On a bright June 1941 morning, 1,044 young men marched out of the Col. James Layton Ralston Armoury in Amherst. They were factory workers from the town’s busy industrial works, coal miners from ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – The Town of Amherst has secured a $218,820 state grant aimed at safeguarding its drinking water supply through the acquisition of critical watershed land in neighboring ...