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AMHERST — A large apartment complex proposed for Route 9 at the Amherst- Hadley town line continues to move through the permitting processes in both communities, even as some residents express worry about the size of the project and how it could impact their neighborhood. Amherst Planning Director Christine Brestrup said people have raised several issues with the 131- apartment Aspen Heights residential community in both written comments and orally at a Zoning Board of Appeals hearing earlier this month. One of the most prominent concerns, Brestrup said, is whether people who live at the proposed complex , to be built at 408 Northampton Road, will drive through the Greenleaves Retirement Community and Windfield Family and Senior Estates. Because Northampton Road is a divided highway, those living at Aspen Heights will have to exit the complex by taking a right, heading east, Brestrup said. To travel west toward the shopping malls, the roads through Greenleaves and Windfield migh...

East Putnam Avenue in Riverside. Photo: Ridberg And Associates / Contributed" class="landscape" /> East Putnam Avenue in Riverside." src="src" /> Photo: Ridberg And Associates / Contributed Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Artist rendering of the proposal for J and J Greenwich’s mixed-use building, planned for the corner of Sheephill Road and East Putnam Avenue in Riverside. Artist rendering of the proposal for J and J Greenwich’s mixed-use building, planned for the corner of Sheephill Road and East Putnam Avenue in Riverside. Photo: Ridberg And Associates / Contributed Clock ticks for Greenwich P&Z decision on Sheephill apts Back to Gallery GREENWICH — Although there is still time to tweak the controversial apartment complex plan on Sound Beach Avenue before Planning and Zoning votes yea or nay, J and J Greenwich’s application for a mixed-use building at the corner of Sheephill Road and East Putnam Avenue has been closed an...

Aug 16, 2017 The first time Captain Noorullah Aminyar traveled to the United States, in 2012, he felt calm and peaceful in a way he never had before. Back home in Afghanistan, he had slept fully clothed , boots on, hand on his rifle. The Taliban attacked every night, and he had to be ready. "But when I come to America," he told me, "I have no stress in America. I sleep good. I tell you, I have no stress. It was really easy. It was a good thing. You feel safe. I was born in the war. I grew up in the war. Always, your life is in danger. You find a little safe time, for sure you'll be happy." Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Advertisement - Continue Reading Below For Aminyar, then twenty-eight, coming to America was an honor and an achievement. He attended the prestigious Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, the culmination of more than a decade of studying English, followed by a basic infantry officer 's course at Fort Benning, Georgia, with Ame...