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2025年1月16日 · By SAMUEL GELINAS. BOSTON — Pro-immigrant nonprofits, organizers, and politicians from across the state are bracing for a second Trump presidency as they seek to protect the state’s undocumented population — and a letter recently addressed to Gov. Maura Healey may give glimpses into the reality of challenges ahead, which may include lawsuits and jail time for those disregarding federal ...
Amherst council not ready to back new fire station, DPW projects
2 天之前 · AMHERST — The Town Council is not ready to endorse proposals brought forward last fall to build a $30 million fire station for South Amherst at the former Hickory Ridge golf course, and to have new Department of Public Works buildings constructed at multiple sites for a …
Survey shows Amherst residents burdened by high costs of housing
2025年1月9日 · AMHERST — Nearly half of residents completing a survey focused on ways Amherst can produce more housing, especially for low- and moderate-income families and individuals, say they intend to leave town over the next five years, with a majority citing the high cost of buying or renting residential properties.
Amherst Regional school board warned that schools face 2026 …
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Amherst’s 6th grade move to middle school pushed to 2026
2024年12月24日 · AMHERST — Sixth-graders at the town’s three elementary schools will relocate to a standalone Sixth Grade Academy in the fall of 2026, a move that will come at the same time as the opening of a new elementary school and a townwide redistricting for primary-age children, according to school officials.
Amherst Bulletin - Amherst-Pelham administrators raise alarm over ...
2 天之前 · AMHERST — A dozen administrators in the Amherst and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools are accusing Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman of threats of physical harm, creating a hostile work environment and allowing sexual and workplace harassment since she took the helm of the district last July.
Amherst Bulletin - Around Amherst: Forum will explore affordable ...
2025年1月17日 · AMHERST — Amherst’s efforts to ensure there is housing for people of all income levels, including through a revised housing production plan and various rezoning initiatives, is underway. With significant interest in the topic, the League of Women Voters of Amherst is co-sponsoring a panel titled ...
Amherst Bulletin - CPA panel OKs $500K for new bathhouse
2025年1月9日 · The CPA Committee is supporting a range of projects for affordable housing, open space, recreation and historic preservation such as $210,000 to rehabilitate historic stained glass windows at the Jewish Community of Amherst, $100,000 for fabricating new conservation area signs and kiosks and $88,520 for fixing Wildwood Cemetery’s Dickinson Farmhouse, built in the 18th century.
Amherst aims to secure ARPA funds from D.C. clawback
2024年12月24日 · The brief discussion about ARPA money came two weeks after District 3 Councilor Hala Heather Lord, on behalf of At Large Councilor Ellisha Walker, read a statement into at the council’s Dec. 2 meeting observing that the COVID pandemic caused disproportionate harm to Black and brown people and businesses and urging that ARPA money not fall to free cash, and proposing a commitment to the Black ...