Reading relay: 10,000 books from Valley project on way to Navajo Nation readers

Daily Hampshire Gazette - Fri Nov 06

Irving Nelson, director of Navajo Nation Library system, left, helps to unload boxes with Corina Clark and John Coull.

Community action on Guant namo

Guardian Unlimited - Fri Nov 06

Only public support can overturn a ban on GuantA namo inmates entering the US. The people of Amherst have taken a first step A step has been taken to right the injustices being done to the remaining detainees at the GuantA namo naval base .

Let them bake cake

The Recorder - Greenfield, Massachusetts - Fri Nov 06

A group of Turners Falls High School students wants to make sure children don't have to go without a birthday cake just because their parents can't afford to buy them one.

UMass-Amherst cancels talk by former radical

Telegram & Gazette - Thu Nov 05

The University of Massachusetts in Amherst is canceling a talk by a former member of a radical group that had claimed responsibility for a string of bombings, including a 1976 Boston court blast that cost a man his leg.

Dickinson artifacts OK after ceiling collapse

Amherst Bulletin - Thu Nov 05

Those who heard the ceiling collapse likened it to the sound of stampeding elephants.

250th parade yields $30K rainfall windfall

Amherst Bulletin - Thu Nov 05

Rainfall on the morning of the 250th anniversary parade may have put some damper on the celebrations, but the wet weather is now proving to be a financial windfall for the town.

Mass. chases stimulus cash for broadband

Boston Globe - Thu Nov 05

Hoping to win a new chunk of federal stimulus money, Governor Deval Patrick pitched the Obama administration yesterday on three proposals that would expand broadband access in areas of Massachusetts that lack adequate high-speed connections.

Police Investigate UMass Amherst Sex Assault

TV38 Boston - Wed Nov 04

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Student Sexually Assaulted In School Library

TheBostonChannel - Wed Nov 04

Officials at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a female student in a library on campus on Tuesday.

2 Amherst College gifts largest ever to the school

Newsday.com - Tue Nov 03

College received separate gifts of $100 million and $25 million, the two largest in its history, the liberal arts school announced.