The Amherst Public Library Board of Trustees has presented wide-ranging plans for redesigning the town’s central library, and this will be the first large-scale alteration of the facility in approximately 34 years. They explain that the new library project will cost $12 million; the idea is to improve the library’s technical base, buy new equipment,
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Sunnybrook Farm of Amherst has plans to greatly increase its Community Supported Agriculture program for the next farming year. As a family-operated farm that has been in business for more than 50 years, the farm aims to expand its CSA membership by 30% and introduce new crops to meet the growing market demand for local
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The Amherst, Pelham, and Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools have introduced a new efficient online reporting system of bullying to inform school officers of possible instances and have them investigated. The system available on the district websites offers the students, parents, and staff an easy and secure way of reporting any issues. School officials have said
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Currently, the Amherst Town Council has approved a tighter nuisance property by law to equip municipal building inspectors and police officers to deal with problems with properties that affect the quality of neighborhoods in the town. The measure, which was passed in the council meeting, sought to address some matters like loud partying and the
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As Amherst starts putting up the autumn and Halloween decorations, there is a new problem that is brewing for farmers in the locality. This pest illness affecting squash, pumpkin and potato producers A soil-born illness that has severely affected squash, pumpkin and potato farmers in the Pioneer Valley is commonly referred to as the ‘pumpkin
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Its residents of Amherst, New York expressed their concerns in a town board meeting recenly held where they spoke on developmental plans,immigration, policies and the nonexistence of transparency from local authorities. The meeting was held in the Amherst Town Hall where there was a big attendance of people quite willing to be heard in issues
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Amherst is awash in automotive upheaval as local dealerships endure the industry headwinds and emergent technologies. At the forefront of dealers’ minds, cryptocurrency cybersecurity concerns and changing consumer preferences have increased the focus on the complex environment of today’s modern automotive retail space. Amherst dealerships are dealing with the ongoing fallout from a massive cyberattack
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A major step in Amherst’s development as a business community, the news from Nordson Corporation, a leading adhesive manufacturing company, that it will move its operations out of Amherst, is viewed as a significant development for the Amherst business community. The impact of this move will reach 114 local employees, ripples that will affect the
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Now more than two years old, Amherst’s Community Responders for Equity, Safety and Service (CRESS) programme faces growing pains and operating difficulties. But in recent months, the initiative, meant to provide an alternative to traditional policing for certain non-violent calls, has been used very infrequently and is plagued by high staff turnover that uncertainty about
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Forty nine people of various backgrounds took an oath of U.S. citizenship Tuesday morning on the grounds of a Massachusetts high school, in a heartwarming display of unity and hope. For many of these new Americans, the naturalisation ceremony, held in a local community centre, was a huge step, one they have been waiting years
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