South Amherst News

A Department of Public Works design aimed at making Pomeroy Village, the bustling village center in South Amherst, more pedestrian friendly can proceed once funding is in place.

When firefighters got to the scene to extinguish the large bonfire in the back yard, party-goers were disrespectful toward them, as well.

13: A man took a hat and left the Apple Market without paying for it. - Grand larceny, Elon Road, Sept.

This is a 7:30 p.m. update of a story posted at 5:01 this afternoon. By DIANE LEDERMAN dlederman@repub.com AMHERST - After just one year on the job, Amherst Regional Middle School principal Glenda Cresto has resigned effective Monday.

* A 22-year-old Gardner man will be summoned to court on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a license suspended as the result of an operating under the influence of alcohol charge following a traffic stop on Northampton Road Monday at 11:41 a.m., police said.

Playing fields in South Amherst seven years in the making will finally open for use later this month.

Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office in the past week: - Property damage, Riverview Road, July 23; two doors were damaged on a residence - Grand larceny, Salt Creek Road, July 23; a 9.9-horsepower Mercury outboard boat motor was taken - Grand larceny, Beech Lane, July 24; a new stainless steel refrigerator ...

Here is a synopsis of crimes reported to the Amherst County Sheriff's Office in the past week: - Property damage, Riverview Road, July 23; two doors were damaged on a residence - Grand larceny, Salt Creek Road, July 23; a 9.9-horsepower Mercury outboard boat motor was taken - Grand larceny, Beech Lane, July 24; a new stainless steel refrigerator ...

The Amherst Montessori School philosophy might seem foreign to those who attended traditional schools.

Sixteen hazardous waste technicians took four and half hours to clean up a quart of insecticide that spilled at a South Amherst residence Monday morning.

Naomi Dratfield, of Amherst, watches and encourages her autistic son, Peter Aronson, as he shovels mulch Tuesday at Brookfield Farm in Amherst.

The proposal to close Mark's Meadow Elementary School and send its 194 students elsewhere, which the School Committee plans to vote on tonight, has a new financial twist.