What’s in This Issue?
Welcome to our Table of Contents. You can also receive a listing of all new...
Day: April 3, 2026
Update on the Sixth Grade Move to the Middle School
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, March 24, 2026 This was a...
Three ARHS Students Testify Before Joint Ways and Means Committee
Amherst Regional High School sophomores Maeve Fitzgerald and Ella Bradbury and junior Rose Collins, along...
Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List
Table of Contents THIS WEEK’S INTRODUCTION & LAST WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Welcome to the Western Mass Resistance...
Public Meeting on Eversource’s Local Clear-cutting Plans
Source: Responsible Grid In response to the extensive clear-cutting that Eversource proposes in our area,...
Be Seriously Scared! UMass Event Will Explore Dangers of Nuclear Weapons
“Source: Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy On April 14, 2026, the Ellsberg Initiative for...
Amherst Global Village Festival Returns for a Second Year
Source: amherstma.gov The second annual Amherst Global Village Festival will take place on Saturday, April 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Amherst-Pelham...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
It’s Not Too Late to Save Hampshire College. Here’s Why
Hampshire College is facing problems in part because sensationalist news articles paint an erroneously hopeless...
Review: “Finding Our Place in the Connecticut River (Kwinitekw) Valley: Beginning to Heal 400 Years of Settler Colonialism”
On March 22, I attended the kickoff event for the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Society of...
Amherst Arbor Spotlight: American Sycamore
This is the fourth in a series of 12 articles produced by the Amherst Public...
A Better World is Possible: The Year Cuba Taught Itself to Read
In a single year, a young revolution mobilized an entire nation — and nearly wiped...