Amherst Bulletin
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...
Amherst eyes joint homeless shelter, housing on old VFW site
Oct 10, 2024 · AMHERST — Town officials are exploring development of the former VFW site on Main Street into a new 40-bed homeless shelter with associated services and a four-story, 30-unit single-room occupancy apartment complex. At a recent presentation to update residents and town officials about what is ...
A cartoonists’ cartoonist: Florence’s Hilary Price won the highest ...
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Amherst Bulletin - Western Mass farmers battle ‘pumpkin plague’
STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS. Some squash, pumpkin and potato farmers in the Pioneer Valley are bearing the burden of a soil-based disease described by one farmer as being “like the plague” for these and potentially many more species. Walking through a barren pumpkin patch late last month, Harrison Bardwell of Bardwell Farm in Hatfield picked ...
PVTA to waive fares, launch new Amherst-to-Greenfield route
Oct 10, 2024 · The agency announced this week the start of the Monday-to-Friday route that heads outbound and north, each day at 8:30 a.m., from the Bangs Community Center, 70 Boltwood Walk in Amherst, with the nearly hourlong rides also leaving at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. After arriving at Leverett Town Hall, 9 Montague Road, 15 minutes later, the bus will stop ...
Amherst Bulletin - UMass prof, team will zero in on PFAS and bone …
Oct 10, 2024 · UMass prof, team will zero in on PFAS and bone loss in grant-funded $5M study. KATHERINE REEVES. According to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, 45% of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with “forever chemicals” that are considered dangerous to human health. Leonard Ortiz/The Orange County Register/TNS. >. <. By SCOTT ...
Amherst elementary school bid challengers claim winning …
Nov 8, 2024 · The protest has already held up the town in signing a contract with CTA, potentially delaying work on the new school that is supposed to open on South East Street, next to Fort River School, in the fall of 2026. CTA’s $73.48 million bid was lowest of three bids and $4.8 million below the funding ceiling agreement between the town and the state.
Amherst Bulletin - Amherst board frowns on plans for farmhouse ...
Aug 8, 2024 · AMHERST — A proposed expansion of a farmhouse at 180 North Whitney St. creating a non-owner-occupied duplex will not move forward after the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals nixed the project, citing potential dangers to pedestrians from adding more traffic to the residential neighborhood.
New invader here: Spotted lanternfly appears in Hampshire County ...
Oct 10, 2024 · “If it had fallen on me, I would not have known what it was,” Boileau said. “I wanted to let people know what it was.” According to the Invasive Pest Dashboard of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, the spotted lanternfly has moved into Springfield, West Springfield, Wilbraham, Ludlow, Chicopee and Holyoke, including parts of Mount Tom State Reservation that border ...
Amherst Bulletin - Deerfield Town Meeting voters OK $3.8M for …
Oct 10, 2024 · DEERFIELD — With $3.8 million in Community Preservation Act money approved, the 1888 Building rehabilitation project can move forward. While the big-ticket project was approved with no discussion, it was a housekeeping article regarding the St. James Church parcel that drew the most discussion during a two-hour special Town Meeting that brought out 363 residents to pack the Frontier Regional ...