Opinion: What’s the Color of Your Money?
At the Finance Committee meeting on April 7, 2026, when discussing whether to authorize more...
Opinion: Governor Healy’s Social Media Ban is Even Worse Than You Think
Governor Healey and several misguided MA lawmakers recently advanced some invasive online ID check legislation, (see...
Opinion: Come Celebrate Amherst Media’s 50th Anniversary and the Contribution of Independent Media to Sustaining Democracy
My colleague, anthropologist Tom Patterson, used to say that a free press is the right...
Opinion: Man on the Street Asks, What’s Going on at the Senior Center These Days?
This week a local man returned to his former workplace at the Bangs Community Center,...
Opinion: Local and Green: Let’s Own Our Power
The following column appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. Climate change is not just a...
Bearing Witness to Immigrant Suffering at Burlington ICE
When I learned last summer that immigrants were being mistreated not only in faraway places...
Why I Love Local Small Country Stores
Recently, while in Huntington, I stopped by Moltenbrey’s Market, located in a modest house on...
Photo of the Week: Amherst Arts Night Plus Returns
Arts Night Plus returned April 23 after a six-year hiatus. Across downtown, 20 venues opened...
What’s in This Issue?
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Hampshire College to Close Permanently at Year’s End
Hampshire College President Jennifer Chrilser announced this morning (3/14/26) that the Hampshire College Board of...
Sadness and Good Fellowship Mark All-campus Meeting on Hampshire’s Closing
At noon on Tuesday, April 14, Hampshire College convened a meeting of its students, faculty...
Loss of Hampshire College Resonates Deeply Within Amherst Community
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst issued the following statement on April 15, 2026, in...