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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In an effort to accommodate the widest range of patrons, and limit lines during public events such as after-hour meetings and Burnett Art Gallery openings, the expanded and renovated Jones Library is expected to do away with bathrooms...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A vocal critic of some members of the Town Council and government officials is describing the town’s latest action to charge her more than $300 to fulfill a public records request “petty and unfortunate.”Vira Douangmany Cage of Longmeadow...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — With the first all-alcohol, off-premises liquor license back in the town’s hands in recent memory, those interested in opening a new package store in Amherst are invited to begin submitting applications to obtain it.Town officials announced...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Amherst Town Council denies that it violated the state’s Open Meeting Law when it met with police officers in closed-door meetings last month, though some councilors contend that giving the officers a private forum violated the council’s...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Members of the Amherst Town Council are keeping the body’s leadership intact for another year.While the 13 councilors gave near unanimous support to having District 2 Councilor Lynn Griesemer remain as president, a role she has...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A Hadley-specific business organization that would serve as a conduit of getting information between businesspeople and town officials is in the early stages of formation.The Select Board voiced its encouragement on Jan. 4 for the creation of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A proposed drive-thru coffee shop on Route 9 near the Coolidge Bridge, on a small lot once used as a gas station, can proceed to construction.At a Planning Board meeting Tuesday, members gave their unanimous approval to site plans for the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Email correspondence to all commissioners on the Hadley Housing Authority is prompting a board member to bring an Open Meeting Law complaint against her colleagues.Risë Smythe-Freed filed the complaint against commissioners John Allen and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A nearly 20-year-old housing subdivision off Rocky Hill Road remains a private way, something those who live on the street hope to change this spring.With the first homes built as part of the Birch Meadow Drive development in 2003, residents...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTH HADLEY — Nine months after being placed on paid leave, Jahmal Mosley has tendered a one-sentence resignation as superintendent. School Committee Chairwoman Allison Schlachter confirmed Monday that Mosley resigned as of Dec. 31 and is no longer...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTH HADLEY — After more than two months of working only their contracted hours, the town’s public school teachers, paraeducators and other staff members are no longer “working-to-rule.” Members of the South Hadley Education Association put an end to...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be celebrated in Amherst this Sunday on what would have been the civil rights leader’s 94th birthday.The Human Rights Commission is sponsoring the event, which begins at 2 p.m....

By STEVE PFARRER

Robert Harris is the author of a slew of bestselling thrillers and historical novels, covering ancient Rome, World War II, contemporary politics and more. According to one report, he’s sold over 10 million copies of his books, a number of which have...

By STEVE PFARRER

It’s been almost three years since Amherst Community Theater has presented its annual musical at Bowker Auditorium at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, given a little problem called COVID-19 that prevented the group from returning to UMass in...

By STEVE PFARRER

AMHERST — The Emily Dickinson Museum, in the midst of a major fundraising campaign to expand its resources and reach, has received a major new donation to help realize that goal: $2.5 million.Jane and Robert Keiter of Lakeville, Connecticut, have made...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A former Amherst man will serve five to seven years in state prison after pleading guilty in Hampshire Superior Court on Wednesday to a criminal charge stemming from the 2019 death of his 4-month-old baby, according to the Northwestern...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — A Hadley man is recuperating at home and his alleged assailant is in custody in Connecticut following a shooting on Mill Valley Road on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve.The incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. in the area of 102 Mill Valley...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A 17-acre section of the former Hickory Ridge Golf Course is expected to be permanently protected as recreation land that will include trails for the public and associated features, such as informational kiosks.As a requirement of the town’s...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HADLEY — Residential taxpayers will face a bigger jump in their tax bills in the coming year after town officials minimized the increase last year by shifting more of the tax burden to commercial properties.With the Select Board deciding to return to...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Recent private meetings between members of the Town Council and Amherst police, disclosed publicly during a council meeting in December, are prompting an Open Meeting Law complaint against the council’s president.The Dec. 20 filing with the...