Around Amherst: Officer saluted for helping distraught person with knife
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Around Amherst: Boltwood garage getting gallery; poets getting spruced up
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST Bringing new public art to the area of the Boltwood parking garage and restoring a downtown sculpture are projects being undertaken by the Amherst Public Art Commission this spring.
Commission Chairman Bill Kaizen said the Boltwood Gallery is a project slated to open in late June on the upper level of the garage that will be situated at the defunct “Poem Windows” exhibit.
More details about the project, supported by $2,000 from the Massachusetts Cultural Council Recovery and Rebuilding Grant through the downtown cultural district, will be announced in the coming weeks.
Amherst offers testing for symptomatic residents on Tuesday
Signs near Amherst Town Hall remind people that masks are required. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Published: 12/23/2020 6:32:33 PM
AMHERST Additional COVID-19 testing for symptomatic Amherst residents and town employees, in a drive-up format, takes place from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday at Mill River Recreation Area, 95 Montague Road.
The testing is by appointment only and can be used by people who need a test to be released from quarantine, as well as children who may not be able to go to other testing sites.
County Ambulance is partnering with the town on the testing.
Those who are asymptomatic should continue to use the site at the Mullins Center by going to umass.edu/coronavirus/communitycovidtest to set up a test.