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Plan ahead for heavy traffic, street closures during UMass moveout, commencement
AMHERST — The public should plan ahead and expect heavy traffic, some delays and road closures getting to and from the University of Massachusetts Amherst because of student moveout and commencement activities Thursday through Sunday. Moveout for students is planned for Thursday and Friday. The graduate commencement ceremony at...
Making movies more accessible to Spanish-speaking families in Franklin County
Greenfield Garden Cinemas has partnered with TheaterEars to make first-run movies available in Spanish for the first time in Franklin County. The TheaterEars program is available in the App Store and Google Play on all smartphones and is free of charge. Spanish speakers who live in or are visiting the...
UMass Chancellor faces questions, discusses protests at special meeting of the faculty senate
UMass Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes, the chief of campus police, and other university leaders sat in for a special faculty senate session, one focused on how a campus protest ended with mass arrests and the attention of national media. Mahar Auditorium was packed with campus members, including students and staff...
UMass chancellor says he had few options beyond calling in police after demonstrators violated policies
AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts chancellor told the Faculty Senate that calling in police to break up an encampment and arrest 134 pro-Palestinian demonstrators May 7 was a last resort after the group failed to follow campus policies. The Faculty Senate met Tuesday to discuss last week’s demonstration...
Students allege brutal treatment by police following May 7 arrests
With additional reporting by Paige Hanson and Alexandra Rowe. At the University of Massachusetts, over 130 students, faculty, and community members were arrested during the Gaza solidarity encampment on May 7. Many of the students arrested are now speaking out about the conditions they faced while being arrested. The UMass...
State Police responding to a rollover crash on I-91
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - State Police responding to a rollover crash on I-91 Southbound on Monday. That scene posted by the Northampton fire department. State police confirming to us that this accident took place near mile marker 20.8 around 9:30 a.m. No one was hurt and the scene was cleared...
Infrared aerial video: Police officers form human chain to rescue injured suspect from Mass. river
A group of police officers formed a human chain to rescue an injured man from a Massachusetts river after he allegedly fled a traffic stop, infrared aerial video showed.
UMass students speak out on protests disrupting college graduations across the country
AMHERST, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - UMass-Amherst preparing for commencement weekend amid pro-Palestinian protests disrupting college graduations around the country. Western Mass News spoke with several UMass Amherst students picking up their caps and gowns on Monday and we heard mixed reaction to what’s been happening at other college graduations when it comes to protests.
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