What’s in This Issue?
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Day: December 12, 2025
Heated Discussion at School Committee Meeting over Treatment of LGBTQ Concerns in District Strategic Plan
Report on the Joint Meeting of Amherst, Pelham, and Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committees, December 11,...
School Committee Discusses FY27 Budget Draft and Possible Time Change for School Day Start
Report on the Meeting of Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, December 9, 2025 This meeting was...
Housing Trust Mulls Support of Public Bank; Moves Forward on Amherst Community Land Trust Plan for Amity Street
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Municipal Affordable Housing Trust, December 11, 2025 This...
Elementary School Building Project Update
Report on the Meeting of the Elementary School Building Committee, December 12, 2025 This meeting...
New Appointments to DPW and Jones Library Building Committees, CDBG Advisory Committee, Community Preservation Act Committee
The following Town Manager appointment nominations were unanimously recommended (5-0) by the Town Services and...
Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List
Greetings. We’re back! We’ve been away for a couple of weeks, trying to put the...
Orchard Valley Gathering #4: The Orchard Valley Lantern Festival
This is a short follow-up article once again honoring the vibrant and caring communities who...
Art and Healing: A Gallery A3 Art Forum
Gallery A3 will offer a free, online art forum on Thursday, December 18 at 7:30...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
Opinion: Thrive or Perish: Transforming Admissions Will Dictate Whether Hampshire College Prospers
In October, 2025, Jennifer Chrisler was appointed the 9th president of Hampshire College after serving...
Opinion: The Merry Maple and Dickinson’s Ghost
Social Injustice Goes Global Amherst restores your faith in community—just enough to make you forget...