Amherst Bulletin
AMHERST — Before the Jones Library’s expansion and renovation gets underway, the Massachusetts Historical Commission is requesting that library officials reconsider use of synthetic shingles in replacing the existing slate roof, and to not cut into the front of the 1928 building for installing a book drop.
Amherst Bulletin - Amherst officials highlight achievements, look …
Dec 15, 2024 · With groundbreaking for the new $99 million elementary school and receiving a general contracting bid that should turn a $15.8 million town investment into a $46 million building project at the Jones, as well as choosing potential sites for a new South Amherst fire station and Department of Public Works headquarters, Bockelman said “things are moving.”
Amherst aims to secure ARPA funds from D.C. clawback
Dec 24, 2024 · The brief discussion about ARPA money came two weeks after District 3 Councilor Hala Heather Lord, on behalf of At Large Councilor Ellisha Walker, read a statement into at the council’s Dec. 2 meeting observing that the COVID pandemic caused disproportionate harm to Black and brown people and businesses and urging that ARPA money not fall to free cash, and proposing a commitment to the Black ...
Amherst Bulletin - CPA panel OKs $500K for new bathhouse
Jan 10, 2025 · The CPA Committee is supporting a range of projects for affordable housing, open space, recreation and historic preservation such as $210,000 to rehabilitate historic stained glass windows at the Jewish Community of Amherst, $100,000 for fabricating new conservation area signs and kiosks and $88,520 for fixing Wildwood Cemetery’s Dickinson Farmhouse, built …
Amherst’s Merry Maple lighting Friday kicking off holiday downtown
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Putting community first: New Amherst Police Chief Ting focused …
Aug 22, 2024 · “We need to listen to the community to figure out what they want,” Ting said. “We have big ears, little mouths.” After 27 years on the force, including five years as police captain in charge of operations, Ting became permanent chief in April, selected by Town Manager Paul Bockelman after nearly a year in the interim role.
Amherst council adopts tougher nuisance property bylaw
Oct 21, 2024 · District 4 Councilor Pam Rooney said the mandated notification of landlords is a major change in the nuisance property bylaw. The revised bylaw will also work in conjunction with the recently adopted rental registration bylaw to improve health and safety of tenants and living conditions through mandated inspections.
Amherst Bulletin - Amherst town manager gets salary boost
Dec 24, 2024 · AMHERST — Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman is being provided a 3% boost in his annual salary, pushing it above $200,000, in recognition of his high performance in his annual evaluation. Town Council on Dec. 16y voted 11-0, with one member absent and one member abstaining, to revise the ...
Amherst councilors debate expanded nuisance property bylaw
Sep 30, 2024 · District 3 Councilor George Ryan said he worries about applying the revised bylaw to all properties in town, and is unsure the public understands the potential impact, with the potential for fines adding up, due to each violation of the bylaw being tallied separately, and the town maintaining on its website a list of nuisance property complaints, including dates and addresses, violations and ...
Amherst Bulletin - Another busy weekend for Amherst Police with …
Oct 10, 2024 · At 1:43 a.m., police issued a nuisance house ticket to one of the College Street homes, finding the lawn covered in beer cans and trash. Meanwhile, at Crestview Apartments, tenants had a small party Saturday at 11:58 p.m. that got publicized on Yik Yak, which led to hundreds of people showing up.