In addition to the major disturbance at Townhouse Apartments on Meadow Street profiled in the post below, alcohol related incidents kept Amherst police on the go all over town--but particularly so in immediate neighborhoods around UMass: Fearing Street... »
Yes, only one thing missing from this proposed license plate hawked yet again by the UMass Amherst Alumni Association to help provide scholarships to deserving students who attend UMass Amherst, the flagship of our state education armada, top 100 Unive... »
Now come Alan Seewald, former Amherst, current Northampton city attorney and private practice attorney, to join the Shutesbury library legal fray by filing a "Motion To Intervene" on behalf of ten No voters requesting a Superior Court Judge review thre... »
Backpack Journo toolsSince a high ranking Amherst public official--obviously not a sports fan--once tried to have me arrested for using the expression "locked and loaded", I thought it safer to explain my use of the term "loaded for bear" on Facebook r... »
Cutting Bully ColumnsUPDATE 5:05 PM Friday: See Comment at 5:02 PM today from Bart Hollander, Catherine Sanderson's husband. #####Catherine Sanderson, as usual, hit a nerve with last week's column in the venerable Amherst Bulletin questioning the glowi... »
Amherst Fire Department ambulanceApparently in a "college town," unseasonably mild weather and copious quantities of alcohol go together like pizza and, ummm, beer.In addition to numerous noise complaints all over town fielded by Amherst Police Departm... »
Puffton Village Apartments #323-#334When you share walls with a bevy of other apartments, a little consideration would go a long way--especially after midnight. And it would save on those $300 noise tickets.According to APD logs: 12:30 AM (early Sunday... »
More than 500 students took over Puffer's Pond in Amherst on Monday leaving behind a trashed beach. »
