Regional School Committee Approves FY27 Budget and School Choice
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, March 24, 2026 This meeting...
Opinion: There Are Plenty of Reasons for Accreditors to Continue to Support Hampshire College
In early 2019, Hampshire College’s then-president Miriam Nelson decided that Hampshire could not afford to...
Town Council Raises Concerns over More CPA Funding for the Jones Library, Requests Increased School Funding from Legislature
Report on the Meeting of the Town Council, March 23, 2026 This meeting was held...
Five College Jazz Festival Returns March 27-28
The Five College Jazz Festival returns on Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27 on...
28th Annual High School Jazz Festival at UMass
The 28th Annual UMass High School Jazz Festival will be held at the Bromery Center...
UMass Spring Student Art Sale and Open Studios, March 27
Source: UMass News and Media The UMass Department of Art in the College of Humanities and Fine...
Hitchcock Center Reports Record-Breaking Amphibian Migration
The following story was compiled from reports from the Hitchcock Center for the Environment and...
Amherst Media Celebrates 50 Years of Community Media Leadership
Source: Amherst Media Amherst Media will celebrate a major milestone—its 50th anniversary—with a Gala event...
Town Manager Report for March 23, 2026
Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town Council, usually...
Celebrate Arbor Month with the Public Shade Tree Committee
The Town Council has again proclaimed April as Arbor month. Amherst has been recognized as...
Federal Funding Cuts Could Hurt Massachusetts Economy for More Than a Decade
Source: UMass News and Media A new study by the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute...
When We Fight for Public Schools, We Fight for Democracy
by Kumar Rao The following article appeared originally in Waging Nonviolence on March 19, 2026...