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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Two programs aimed at building connections for Amherst’s senior citizens during the holiday season and over the winter months are being put together at the Amherst Senior Center.Returning this year is Claus for a Cause, a pick-me-up around...

The 2025 UMass Garden Calendar comes out every fall, just as we are putting our gardens to bed for the winter. As always, the calendar is a must-have for gardeners. It gives daily tips on indoor and outdoor gardening and other related subjects,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Represented on a mural taking up an entire wall in the Senior Center lounge at the Bangs Community Center, an Amherst senior citizen is shown portraying singer Elvis Presley, with musical notes flowing from his guitar displayed against a...

By ALEXA LEWIS

AMHERST — When Ann Becker told local public health nurses about a new program that will provide them with support and mentorship, she said she got one common response: “It’s about time.”Becker, clinical associate professor and program leader at the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Amherst Regional School Committee is again coming out in opposition to a 100-student increase in enrollment at the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley, while at the same time endorsing the Mass Promise to Invest...

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

 Among the frightening campaign promises/threats issued by our new president was the prospect of mass deportations beginning with a form of concentration camp where the deportees would be assembled.This would be one of the key actions that would...

By RUSS VERNON-JONES

The election of Donald Trump is catastrophic in so many ways. It will mean untold suffering for many people and for our country as a whole. It also will be disastrous for the global climate crisis.We are at a moment in history when the entire world...

Last week myself and three others spent several hours over the course of four days on the street in downtown Amherst gathering signatures on a petition to stop the demolition and expansion of the Jones Library. We had many interesting and in-depth...

I understand that Hulk Hogan is to be named secretary of state. I protested the election by hanging an American flag upside down on my garage. This is a symbol of protest dating to the Vietnam War. My adult son stopped by and said, “Hi Pop, what’s...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Members of the Amherst Regional, Pelham and Amherst school committees are calling an anonymous, typewritten letter critical of Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman and her administration, accompanied with confidential and personal information...

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 AMHERST — A series of vehicle break-ins on Lincoln Avenue, with valuables taken from unlocked cars, are being investigated by Amherst police.The break-ins were reported over the weekend, with at least one of the vehicles, parked in a driveway, having...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Before work on geothermal wells begins on the University of Massachusetts campus, residents in the Farview neighborhood are making a final appeal that the project, expected to start by the end of November, be relocated to a site at least 500...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A $1 million transfer from free cash to support road and sidewalk improvements, addressing a backlog of repairs, and $125,000 in free cash to continue efforts to determine whether a town-sponsored waste hauler program is feasible are among...

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Over the past two days, two UMass fall sports programs learned their respective fates for the NCAA Tournament after finishing as Atlantic 10 Conference tournament runners-up.The Minutewomen field hockey team gathered together on Sunday night...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An anonymous letter critical of new Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman and her administration, a communication that also publicly released confidential and personal information about a school district employee, will be discussed at the Amherst...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Completing tattoo art sketches and illustrating cartoons became a creative outlet for U.S. Navy veteran Evelio “Evan” Velez when dealing with high-pressure situations during his time in the military.A Springfield resident who continues to...

By TIM NIXON

If Kamala Harris had won the 2024 election, the next months would have been filled with a cycle of headlines about voter fraud. They would have stemmed from complaints from Republican leadership and lawsuits backed by powerful donors (along with a...

I was pleased and relieved to hear the news that a bid for the Jones Library renovation project has come in within the budget. Libraries are important to our democracy, and the proposed renovations will protect and expand this precious resource so it...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Late Yankee Candle founder Michael J. Kittredge II’s sprawling 60-acre estate could be in line for a $200 million development, featuring 400 owner-occupied homes for people 55 and over, with one-quarter of these homes deemed...