Ashley Yuen, an Amherst College student taking a Public Art and Collaborative Practices class, works on a mural the class is creating at the Amherst Senior Center.

AMHERST — There was a hum of eager conversation on May 7 as a large crowd gathered at the new Ancestral Bridges on Cottage Street.Then, at promptly 4:30 p.m., the door of the single-story office ...

AMHERST — An Amherst developer’s intent to turn a five-story mixed-use building under construction into housing exclusively for 63 Amherst College students is raising concerns for some observers.