Cuppa' Joe with Paul at Kelly's Restaurant

Cuppa’ Joe with Paul at Kelly’s Restaurant

            Town Manager Paul Bockelman will be at Kelly’s Restaurant at 314 College Street in Amherst on Friday, August...

North Pleasant Street Paving

North Pleasant St Paving 

Thursday, August 17^th, 2017

6:00 am to 4:00 pm

Public Works crews will be paving North Pleasant St between Massachusetts Ave and Eastman Ln starting on Thursday. The work is expected to last two days and the weather for Fri...

Auditions for LSSE Community Theater Beauty & the Beast

Amherst Leisure Services Community Theater (ALSCT) brings Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the classic “tale as old as time” to the UMass Bowker Auditorium stage in January, 2018. Lavish sets and costumes, a full live orchestra, and enthusiastic audiences f...

Downtown Planning Forum Materials and Feedback Form Now Online

On Thursday evening, June 29, 2017, the Amherst Select Board, Planning Board and Town Manager hosted a community forum to talk about Downtown Amherst. Held in the Woodbury Room of the Jones Library, the forum was a great success with 96 people in attendan...

Public Listening Sessions

Please join the Amherst School Committee and Interim Superintendent Dr. Michael Morris on September 14, 2017 at 6:00 PM w/ Location TBD to share your ideas and learn more about The Fort River Building & Site Feasibility Study, School Building...

East Pleasant St & Triangle St CONSTRUCTION UPDATE 8/11/2017

PRESS RELEASEEAST PLEASANT ST & TRIANGLE STCONSTRUCTION UPDATEWarner Brothers and Caracas Construction will continue installing concrete sidewalks and islands as well as adjusting structures the week of August 14th, 2017.The intersection will remain c...

First Day Celebration

Amherst, Pelham & Regional Public Schools celebrate their first day back with an event on the Amherst Town Common on August 29 from 5-6:30 pm. All are invited to this FREE fun event with music, art, games and more!

Rain Location is ARHS Cafeteria @ 21 ...

Wildflower Dr CONSTRUCTION UPDATE 8/11/2017

PRESS RELEASEWILDFLOWER DRIVE CLOSEDTo Through Traffic

Between Foxglove Ln and Trillium LnGeeleher Construction will continue work on Wildflower Dr, between Foxglove Ln and Trillium Ln (the week of August 14th). Work will continue to progress from Foxglove...

Amherst Farm Events 2017

Broofield Farm, Many Hands,  Simple Gifts and Small Ones Farm are offering events for the general public.  Beginning in June families may watch a lawn screening of the television show "Firefly", attend an orchestral concert, da...

TWO AMHERST OFFICERS GRADUATE FROM WMASS REGIONAL POLICE ACADEMY

Patrol Officers Jose J. Diaz-Gutierrez and Matthew J. Ziomek graduated from the police academy.

Chief Scott P. Livingstone is pleased to announce that Patrol Officers Jose J. Diaz-Gutierrez and Matthew J. Ziomek graduated from the Western Massachusetts Regional Police Academy, in Springfield, Massachusetts on May 5, 2017. Patrol Officers Diaz-Gutier...

Police Department Welcomes New Canine

Police Departments second canine team

Chief Scott P. Livingstone is pleased to announce that the
Amherst Police Department now includes a second canine team, Officer MatthewFrydryk and his K9 partner Marvin. <_o3a_p>

The addition of a second canine team to the department has
been made pos...

Janet Lopez promoted to sergeant

Janet Lopez is promoted to sergeant...

Chief Scott P. Livingstone is pleased to announce that Detective Janet M. Lopez of the Amherst Police Department was promoted to the rank of Sergeant effective October 28, 2016. Sergeant Lopez was promoted after an extensive selection process which includ...Read on...

Gabriel Ting Promoted to Lieutenant

Gabriel Ting has been promoted...

Chief Scott P. Livingstone is pleased to announce the promotion of Amherst Police Sergeant Gabriel Ting to the rank of Lieutenant effective October 28, 2016. Lieutenant Ting was promoted after an extensive selection process which included a written exami...Read on...