The Hampshire County Registry of Deeds recorded 14 property transfers in Amherst between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but only two disclosed a sale price: $100,000 for 622 E. Pleasant St. and $539,000 for 2 Wintergreen Circle, the period's high. The median of those two prices was $319,500, bas…
The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee voted 8-0, with one abstention, to order three years of student discipline data broken down by race, income and disability. Committee member Bridget cited prior findings that Black students face suspension rates roughly four times those of white students.
Hampshire County recorded 16 Amherst property transfers between Aug. 7 and Sept. 5, but only three disclosed a sale price: $677,000 for 400 Middle St, $100,000 for 176 Alpine Dr, and $31,500 for 12 Frost Ln, a median of $100,000 among those three. The other 13 transfers, including four …
The Amherst Planning Board voted 5-0 to approve its amended May minutes and spent most of the meeting debating whether to seek a state exemption from the ADU by-right law.
The Amherst Town Council brainstormed zoning priorities for roughly 200 acres of the Hampshire College campus, with no formal votes beyond adjournment.
Amherst Baseball, Inc. is touting three recent championships from its programs: the Amherst Royals (50/70 Frontier League), the Amherst Koufax Hurricanes (spring WMSBL title) and Hadley-Amherst 12u Softball (regular season champions). Meanwhile, the Amherst Hockey Association has opened…
Amherst is warning residents of traffic congestion on South East Street as its new elementary school prepares to open. The town flagged the stretch between Route 9 and Main Street near 70 South East Street, while also lighting Town Hall purple through early September for International O…
Hampshire County Registry of Deeds recorded 16 Amherst property transactions between July 31 and Aug. 3, though only six disclosed a sale price, ranging from $60,000 to $773,000 with a median of $407,000. The month's top sale was a $773,000 condominium purchase at 32 North Prospect St, …
Amherst opened applications for a new public art advisory committee tied to its elementary school as the town library launched Library Card Sign-Up Month. The Percent for Art Advisory Committee, which will help select artwork for the new elementary school at 70 South East Street, begins…
Amherst reminds voters of multiple ways to cast ballots ahead of Tuesday's state primary election. The town has also opened applications for its free, eight-week All About Amherst Civic Academy program, due by Sunday, September 20, and renovations continue at the Bangs Community Center,…
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