Sunday, May 10, 2009

West Cemetery Restoration: Ironwork and Town Tomb

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Article 18 C: West Cemetery Ironwork (Cutler & Dickinson Plot fencing, Tomb door): $ 25,000 Article 18 D: West Cemetery Town...

West Cemetery Restoration: An Overview

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The case of West Cemetery epitomizes the challenges and successes of Amherst’s historic preservation policy, and moreover demonstrates why...

"Conversations With the Past: The West Cemetery Walk"

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The dead rose from their graves to speak with visitors to Amherst's historic 1730 West Cemetery in one of the most successful events of ...

Historic Preservation: No Joke

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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Poet and Professor--and Prague

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In my eagerness to announce to the world that the Hampshire College campus had earned the rating of " moderate dinginess ," I some...

And that sure as hell ain't socialism

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Close tie for strangest remark in Town Meeting this past week. Part of what we do when it comes to housekeeping articles is fill in gaps tha...
Friday, May 8, 2009

8-9 May 1945: V-E Day. Victory Over Fascism

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Czechoslovak liberation medal On this day in 1945—midnight on 8 May in the west, thus a day later in the USSR—the unconditional surrender of...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Historical Preservation Proposals: Site Visits and Warrant Review

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In the course of the past few weeks, I presented the Historical Commission's Community Preservation Act (CPA) project proposals in a var...

Historical Commission Brings Ambitious Project Proposals to Town Meeting for 250th Anniversary

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AMHERST HISTORICAL COMMISSION PRESERVATION PROJECTS, FY10 PRESERVING THE PAST, ENRICHING THE FUTURE • Mission A local Historical Commission ...

First Flowering of the West Cemetery Landscape Restoration

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Last fall , the Historical Commission launched the landscape restoration phase of the West Cemetery Preservation Plan (1999), as members o...