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AMHERST — Amherst’s next Town Council, when sworn in next January, will be more racially diverse, will have more women serving on it and will have six new members, based on unofficial results of Tuesday’s biennial town election.While at-large...

AMHERST — Few observers would dispute that to continue serving the community well, the Jones Library needs extensive renovations to replace worn-out carpets, update aging mechanical systems and deal with an atrium roof that leaks.But whether the...

AMHERST — In advance of Tuesday’s biennial town election, the Amherst Business Improvement District’s directors issued a statement expressing concern about “recent negative campaign rhetoric” that put the organization, and its executive director, in...

AMHERST — A political action committee is giving its endorsements to 11 of the 18 candidates running for seats on the Town Council at the Nov. 2 town election.In addition to its advisory for the Town Council, Amherst Forward is endorsing six of the...

Guest columnist Ana Devlin Gauthier: 2-day racial equity training is just a start Amherst Town Hall No matter the weather, we have work to do. Now, many of us have been binging Netflix during the pandemic, but during a recent Town Council meeting, it wasn’t a plot twist in “Lupin” that made my eyes widen. No, my jaw dropped to the floor as I watched multiple members of our elected council state their objection to a two-day racial equity training program, citing a lack of specific outcom...

Guest columnist Jena Schwartz: ‘The real inconvenience is racism’ By Jena Schwartz I was glad to read a letter by District 5 resident Ana Devlin Gauthier addressing the lukewarm — at best — response from several members of the Amherst Town Council to a two-day antiracism training. Devlin Gauthier writes, “The work around equity, inclusion, and justice is not comparable to any other work the council does or will do, it underlies all of it, informs all of it, and should be prioritized. ...