In Amherst, the annual WinterFest Games will be held on Saturday. This day is full of family fun and friendly competition, complete with snowball fights, street hockey, and a Frosty Fun Carnival.

A student at Amherst Regional Middle School is accused of using the Nazi salute in class. Parents within the district received<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

An Amherst man pleaded guilty to distributing and possessing child pornography after sending an undercover federal agent a ...

An Amherst man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston on Wednesday to distribution and possession of child sexual abuse ...

A swearing-in ceremony was held for new Amherst Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren. On Friday, January 31, Chief Stromgren was ...

Sunny with a high of 32 °F (0 °C). Winds W at 16 to 22 mph (25.7 to 35.4 kph). Night - Partly cloudy. Winds variable at 2 to 14 mph (3.2 to 22.5 kph). The overnight low will be 11 °F (-11.7 °C ...

UMass Downtown, a multi-purpose retail, event, and meeting satellite space in downtown Amherst, opened on Feb. 11 at 108 North Pleasant St., in the town’s central business district. […] ...

Unless state aid increases, other sources of funding are found or member towns can contribute more, a fiscal year 2026 budget ...

Lee says UMass staff reviewed the footage before they sent it off to the insurance company and noticed he put his foot on the ...

Amherst College will contribute $2.5 million to the town of Amherst over the next three years to support local schools, ...