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New Jones Library bid comes in under target. 11-07-2024 7:22 PM. AMHERST — A general contracting bid below the $36 million estimate for expanding and renovating the Jones Library was received by the town by Thursday’s deadline.At $35.77 million, the bid from Fontaine Brothers Inc. of Springfield, one of two...
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11-04-2024 11:48 AM. By SCOTT MERZBACH. AMHERST — Amherst’s elementary schools are facing a potential deficit of up to $1.4 million in a $29.06 million fiscal year 2026 budget, as a budgetary freeze in the current fiscal year is being considered by school officials.Superintendent E. …
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Five selected from limited pool to interview for Amherst police chief
Feb 15, 2024 · Amherst MA. facebook. AMHERST — Even with continued concerns over having just a small pool of applicants to be Amherst’s next police chief, a search committee is forging ahead with interviews. Five candidates, culled from 11 who submitted letters of interest in the job, will soon answer questions and meet with the search committee over Zoom.
Amherst Bulletin - UMass football: Taisun Phommachanh named …
Aug 25, 2023 · AMHERST — The long wait is finally over — UMass football now has its QB1. Taisun Phommachanh will be leading what the Minutemen hope is a much-improved offense for their Week 1 game against New Mexico State this Saturday (7 p.m., ESPN), head coach Don Brown announced during a press conference on Monday afternoon.
Commentary - Amherst Bulletin
Oct 25, 2024 · Local and Green columnist Darcy Dumont: Amherst 2030, the new paradigm II. 10-08-2024 10:53 AM. By DARCY DUMONT. Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part column. The first part ran in the Oct. 10, 2019 edition of the Bulletin. What follows is a vision of Amherst in 2030, when there is widespread support for “the new paradigm” of ...
Scoops at the Silos wins Hadley entertainment license
May 1, 2023 · HADLEY — Maple Valley Creamery will be able to have live performers throughout the season at the Scoops at the Silos ice cream stand, but uncertainty remains about whether a food truck will be allowed to return on a regular basis to the 100 Mill Valley Road site. The Select Board recently granted an entertainment license for the farm, so it ...
Amherst Bulletin - Just a big kid at art: Carle Museum showcases ...
Nov 29, 2023 · Seymour Chwast turned 92 this summer. But in his heart, he might still be about 8 or 9 years old, based on the work he continues to create. A legendary graphic designer who, beginning in the 1950s, helped revolutionize the look of commercial art, Chwast has also used his unique style and sensibility to create 40 children’s books, finding both humor and delight in a child’s view of the world.
Timeline for Amherst’s sixth grade move up in the air
Jan 2, 2024 · While more likely that the move happens in fall 2026, sixth graders could be in the middle school in fall 2025. “It may be necessary. There might be things that compel us in that direction,” Slaughter said. Committee Chairman Irv Rhodes said there are only two budget cycles remaining to deal with the cost implications and to develop a ...
‘Janet Planet’ comes into orbit: Annie Baker’s debut film, about to ...
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