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New MAC Team In 2025 - Data Intelligence

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New MAC Team In 2025 - Data Intelligence

There has been plenty of conference realignment in the last few years. There is one team joining the MAC in 2025. Here is the new MAC team in 2025. UMass Minutemen Previous Conference: Independent City: Amherst, Massachusetts UMass is making a return to the MAC! They were formerly in the conference from 2012 to 2015. They moved up to the FBS from the FCS level in 2012, but were independent from 2016 through last season. The Minutemen played thei…See the Story

Call and Response: Paintings by Evelyn Pye at Gallery A3 in July - Amherst Indy

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Call and Response: Paintings by Evelyn Pye at Gallery A3 in July - Amherst Indy

Source: Gallery A3The paintings of Evelyn Pye will be on exhibit at Gallery A3, 28 Amity Street 1D in Amherst in July. The exhibit opened on July 3 and will run through Saturday August 2. Gallery hours are Thursday–Sunday, 2:00–7:00 p.m. There will be a free, in-person art forum on Thursday July 17 at 7:30 p.m at the gallery. About the ExhibitIn two series of related oil paintings on wood panel that together form CALL & RESPONSE, Evelyn Pye expl…Read Article

Why Does DEI Exist? Understanding the History and Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Amherst Indy

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Why Does DEI Exist? Understanding the History and Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Amherst Indy

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UMass rowing: A crew built by one

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Amherst Ranks Last in Massachusetts in Public Works Spending Per Capita - Amherst Indy

In 2024 Amherst spent just under $2 million from its general fund on public works according to state data. When divided by a population of 39,263, this works out to an investment of local tax revenues into highways and other infrastructure of $49.75 per resident. This level of expenditure places Amherst in last place among all Massachusetts cities and towns. The statewide average public works spending per person is $367 or more than seven time…Infrastructure · Amherst Read Article

Town Council Resumes Work on Reparations with Creation of the Amherst Black Reparations Committee - Amherst Indy

Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, June 30, 2025. Part 2 This was a hybrid meeting held in Town Hall and over Zoom and was recorded. PresentLynn Griesemer (President, District 2), Andy Steinberg, Mandi Jo Hanneke, Ellisha Walker (at large), Pat DeAngelis (District 2), George Ryan (District 3), Jennifer Taub and Pam Rooney (District 4), Bob Hegner and Ana Devlin Gauthier (District 5). Absent: Cathy Schoen and Freke Ette (District…Zoom · Amherst Read Article

Charter Committee Begins Review of Town Financial Policies - Amherst Indy

Report on the Meeting of the Charter Review Committee, June 26, 2025The meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. PresentJulian Hynes (Chair), Meg Gage, Erika Mijlin, Raphael Rogers, Marcus Smith, Andy Churchill, Ken LeBlond. Absent: Bernie Kubiak Staff: Athena O’Keeffe (Clerk of Town Council and staff liaison to the committee) Guest: Patricia Lloyd, EdwardAmherst, Massachusetts · Amherst Read Article

Owner of Gardener’s Supply in Hadley files for bankruptcy

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HADLEY — The Gardener’s Supply store along Route 9, originally called Hadley Garden Supply, will continue to operate for the foreseeable future, despite the Burlington, Vermont-based company filing for bankruptcy last week.Amherst, Massachusetts · Amherst Read Article

A novel retirement plan: Jonathan Lash’s debut work of fiction, ‘What Death Revealed,’ draws from his time as an attorney in 1970s D.C.

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Young voices, big impact: Amherst’s Fort River fifth graders take on plastics, hunger, gun safety

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AMHERST — A push by the state Legislature to reduce single-use plastics across the state, cutting down on the use of straws, carryout bags and utensils and at the same time increasing recycling and composting, is winning support from fifth graders at Fort River School.Plastics · Amherst Read Article

Around Amherst: Memorial concert honors composer, poet Fred Tillis

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AMHERST — A memorial concert at Wildwood Cemetery recently recognized what would have been the 95th birthday of Fred Tillis, a composer, poet and educator who led the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts for almost 20 years.Amherst, Massachusetts · Amherst Read Article

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