest air quality tests at the Middle School, from Sept. 7, produced an ...
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Garden Program Brings Student-Grown Produce to School Cafeterias

Students working in Amherst and Pelham elementary school gardens are incorporating produce into school meals through a collaboration between the Amherst and Pelham Elementary School Garden Program and ...
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As Budget Woes Linger in Hampshire County, Some Look to the Colleges

By Anna Carpinelli The Five Colleges’ tax-exempt property holdings can be a sore spot when municipal budget season rolls around. Some residents and officials think the time is right to push for ...
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Mark the Atumnal Equinox at the UMass Sunwheel

The public is invited to observe sunrise and sunset associated with the day of the autumnal equinox among the standing stones of the UMass Amherst Sunwheel on Tuesday, September 22 at 6:30 a.m. and 6 ...
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Council Passes Clean Energy Bylaw with Amendments to Protect Private Wells

Report on the Meeting of the Town Council, September 14, 2026, Part 2 This was a hybrid meeting held in Town Hall and was ...
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Private Builders of UMass Dorms Will Not Pay Tax to Amherst

Mandi Jo Hanneke (President, at large), Andy Churchill (at large), Jill Brevik and Cathy Schoen (District 1), Amber Cano-Martin and Lynn Griesemer (District 2), Hala Lord and George Ryan (District 3), ...