Scott Merzbach

Anti-bias training throughout the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools, under the Welcoming Schools Seal of Excellence Track, will soon be getting underway. gazette file photo

AMHERST — Redevelopment projects that could threaten the well-being of a prominent University Drive shopping plaza are prompting town planners to consider modifying a proposed overlay district, running on both sides of the road from Route 9 to Amity Street, that aims to encourage new housing development.

AMHERST — Designating new school zones on roads near the Amherst Regional Middle and High schools, and installing associated signs and flashing beacons as has been done for the town’s elementary schools, will require more time to go through a Town Council process.

HADLEY — Employees will not have an opportunity to vote on ending the two-year old union at the Trader Joe’s store at 375 Russell St. following the dismissal of a decertification petition by the National Labor Relations Board’s regional director earlier this month.

Darlene Tyus, a member of the District One Neighborhood Association’s Garden Committee, and UMass graduate student Kendrick McDonald put the bench back in a garden in front of the North Amherst Library. CONTRIBUTED

The planned entrance to the new War Memorial Pool bathhouse as envisioned by Kuth Ranieri Architects and Berkshire Design Group. The new bathhouse is estimated to cost $4 million. CONTRIBUTED

AMHERST — Amherst’s elementary schools are facing a potential deficit of up to $1.4 million in a $29.06 million fiscal year 2026 budget, as a budgetary freeze in the current fiscal year is being considered by school officials.

AMHERST — An employee at a downtown restaurant struck in the head with a beer bottle, and a supermarket employee attacked by a customer were both victims of assaults that occurred in Amherst over the weekend, according to Amherst police.Among the 272...

AMHERST — Halloween celebrations over the weekend led to numerous large parties, fights and assaults, and both underage drinking and public consumption of alcohol, in areas around the University of Massachusetts campus, according to Amherst police. One of the largest parties was reported Saturday at 11:45 p.m. on North Pleasant Street, at a home across from Puffton Village Apartments, where people were screaming and yelling and blocking the road, and at least one guest was urinating in the driveway.

The long-awaited Election Day is here, as this sign on Route 10 in Easthampton reminds people where and when to vote. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS