Amherst News

A Planning Department that offers thorough review of local projects, proposed zoning amendments and land use issues is something residents have come to expect in Amherst, but which could no longer be offered if the town cut staff and relied more on outside agencies.

The cuts needed in next year's school budget are so large that Superintendent Alberto Rodriguez is considering the option of moving students from the Regional Middle School to Amherst Regional High School.

Owner Reza Rahmani and his father Kazem Rahmani at Moti, 25 North Pleasant St. in Amherst.

A scaled-back project to modernize the Lord Jeffery Inn, making it a centerpiece of the downtown for both overnight guests and diners, is expected to resume early next year.

With music spanning the last 90 years and a menu filled with a wide selection of meats, pastas and salads, organizers are confident the 250th Anniversary Gala will be Amherst's party of the century.

A warming place for homeless individuals could soon be established inside a building offered by a local church.

Superintendent Alberto Rodriguez and the School Committee would much rather deal with educational issues than get tangled up in the question of whether teachers have to recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day.

From left to right, Chelsea McCracken, Craig Sinclair, Jesse Merrick and James O'Connor work in the production booth televising the second annual Amherst Rotary Auction live from the studio of Amherst Community Television Channel 12 Saturday afternoon.

Detective David Foster said police received a call at 8:26 p.m. from a Puffton Village woman who got back to her apartment and observed three men inside her bedroom.

Police are urging people to be vigilant in the wake of a string of reported break-ins in apartment complexes near the University of Massachusetts recently.

This is a modular classroom behind Mark's Meadow School in Amherst. The news that modular classrooms near Mark's Meadow School have never been used for that purpose and will be sold has caused some to question Town Meeting's endorsement of the $215,000 expense two years ago.

Henk Rossouw's "Chez Times Square," was a winner in a recent poetry contest sponsored by the Poetry Society of America.

Doctors who practice in Amherst now have more options for where they can locate their offices after Town Meeting narrowly approved an amendment to the zoning bylaws.

If you are traveling to Amherst Ma and you are looking for a warm and welcoming bed and breakfast then a visit to the Amherst Inn and the Allen House is in order.

The south end of a development proposed by Amir Mikhchi as envisioned in this architects rendering by Miller Pollin Architecture.

As patrons leave the downtown bars or party-goers spill out from large gatherings in other parts of Amherst, a line of taxis waiting to pick up passengers has become a frequent sight.

The Micro Uzi machine gun that killed 8-year-old Christopher K. Bizilj at a Westfield gun fair last October reportedly jammed twice and was inspected by a 15-year-old boy before it slipped from Christopher's grasp and discharged, according to a $4 million wrongful death lawsuit filed Monday.

Members of the local Puerto Rican community used the annual Puerto Rican flag-raising celebration this week to announce plans to fight the recent elementary school redistricting plan.

Police responded to a Bridge Street home at 4:45 p.m. for a report of a break-in in progress.

Trumped-up bunk? That's what a Pioneer Valley group thinks of the allegations against a Guantanamo Bay detainee who was recently eyed for relocation in Amherst.