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AMHERST — Amherst officials intend to buy the former Veterans of Foreign Wars building and land on Main Street so the site can become the location of a permanent homeless shelter and affordable housing, with some of those apartments to be offered to...

AMHERST — Amherst officials intend to buy the former Veterans of Foreign War building and land on Main Street so the site can become the location of a permanent homeless shelter and affordable housing, with some of those apartments to be offered to...

AMHERST — Regular examinations of rental homes in Amherst that would be required in an updated rental permitting bylaw appear to have support from residents, even though some have questions about whether the town has the ability to undertake such a...

AMHERST — The Board of License Commissioners is exploring a change in rules that could make it easier for food trucks to set up at events in Amherst. But any adjustments to the mobile food truck and on-street lunch cart regulations are expected to be...

AMHERST — Developers who intended to raze two historic homes near Kendrick Park to make way for downtown Amherst’s first new office building in 30 years never pursued the project after a year-long demolition delay was imposed on the properties in...

AMHERST — Demolition of vacant commercial properties at the northern end of downtown, to make way for a new mixed-use building, could be imminent following the recent sale of four parcels to an Amherst developer.Archipelago Investments LLC, of South...

AMHERST — Demolition of vacant commercial properties at the northern end of downtown, to make way for a new mixed-use building, could be imminent following the recent sale of four parcels to an Amherst developer.Archipelago Investments, LLC, of South...

AMHERST — A growing number of buildings and other structures in Amherst that could be subject to the Historical Commission’s current demolition delay process is prompting town officials to revise and rename the bylaw.The idea of the retitled...

HADLEY — Woken up by a fire alarm early in the morning, Hilda Rivera heard water running in the bathroom and, checking to see if she’d left a faucet on, noticed water coming out from a light fixture.Moments later, the water began pouring from the...

HADLEY — Woken up by a fire alarm early in the morning, Hilda Rivera heard water running in the bathroom and, checking to see if she’d left a faucet on, noticed water coming out from a light fixture.Moments later, the water began pouring from the...