The town of Amherst has announced road closures and transportation plans ahead of its annual Independence Day Celebration and ...

After a decade of planning, Amherst will break ground on the new and improved Jones Library. The project will knock down the three-story rear addition to the building and build a new one in its place.

The Amherst Fire Department received a 911 call at 4:11 p.m. from a resident at 69 South Pleasant St. about a fire on the rear fourth-floor porch of the building, which led to a box alarm being ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – The Amherst Fire Department has been awarded $22,090 in grants to support firefighter gear and education. The department says they will use the funds to replace about 30 ...

PELHAM, Mass. — One man died during an early morning house fire in Pelham, Massachusetts, on Friday, the state fire marshal announced. The Pelham Fire Department said it was called to the scene ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – The Amherst Fire Department put out a two-alarm fire early Saturday morning on Pondview Drive, resulting in a total loss of the home. Amherst Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgen ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has promised to renegotiate energy delivery rates with oil and gas companies after Mass. Governor Maura T. Healey ’92 and several state ...

A top ICE official is blasting back at Gov. Maura Healey’s declaration that Massachusetts is “not a sanctuary state.” As the Herald reported Monday, the governor admitted that the cost of ...

AMHERST — The Town Council approved the appointment of new fire chief Lindsay Stromgren during its Dec. 2 meeting, permanently filling the role Stromgren had been temporarily occupying since the ...

AMHERST — After nearly a quarter-century as an assistant fire chief for operations and having twice led the department on a temporary basis, Lindsay Stromgren will become Amherst’s next fire chief, ...

Stromgren has been acting fire chief since June, overseeing a department that, when fully staffed, has 50 full-time permanent positions, with those people cross-trained as both firefighters and ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP)– Interim Amherst Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren has been appointed chief by Town Manager Paul Bockelman. Stromgren began his career with the Amherst Fire Department 42 years ...