5+ hour, 27+ min ago  (333+ words) The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and the Amherst Planning Board on April 28, 2026. Why are some neighborhoods protected while others are left to absorb this level of change? And how much student housing can we continue…...

5+ hour, 7+ min ago  (344+ words) The Downtown Amherst Foundation (DAF) has named Claudia Pazmany its new executive director, bringing a familiar downtown leader back to Amherst in a role focused fully on the foundation and its signature cultural enterprise, The Drake. Her first day will…...

6+ hour, 14+ min ago  (561+ words) Amherst Indy Source: Attorney Michael Pill On April 8, 2026, Amherst residents Hilda Greenbaum, Robin Jaffin, Alexander Hoar, Susan Mc Ginn, Jay Mankita and RKP, LLC (Bruce Patterson, principal) filed a lawsuit in the Massachusetts Land Court against Beacon Properties, LLC (with…...

7+ hour, 45+ min ago  (524+ words) No School, No Work, No Shopping Demands The May 1 Coalition, which is organizing the national protest, has issued the following demands: The goal of the nationwide action, organizers say, is to build a massive, nonviolent economic boycott to demonstrate collective…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago  (324+ words) Source: Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren Amherst firefighters responded to a 911 call from a passerby at 2: 01 a. m. Saturday, April 26, reporting a fire on the rear of Building 2 at Brandywine Apartments in North Amherst. Arriving crews found a fire on the wooden back…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (304+ words) About 250 Hampshire College faculty, staff, students, and allies rallied on the Amherst Town Common on Thursday to protest the imminent layoffs of 200 faculty and staff members and to call out the other four colleges in the Five College Consortium " Amherst,…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (219+ words) The communities of Amherst, Northampton, and Pelham will see a price reduction for'the majority of'participants in Valley Green Energy, a regional group electricity buying program administered by the three communities.' Starting in May 2026, participants currently enrolled in two of the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (305+ words) This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. The Elementary School Building Committee's (ESBC) monthly meeting on April 17, 2026, had a full agenda of updates and became impassioned over recent changes to plans for four small "reflection rooms." Bernal countered…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (491+ words) by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive by sending us your listings and including contact information and/or a link for more information. Send events listings to'amherstindy@gmail. com. SATURDAY APRIL 25: UMASS…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (159+ words) Source: Massachusetts Center for the Book Amherst Events Rise Up! : An Author Event and Protest Sign-making Workshop with Rachel Katz. Thursday, May 7, 4: 00 PM5: 00 PM The Mead Art Museum, 41 Quadrangle Dr, Amherst, MA 01002 Carle After Dark: Once Upon a Picture Book (note:…...