Ellisha Walker News Today

UMass hosted its first in-person town council hearing since 2019, where candidates discussed a range of issues.

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...

AMHERST — A new elementary school is an understandably big lift for taxpayers and renters in town, but many residents appear ready to support the $97.5 million project via a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion that’s already subject to early voting and will...

AMHERST — The Town Council has approved a financing plan for a new $97.5 million Amherst elementary school that will reduce the increased property tax burden on homeowners and tenants, while preserving a plan for undertaking three other capital...

AMHERST — The Town Council has approved a financing plan for a new $97.5 million Amherst elementary school that will reduce the increased property tax burden on homeowners and tenants, while preserving a plan for undertaking three other capital...

AMHERST — The Town Council is formally asking the Finance Committee to evaluate using more reserves to reduce the costs to taxpayers of the $97.5 million Proposition 2½ debt-exclusion for a new elementary school.At a nearly four-hour meeting Monday,...

AMHERST — Voters should not cast ballots in favor of the $97.5 million project to build a new elementary school until members of the Amherst Pelham Education Association reach a new contract with the Amherst and Amherst-Pelham Regional school...

AMHERST — Voters should not cast ballots in favor of the $97.5 million project to build a new elementary school until members of the Amherst Pelham Education Association reach a new contract with the Amherst and Amherst-Pelham Regional school...

AMHERST — Amherst’s Finance Committee is recommending that up to $5 million from the capital stabilization fund be directed toward the $98 million elementary school project to pay the initial costs of installing geothermal and photovoltaic systems.But...

AMHERST — A proposal to limit public comment at Town Council meetings to 30 minutes and restrict access for nonresidents is drawing fire from some who say the change is a “bad look,” unnecessary and a way to silence marginalized communities.“This not...