Friday, March 12, 2010
AMHERST - Voters here are on the cusp of deciding the fate of a $1.68 million override at the March 23 town elections.
Friday, February 26, 2010
AMHERST - Revenue from a proposed casino isn't going to solve the commonwealth's multibillion-dollar budget woes, state Sen. Stanley C. Rosenberg told a group of University of Massachusetts faculty Thursday.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
amherst - A parade of municipal and education officials pleaded with state legislators to maintain funding for local aid and higher education at a state budget hearing in Amherst Monday, warning that a reduction to either could leave them in disarray.
Friday, February 19, 2010
AMHERST - Massachusetts' fledgling gubernatorial campaign came to Amherst Thursday, with the leading Republican and Green-Rainbow Party candidates taking aim at Gov. Deval Patrick for his response to the recession while also making their respective cases for why each should become the commonwealth's next chief executive.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
AMHERST - An effort to grant voting rights to non-U.S. citizen residents in local elections will again come before a Statehouse committee.
The Joint Committee on Election Laws has scheduled a hearing on the home-rule petition, endorsed by Amherst Town Meeting last year by a 136-14 vote. The hearing on H4306 will be today at 1 p.m. at the Statehouse.
Monday, February 15, 2010
AMHERST - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank will appear at the University of Massachusetts Tuesday to discuss his 30-year career in the U.S. House of Representatives, and to sign copies of his biography.
The book, "Barney Frank: The Story of America's Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman," is published by the University of Massachusetts Press.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
WASHINGTON - Tuesday's news that top defense officials believe it's time to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and allow gay troops to serve openly for the first time in history is being regarded by local residents with a mix of excitement, surprise and even an "it's-about-time" attitude.
At a Senate hearing Tuesday, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, proclaimed that service members should not be forced to "lie about who they are."
