Amherst ends COVID-19-related evening curfew Updated Feb 26, 2021; AMHERST -- The town’s public health director on Friday announced that an emergency COVID-19-related order that kept in place a 9:30 p.m. is no longer in effect in the town of Amherst. Emma Dragon, the health director, issued a statement Friday, saying this also means the “Town of Amherst will once again be in alignment with the Massachusetts orders for capacity limits.” Dragon and Town Manger Manger Paul Bockelman extended the curfew, and the stricter capacity limits, on Feb. 8 -- even though a Gov. Charlie Baker order had ended them.