North Amherst News

After multiple sessions this week and next, Town Meeting will be asked to reconvene in July, said Town Manager Larry Shaffer.

Large oaks are among 24 shade trees that might be cut down to make way for the reconstruction of the pothole-laden Sand Hill Road, a North Amherst street that some town officials have called the poster child for the poor state of town roads.

The War Memorial Pool in Amherst, used by kids of all ages, in 2003. The pool isn't being funded in the prevailing budget proposal for fiscal year 2010.

Mark's Meadow School, which North Amherst children have attended for decades, will close at the end of the next school year.

Hobart Hoedown was not part of the weekend activities for local college students, but police remained busy Saturday and Sunday shutting down large parties in North Amherst and charging more than two dozen people with liquor law violations.

Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office in the past week: - Grand larceny, North Fork Road, Feb 8: A gold ring was taken from a residence.

"This is potters' heaven," said Francine T. Ozereko, referring to an area in Western Massachusetts that is home to a cluster of 36 clay artists who are the Asparagus Valley Potters Guild.

Although the snow pile is still immense below the valley where my barn and carriage-shed roofs meet out back, I knew spring was here over the weekend, when the show bank under the barn roof had finally melted enough to expose my John Deere mower in the cellar from my kitchen window.

Rafael Irizarry, 22, of River Road, Sunderland and a passenger in Holmes' vehicle, was arrested at the same time and place on a charge of disorderly conduct after he got out of the vehicle, yelled at officers ...

Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office Jan.

A dog that has bitten three people in a North Amherst neighborhood since 2006 will continue to undergo behavior modification training, but will still have to wear a muzzle and be on a leash when outside the ...

A home invasion at an Amherst residence Saturday night led to the arrest of one of the residents for allegedly possessing close to $70,000 worth of pot, but the person who allegedly invaded the home armed with ...

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After six years of anticipation, the battle of chain home-improvement stores vs.

Local news from abc40 Train accident closes roads in North Amherst A train accident late this afternoon has closed roads in North Amherst.

A second home invasion in four days on Meadow Street in which robbers entered the residence brandishing what looked like a handgun is being investigated by police.

At Amherst's Kenrick Park, Dave Waskiewicz, assistant scoutmaster of Troop 504, helps unload more than 100 Christmans trees that arrived Sunday for the Boy Scout fundraiser for Troops 500 and 504.