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By SCOTT MERZBACH

Amherst Democratic Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg is pledging that the state Legislature will continue to make positive changes for residents of Massachusetts, addressing education funding, income inequality, energy needs and climate change, as well as the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The union representing Amherst firefighters is using social media to raise concerns that the Amherst Fire Department is already overwhelmed by emergency calls three days into 2017. On New Year’s Day, Amherst Firefighters Local 1764 wrote on...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Break-ins at three homes, all reported Saturday afternoon, are being investigated by Amherst Police.Police are also investigating an armed robbery in which two men allegedly showed a knife, while stealing $10 in cash and a cellphone from a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Promoting affordable housing, enhancing community services for low- and moderate-income residents and making public infrastructure more accessible are among the projects encouraged in the town’s 2017 community development strategy.This...

Greenfield Savings promotes threeGREENFIELD – Kelly Gagnon has been promoted to trust officer in the Trust and Investment Management Group at Greenfield Savings Bank. Gagnon joined the bank in 2010, and has worked in the financial services industry...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Representatives of the First Congregational Church are turning down $200,000 in Community Preservation Act money that would have paid more than half the cost of installing a fire sprinkler system in its building at 165 Main St.Instead, the...

By STEPHANIE MURRAY

AMHERST — Many immigration resources are underutilized in the United States, according to immigration attorney Lauren Burke. And she is on a mission to change that.Burke, a 2002 graduate of Amherst Regional High School, spoke Thursday night about how...

By SCOTT MERZBACH and CAITLIN ASHWORTH

Officials and residents across the Valley are taking steps to gain control of the way the legalization of marijuana plays out in their communities.Prompted by the possibility that the new law could increase public safety calls and create numerous...

The Amherst Charter Commission set a wise course this week in voting to study a mayor-council form of government that would replace representative Town Meeting, the Select Board and town manager.Monday’s 5-4 vote by the Charter Commission is the first...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The town’s ambitious school project shot down at Town Meeting in November is getting new life. More than 50 parents and children ascended the main staircase at Town Hall Tuesday afternoon to drop off petitions, with 420 signatures, asking...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An Amherst native who has provided legal assistance to hundreds of undocumented immigrant youth in New York sets out on a nationwide journey next month in response to what she sees as growing fears and uncertainty for many about...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A divided Charter Commission is moving forward with pursuit of a new government structure that would replace the Select Board and Town Meeting with a mayor and town council.In what commission chairman Andy Churchill calls the first...

By MICHAEL MAJCHROWICZ

NORTHAMPTON — The college student accused in a drug-related home invasion two months ago now faces nearly a dozen charges in Superior Court, after being indicted by a grand jury last week.Patrick Bemben, 25, is slated to be arraigned early next year....

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst’s first spray park is still moving forward, even with the town losing out on a $450,000 state grant that would have paid for a portion of the improvements planned at Groff Park.Assistant Town Manager David Ziomek said Wednesday that...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Following on the heels of the presidents of four area colleges expressing support for immigrant students, the Select Board has issued a proclamation in advance of Saturday’s Human Rights Day reminding the community that Amherst is a safe...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Municipal review of a $40 million mixed-use development that would alter the landscape of North Amherst begins Thursday night. The North Square at the Mill District project would bring a large amount of housing to a portion of Cowls Road...

By AMANDA DRANE

AMHERST — In an ongoing effort to persuade Hampshire College leadership to once again fly the American flag, Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno is scheduled to meet with the college president on Thursday.Sarno pushed for the meeting with President...

National attention is focused on Hampshire College, a private institution that finds itself at the crossroads of a debate that erupted after it temporarily stopped flying the American flag at the heart of its South Amherst campus.While the controversy...

By Caitlin Ashworth and Jack Suntrup

Radio personality Monte Belmonte’s fight against hunger took a giant step forward Tuesday when his two-day, 43-mile march from Springfield to Greenfield raised a record $183,299 and counting.“I felt like I had the wind knocked out of me for the last...

By CHRIS LINDAHL

AMHERST — A weeklong occupation of the restrooms in the University of Massachusetts Amherst administration building began Monday, with protesters demanding a speedy rollout of gender-neutral bathrooms across campus.Gender Liberation UMass is occupying...