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By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Up to 24 staff positions would be eliminated at the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, including four teachers and three paraprofessionals at both the middle and high schools, based on a possible deficit of $1 million or more in the schools’ $37.7 million fiscal year 2026 budget.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Rebuilding Amherst Regional High School’s track and its interior field, both in poor condition and identified as priorities for replacement in a town study released more than six years ago, should be underway by late June, shortly after the school year ends.
By CAROLYN BROWN
The late artist Daniel Feldman died in November at the age of 67, a few months before an exhibition of 14 of his works at Gallery A3 in Amherst was slated to open.
The Academy of Music will host its first “Stitch ‘n’ Flix” movie screening — that is, a screening in which guests can bring their own craft project, like knitting or crochet, to work on while watching a movie in a theater with dimmed lighting — on Sunday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. (The only caveat is that the project must be “self-contained” and unable to produce mess.)
By DOMENIC POLI
NEW SALEM — The new year means a new town coordinator for New Salem.
AMHERST — Friends of the Amherst Dog Park are organizing a soup drive on behalf of the Amherst Survival Center running Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A University of Massachusetts campus organization pushing for more socially responsible investments by the UMass Foundation, manager of the university’s endowment, is claiming a small win after the nonprofit organization made a commitment to invest in fossil fuel-free funds.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
Area residents will have an opportunity to celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., both in the lead up to the Jan. 20 holiday and during a National Day of Service on Monday, as well as participate in the National Day of Racial Healing the following day.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Companies, rather than families or individuals, acquired an average of more than 10 single-family homes each year from long-term residents over a recent five-year period, according to information presented to the Amherst Affordable Housing Trust on Thursday.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A 30-year member of the Amherst police force, and two firefighters with extensive experience, are taking on new leadership roles at the town’s public safety departments.
By JOHN VARNER
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — An overlay zoning district for some or all existing apartment complexes in Amherst, which if created would make it easier for developers to bring more housing density to those properties, could be considered by the Planning Board.
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Anthony Quinones rarely ever sits down during games. The competitive nature that ripples through his veins simply doesn’t allow him to.
By EMILEE KLEIN
AMHERST — In the wake of the chaotic approach and results of the United States’ last election, distinguished Amherst College professor Austin Sarat dares to ask whether American democracy is doomed.
By ALEXA LEWIS
School districts in Hampshire County, including Amherst-Pelham Regional and Hadley, and across the country are taking steps to secure their data after a security breach at the widely-used, California-based software company PowerSchool meant unauthorized access to information stored in school systems was gained by a malevolent party, who held the information for ransom.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A final 2025-2026 school calendar that likely will see public schools open before Labor Day could be brought before the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional school committees later this winter.
By RYAN AMES
AMHERST — Two days after falling 1-0, the Amherst hockey team flipped the script in its 1-0 victory against Easthampton on Thursday at Orr Rink.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — A 500-acre section of forested land connected to Mount Toby in Sunderland, west of Route 63, is being returned to the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band as a gift from W.D. Cowls Inc.
By GARRETT COTE
Jamila Wideman has added another chapter to an already illustrious basketball career, as the WNBA’s Washington Mystics announced Wideman as the organization’s general manager late last month.
On the precipice of a new quarter-century, where do we stand? Amherst remains both a quintessential New England college town and a vibrant global village. Downtown boasts 45-plus eateries serving flavors from around the world, unique boutiques, and top-notch museums and cultural institutions including Amherst Cinema, The Drake, and the Jones Library.
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