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By RUSS VERNON-JONES

When we think about the climate crisis our minds often, quite rightly, go to how greenhouse gas emissions are causing the global temperature to rise, causing catastrophic storms, floods, fires, and hunger. What we sometimes forget is that burning...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Construction of Amherst’s new $97.5 million elementary school, to open for classes in fall 2026, will begin next month after officials received a low bid from a Waltham-based general contractor that is more than $3 million below cost...

By SAM DRYSDALE

The program meant to give students a head start on their college enrollment is expanding, which officials say will save students money, make them more likely to attend college than their peers and increase lifelong earning potential.University of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Crocker Farm School reopened for regular school days this week, along with its after-school program, as work crews completed repairs to the building’s fire safety system.With a final inspection completed by the Amherst Fire Department, both...

By JOHANNA NEUMANN

Networked geothermal systems, like one being piloted in central Massachusetts, have the makings of a scalable energy solutionIt can sometimes be challenging to find clean energy solutions that all stakeholders support. For example, California utility...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A lack of classroom space at Fort River School for next fall’s sixth-grade students could prompt a discussion of grade configurations in the building and decisions around enrollment and expansion of Caminantes, the school’s dual-language...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Card-skimming devices that can steal credit and debit card information from customers continue to be found at numerous Cumberland Farms locations across western Massachusetts, including in several communities within Hampshire County.The gas station...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Rules and regulations for use of conservation land in Amherst are in the midst of being updated by the Conservation Commission, with the possibility that some of the revisions will affect those who bring their dogs onto the town properties...

By EMILEE KLEIN

AMHERST — A University of Massachusetts professor has been appointed as the state’s fifth geologist, a position that involves directing the Massachusetts Geological Survey located on the Amherst campus.In this role, professor Brian Yellen will broaden...

Staff Report

AMHERST — Traffic detours are in place Tuesday until 4 p.m. on College Street, between Shumway and South Whitney streets, as Eversource installs switchgear at its substation Trucks are advised to use Main Street as a detour route.Additional detours...

By Staff Report

AMHERST — Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s performance in “The Bear,” the FX/ Hulu comedy series, is earning him a second consecutive Emmy Award.The Amherst native on Sunday night was recognized for being the outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series for...

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...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An incident in which several people were located with blood on themselves, following a possible fistfight, and a brief vehicle pursuit that led to the arrest of a man wanted in Georgia, were among 234 calls for service handled by Amherst...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Live music, various street performers like 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 town, from...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In a college town where loud and often large gatherings can be a regular occurrence, levying fines is an enforcement mechanism for restoring tranquility to a neighborhood, with arrests also possible for those violating Amherst’s noise and...

By MICKEY RATHBUN

Late summer isn’t a pretty time in the garden, at least not in my garden. The recent mini-drought has bleached out what passes for lawn, several large hydrangeas are drooping as they beg me for water, the daylily borders are shriveled and brown....

We want to thank writers Darcy DuMont, Russ Vernon-Jones, et al. for their recent columns in the Gazette and Amherst Bulletin describing the several options available to receive Valley Green Energy (VGE) electricity in Amherst, Pelham, and...

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...

The Gazette recently printed a front-page story with a headline stating “Police chief: A job few want these days,” [Sept. 9]. My first response was duh! When our Democratic leaders have been demonizing and defunding your profession for the last four...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Incentives for households to cut the amount of garbage they throw out, helping to reduce Amherst’s dependence on landfills and incinerators and lowering greenhouse gas emissions, is the aim of a rewritten trash hauler bylaw being developed...

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...