Amherst

A counselor fired from an Amherst, Mass. school after allegedly misgendering students and other allegations will return to work, following a recent ruling.

Some two years after a school guidance counselor in Amherst, Mass., was ousted amid transphobia accusations, an arbitrator has ruled she must be reinstated. Community members upset by the ruling made their voices heard this week.

The town of Amherst put its Pride on display over the weekend – holding its own, first-ever parade during Pride Month, going beyond a yearly proclamation.

Closed for the past month, the Jones Library in Amherst, Massachusetts, was filled with residents at least one more time this week before major construction begins.

Residents in Amherst, Massachusetts are marking a major milestone as work continues on a new, net-zero energy elementary school designed to serve almost 600 students.

If you want to peruse the Jones Library in Amherst, Massachusetts one more time before its expansion project begins, you’re running low on time.

A proposal to bring 140 units to a corner of Amherst, Massachusetts, is coming along, but town officials want to see more matters addressed before approving a site plan, and residents nearby have their own concerns.

It took years of planning, a referendum and several city council votes that almost iced it, but the Jones Library renovation project is moving forward in Amherst, Massachusetts. WAMC spoke with the library’s director about what comes next for the building and its books.

Town councilors in Amherst, Massachusetts, voted to approve zoning language that would allow for a new “overlay district” and, potentially, more large-scale, mixed-use developments near UMass Amherst.

One of the biggest universities in Massachusetts is expanding its footprint - and hoping to strengthen bonds with the town it resides in in the process.