Letter: ICE Actions Threaten the Rights of All Massachusetts Residents
As the Trump administration’s immigration authorities detain, imprison and remove residents from our communities, the...
Year: 2025
Letter: Town Manager’s Budget Does Not Meet the Needs of Our Schools
Last Monday (5/5), Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman gave his presentation of the town budget...
Letter: Hannah Moushabeck’s Homeland Tells Only One Side of a Complex Story
I fully support ARPS’s goal to share stories of various backgrounds and cultures, as well...
Opinion: We Must Resist Trump and Advocate for Transformative Change
Love, Justice and Climate ChangeDonald Trump and his minions are deliberately destroying our federal government...
Landscape Architect Planted 1,500 Daffodils in Amherst’s Orchard Arboretum
Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun This column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. In...
Indy Rewind: Help! Not the Police! Crisis Responses That Avert Police Calls
The following article, Help! Not Police! Crisis Responses That Avert Police Calls by Sandra Larson...
Photo of the Week: Double Rainbow Lighting Strike by Felicia Sevene
As viewed from downtown Amherst on Saturday, May 3, at around 5 p.m. Our feature, Photo...
What’s in This Issue?
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Summary of Budget Presentation to Town Council and Finance Committee Discussion
Amherst Schools Slated to Lose 22-23 Positions By Cathleen Michell The following is a summary...
Town Manager Presents $103 Million FY26 Budget to Town Council
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, May 5, 2025 This was a...
Leverett Town Meeting Approves 14% Increase in Regional School Funding and Funds for Track and Field Reconstruction at the High School
Leverett residents approved an additional $230,000 or a 14.1% increase in the town’s share of...
UMass Paid $446K for Report Exonerating Chancellor in Police Assault on Student Encampment
The University of Massachusetts Amherst paid $445,938.89 to Boston law firm Prince Lobel to conduct...