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A dream fulfilled: Aaron Lansky, whose Yiddish Book Center helped reclaim a culture, stepping aside

03-14-2024 2:43 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

AMHERST — Aaron Lansky, founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center, began his 2004 memoir about his work, “Outwitting History,” with a memorable anecdote: how he’d taken a dead-of-night train from the Valley to Manhattan in 1980 and, with the...


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Plan advances to overhaul nuisance property bylaw in Amherst

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Town officials would be empowered to work with property owners to coordinate corrective action plans when their properties receive three nuisance property infractions in a year under a revised nuisance property bylaw being proposed.The...


Retired Holyoke firefighter picked to lead Amherst police alternative CRESS

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A retired Holyoke firefighter who has worked as a licensed clinical social worker is being appointed as the director of the Community Responders for Equity, Safety and Service department, pending review by the Town Council.Camille Theriaque...


UMass plans to triple early college slots for high schoolers around state

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By JAMES PENTLAND

AMHERST — UMass plans to triple early college enrollment over the next five years, giving 2,000 high school students a head start on their college educations, university President Marty Meehan said Tuesday in his annual “state of the university”...


Around Amherst: Councilor, business owner honored at Springfield Mask-Off Day

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An Amherst town councilor and an Amherst business owner recently earned recognition from a regional organization at its inaugural celebration of Black culture and the African diaspora, held in Springfield.At Mask Off Day 2024 on March 2, At...


Dozens charged during pre-St. Pat’s college revelry in Amherst

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A large amount of alcohol consumption, a handful of altercations and complaints of public urination led to criminal charges being brought against more than 50 college-age people participating in pre-St. Patrick’s Day celebrations Saturday...


Taylor Swift, Emily Dickinson: Related in art and fact

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

The Pioneer Valley’s most famous poet, it turns out, has a genealogical connection to the the modern world’s most famous singer-songwriter.In a segment on NBC’s “Today Show” on Monday, the genealogy website Ancestry.com revealed that Emily Dickinson...


Last look at old library: Amherst’s Jones giving tours through March

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Final opportunities for patrons to get an inside look at both the original 1928 Jones Library building and its 1990s addition, before work commences on an expansion and renovation project at the 43 Amity St. site this spring, are taking...


Belchertown eyes regionalizing dispatch services with Wilbraham

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

BELCHERTOWN — The town this summer is likely to become the latest to follow a growing trend in the region of outsourcing emergency communications to regional dispatch centers.Staffing shortages for dispatchers and $7.6 million in upcoming radio...


Postmarking history: Leverett kicks off 250th anniversary celebration

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

At one time, the U.S. post office in town center doubled as a general store, a place where adults picked up and sent their mail or filled their gas tanks and children could choose from a wide variety of penny candy on their way to and from elementary...


Designer picked for geothermal project at Hopkins Academy

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A designer will soon be on board to oversee a project that could bring a geothermal heating and cooling system to Hopkins Academy, reducing the use of fossil fuels in the 70-year-old school building.The School Committee at its Feb. 26 meeting...


Hadley will continue to collect inspection fees for events at Young Men’s Club

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — The town will continue to collect municipal fees associated with inspections for concerts and events drawing in excess of 1,000 people at the Young Men’s Club, with Select Board members saying the town can’t subsidize events at a private club...


The Lehrer Report: March 15, 2024

03-14-2024 3:05 PM

Garden report: If the weather reaches 50-60 degrees this week, my daffodils should open. The daffodils are in a bed on the south side of the house, close to the foundation, so get the warmth. The tulips and daylily shoots are also up several inches.If...


Phelps House fixes, Town Hall repair plan in line for $190K in Hadley CPA funds

03-14-2024 3:02 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Community Preservation Act money for an initial phase of fixing up an early 19th-century farmhouse at the Porter Phelps Huntington Museum and hiring an architect to evaluate and prepare the 1840 Town Hall for renovations is being recommended...


Slavery North: Researcher brings initiative, $2.65M grant to UMass to explore, tell story of enslaved people in northern U.S. and Canada

03-14-2024 2:46 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

In film, literature, paintings and other forms of art, palm trees and warm climates are almost always the settings depicted for slavery in North America, from the plantations of the American South to the transatlantic ships transporting human cargo...


Amherst Regional School Committee will seek financial lift from Amherst College

03-14-2024 2:42 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Both short- and long-term financial contributions and other collaborations with Amherst College will be sought through a new negotiating subcommittee being established by the Amherst Regional School Committee.On a night when students,...


For second time in 12 years, neighbors mobilize against proposed gravel pit operation in Granby

03-10-2024 1:52 PM

By EMILEE KLEIN

GRANBY — It’s deja vu for many residents who live in the northeast section of town, where plans have been submitted for the operation of a gravel pit some 12 years after a group of neighbors successfully sued the town to thwart a similar...


Jones trustees short on expected library project contribution

03-10-2024 1:52 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Even though an end-of-January commitment from the Jones Library trustees to provide the town $2 million for the $46.1 million project to expand and renovate the 43 Amity St. building wasn’t met, town officials are anticipating no impact on...


Amherst board relaxes zoning for big project next to UMass

03-10-2024 1:52 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A large mixed-use development next to the University of Massachusetts, providing both market-rate and affordable housing, can proceed to the next phase of municipal review after receiving Zoning Board of Appeals variances that will allow the...


The Lehrer Report: March 8, 2024

03-10-2024 1:52 PM

Reminder: Change your clocks Saturday night so that you will be ready for the new daylight saving time time Sunday morning.In good news, we have over 11 hours of daylight now. Commuting is now done completely in the light, no headlights...



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