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Amherst Bulletin: News
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Latest news stories from the Amherst Bulletin.
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Police arrest brothers in thefts of bronze from graves
Two Montague men were arrested Tuesday and charged with stealing bronze veterans' flag holders from cemeteries in Franklin and Hampshire counties.
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Gateway district eyed for North Pleasant
A mix of college housing and commercial and retail space could be developed along a stretch of North Pleasant Street between the University of Massachusetts campus and downtown Amherst, providing a needed area for students to live and enhancing the town's commercial tax base.
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Shaffer: Town has light legal load
The town spent in excess of $100,000 in the last year on its legal bills, primarily focused on issues related to development, land use and employment.
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Superintendent fires back at critics
Superintendent of Schools Alberto Rodriguez spoke publicly Monday about his vacation days and preplanned sick leave, denouncing his critics and giving hints about his medical condition.
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School officials answer citizens' queries on spending
A group of town citizens recently asked school administrators some questions about the district's current spending. Now, they have some answers to those queries.
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Two goats saved, one dies after plunge
HADLEY - Two goats that fell through the ice on Lake Warner were rescued Monday morning, but a third goat drowned.
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Pedestrian hit last week in Sunderland on the mend
SUNDERLAND - The woman hit Feb. 26 by a pickup truck near the 7-Eleven parking lot on Route 116 was listed in good condition Monday by Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
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Warm, but sleepless, in Amherst: Volunteers aim to get around no-sleep rule at shelter
At just before 10 p.m. Tuesday, several homeless men and women began gathering behind the First Baptist Church on North Pleasant Street, patiently awaiting the opening of the building where they will stay warm for the night.
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Friends, trustees of library to oversee gift
A new subcommittee will decide how a large gift from a late Shutesbury couple will be used to improve the Jones Library and its branches.
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Around Town: New England Environmental opens doors at new site
A fully sustainable and solar-powered office building that will serve as the headquarters for New England Environmental Inc. has opened.
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Network Amherst: The Lehrer Report
Since I have retired I have been going through drawers, cabinets and boxes clearing up and cleaning out. I discovered income tax returns from the 1980s. I made a fire in the woodstove and turned all that paper into ash, which will go into my compost to fertilize my garden.
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The next ADTC meeting is on February 11th, 2010.