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AMHERST — The town won’t be closing a section of North Pleasant Street to vehicular traffic during summer weekends to create a downtown pedestrian area to potentially spur economic activity.Members of the Town Services and Outreach Committee recently...

AMHERST — Fees for municipal parking permits may increase for the first time in more than 20 years, while more signs directing people to town lots could soon be installed, as part of a series of recommendations being examined by the Town...

AMHERST — Fees for municipal parking permits may increase for the first time in more than 20 years, while more signs directing people to town lots could soon be installed, as part of a series of recommendations being examined by the Town...

AMHERST — Two new municipal departments, both of which will be focused on improving community safety and equity for all residents and dismantling systemic racism, can begin serving Amherst in the coming weeks.The Town Council voted unanimously Monday...

AMHERST — A series of changes to a section of North Pleasant Street along Kendrick Park, aimed at improving pedestrian safety near a new playground, will be undertaken by the Department of Public Works next spring.Town Council voted unanimously Monday...

AMHERST — A series of changes to a section of North Pleasant Street along Kendrick Park, aimed at improving pedestrian safety near a new playground, will be undertaken by the Department of Public Works next spring.Town Council voted unanimously at a...

AMHERST — Two new municipal departments, both of which will be focused on improving community safety and equity for all residents and dismantling systemic racism, can begin serving Amherst in the coming weeks.The Town Council voted unanimously Monday...

AMHERST — Decisions on zoning changes to create a parking facility overlay district in downtown Amherst, and to require mixed-use buildings to have a minimum amount of commercial space on the ground floor, are being delayed at the prerogative of a...

AMHERST — An 1874 design for the Town Common by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted depicted what he termed a “music house” on the expanse of greenery.Nearly 150 years later, the Common, long used for community events where live music is...

AMHERST — Decisions on zoning changes to create a parking facility overlay district in downtown Amherst, and to require mixed-use buildings to have a minimum amount of commercial space on the ground floor, are being delayed at the prerogative of a...