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Amherst hiring JD Carson as girls basketball coach
1011 News· 2 days agoAmherst Public Schools is hiring JD Carson to coach its girls basketball team, despite controversy related to his resignation from the same job at...
Girls lacrosse: Northampton rallies from 5-goal deficit to knock off Amherst 12-11
Daily Hampshire Gazette· 4 days agoAMHERST – The Northampton girls lacrosse team hadn’t been in a game like this all year. They hadn’t...
Colson Whitehead Cancels His Commencement Speech at UMass Amherst
New York Times· 1 day agoThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead said Thursday that he would not give the...
After MusicalFare victory, Amherst Central Park critics target museum move
The Buffalo News· 5 days agoOpponents of Amherst’s plan to build a new MusicalFare Theatre at a former golf course, emboldened...
Police arrest 130 at UMass Amherst; College says protesters refused to take down encampment
CBS News· 3 days agoPolice arrested about 130 people at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Tuesday night after the...
Fire on Millersport causes brief road closure, $300K in damage
WIVB via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — On Tuesday morning, a fire in Amherst caused an estimated $300,000 in damage....
Clashes, 135 arrests at UMass Amherst protest
WWLP Springfield· 3 days agoCampus police arrested 135 pro-Palestinian protestors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst late Tuesday night, hours after students established...
UMass Amherst commencement speaker Colson Whitehead pulls out after campus protest arrests
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 19 hours agoPulitzer-prize winning author Colson Whitehead announced he'll withdraw as this year’s commencement speaker, citing the arrests of more than 130 people on campus earlier this week. Posting on ...
Amherst and Buffalo have lots of company. Residents across WNY face sharply rising property taxes
The Buffalo News· 5 days agoThe Town of Amherst’s 11.4% tax levy increase has gotten a lot of attention – and criticism – since...
‘Restraints on academic freedom’: MTA President condemns UMass Amherst after 130 arrests
WFXT via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Massachusetts Teachers Association condemns UMass Amherst administration’s ‘restraints on...