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Healey praised, pressed on housing: $4B proposal hailed at Amherst roundtable as UMass asked to do more 
11-02-2023 5:58 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Even as policies, programs and spending included in Gov. Maura Healey’s $4 billion Affordable Homes Act are being strongly supported by Amherst officials as a means of ramping up housing production, the governor is being advised that...


Putting anti-trans rights backlash in context: Profs see opposition as political lightning rod
10-29-2023 1:04 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

AMHERST — Why is it that the number of bills around the nation targeting the LGBTQ community has increased so much over the last few years? And what role does history play in that increase? That’s what Professor Jen Manion and Professor Khary Polk...


The State of Solar: In the second of four forums at UMass, experts discuss challenges of siting solar facilities
09-19-2023 5:32 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

Editor’s note: This is the second of four articles from the Western Massachusetts Solar Forum series taking place in September.AMHERST — At the site of the old Mount Tom Station coal-fired power plant stands around 17,000 solar panels generating...


A new life: UMass welcomes students to campus
09-01-2023 2:23 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

AMHERST — Moving triplets into three separate dorms all in one day is no easy task, but the Lawn family did just that on Thursday, when first-year students were welcomed to the University of Massachusetts on a sunny and breezy move-in day.“We’re...


‘A new era:’ New UMass Amherst chancellor breaks bread at his first community breakfast
08-29-2023 7:07 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

AMHERST — It’s fitting that new University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes, a “Star Wars” fan, invoked a quote from one of the iconic franchise’s main characters to conclude remarks at the end of his first Community Breakfast Tuesday...


Tiers of joy: Carefree Cakery opens in Amherst’s Mill District
08-09-2023 5:32 PM

By Emily Thurlow

AMHERST — The Mill District has a sweet new addition to its storefronts.Combining a love of food, fun, kindness and ethical desserts, Alysia Bryant opened the doors to her cake shop, Carefree Cakery, on Aug. 1 at the 71 Cowls Road mixed-use...


Researchers at UMass find anti-tumor therapy could treat Lyme disease
08-04-2023 4:23 PM

By MADDIE FABIAN

AMHERST — Medication used to halt the growth of cancer cells might one day become an effective treatment for Lyme disease, according to a new study led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst team at the New England Regional Center of Vector-Borne...


Amherst rally shows support for LGBTQ students, calls for meeting on Morris
07-28-2023 10:42 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Continuing to learn more about the likelihood that students at Amherst Regional Middle School have been subjected to transphobic actions by staff, Renee St. Louis said it made sense to travel from Worcester to Amherst to take part in a rally...


Teaching tactics, relationships: Amherst, UMass police hold annual Youth Adventure Academy
07-23-2023 9:06 AM

By Mercy Lingle

AMHERST — Ginnahlys Garcia-Roman is feeling stronger and more self-confident this week, just a few days after wrapping up a weeklong academy that gave her and other middle school students an intensive look at all facets of policing and team-building...


Free meals to mark Dalai Lama’s birthday
06-29-2023 1:05 PM

Staff Report

AMHERST — The Regional Tibetan Association of Massachusetts will celebrate the 88th birthday of the 14th Dalai Lama over the next week by sponsoring free meals for people in need locally.Millions of people, including Tibetans in diaspora, celebrate...


The joys of overcoming: Juneteenth event remembers, confronts, moves forward
06-19-2023 4:09 PM

By BOB FLAHERTY

AMHERST — “Left-Left-Left-Left-Right-Left!”Shaking off the rain that canceled Saturday’s Ancestral Bridges’ Juneteenth walking tour, the legendary all-Black Peter Grace 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of Civil War fame began their march in the...


A unifying voice: Amherst fifth graders testify in unison at state capital hearing in favor of bag ban
06-19-2023 3:52 PM

By SOPHIE HAUCK

BOSTON — What started as a campaign against single-use plastic at Crocker Farm Elementary School became a lesson in political advocacy for fifth graders Nina Hirschberg and Bailey Millay, who testified on Beacon Hill in support of anti-plastic...


Flying to new heights: At its Amherst facility, Zulu Pods makes lubrication systems for the military’s jet engines, helicopters
06-14-2023 6:07 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In the aerospace industry, how limited-life engines in airplanes and helicopters are lubricated hasn’t changed in more than a century, with many of these mechanical systems often being over-lubricated, according to the founders of an...


Amherst-Pelham graduates commit to meeting challenges, reflect on accomplishments
06-11-2023 9:20 AM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

AMHERST — Krish Poudel speaks proudly about the Amherst-Pelham Regional High School Class of 2023, both for the many accomplishments its members faced and for how they dealt with the numerous challenges thrown in their way over the last four years....


Domb pushes for menstruation equity at legislative hearing
06-06-2023 9:39 AM

By MERCEDES LINGLE

Lawmakers on Beacon Hill heard testimony recently on a bill that would require public higher education institutions to provide menstrual products to students at no cost.“The commonwealth needs to … start treating menstrual products like we do toilet...


Neighbors step up to help family after Amherst dairy farm fire
06-05-2023 5:54 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A cattle trailer departing from J&J Farms in North Amherst on Monday morning brought four cows to Allard’s Farm in Hadley, ensuring the last of the 50 cows from the town’s only remaining dairy farm will have a temporary place to stay.Their...


‘Everybody should go here’: Spirits high as UMass graduates 9,500 students 
05-28-2023 12:44 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Over the past four years, students who have been part of the University of Massachusetts say they have built a community that gives them confidence as they are set to depart for future endeavors.“I love being part of everything on campus,”...


A show of support: High school students, staff rally for middle schoolers after alleged transphobic actions revealed
05-14-2023 10:51 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — After several days of publicity surrounding alleged transphobic actions by staff members at Amherst Regional Middle School, more than 200 students, staff and community members rallied Friday morning to lend support to seventh and eighth...


Housing advocates measure challenges at gathering
05-12-2023 8:01 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HOLYOKE — Twice facing the trauma of eviction and once making a vehicle home for herself and her four children, as well as living inside a mold-filled apartment, Shaundell Diaz of Springfield brings firsthand knowledge of homelessness.Now the...


Project backers grateful new Amherst elementary school finally won
05-03-2023 5:19 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — For more than a decade, Amherst has been pursuing a new elementary school, a project extended for several years when a previous proposal failed and the community couldn’t agree on the best approach to take for the education of students at...

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