What’s in This Issue?
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Day: September 19, 2025
School Committee Grapples with Redistricting Challenges. Superintendent Names New Principals
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, September 16, 2025The meeting was held...
Finance Committee Criticizes MARS Report on Regional Schools. Raises Possibility of Tax Override for Roads.
By Maura and Art Keene This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. The...
Where Can Housing Density Be Increased in Amherst?
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, September 17, 2025 This meeting was...
Northampton City Council Votes Unanimously to Divest Funds from Israeli Apartheid and Companies Fueling Genocide
More than 150 Northampton residents packed the city council meeting Thursday night in support of...
Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List
Welcome to the Western Mass Resistance Calendar for the week of 9/19, a listing of...
CRESS Day Celebrates 3 Year Anniversary of the Town’s Community Responders for Equity, Safety, & Service
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst will proudly commemorate the third anniversary of the founding...
Mark the Autumnal Equinox at the UMass Sunwheel
Skywatching Events at Sunrise and Sunset on September 22 Will Celebrate the Fall Equinox Source:...
Acclaimed Journalist and Filmmaker Paul Jay to Screen Excerpts of How to Stop a Nuclear War
Source: Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy at...
Celebration Dinner for Kate Westafer, Winner of the Roger L. Wallace Excellence in Teaching Award
Source: Carlie Tartakov The public is invited to a celebration dinner for Kate Westafer, this...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art & Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
Opinion: Parking Wars: Out-of-State Plates and Amherst’s Identity Crisis
Walk down Fearing Street on a Friday night and you’ll see it: cars jammed into...