Letter: Majestic Norway Spruce is First Casualty of Library Project
On July 24, 2025 the beautiful Norway Spruce tree that graced the land between the...
LETTERS
Letter: Should Brookline Become a City? Our Experience in Amherst Says No!
The following letter was sent to the Boston Globe on June 23, 2025. Should Brookline...
Open Letter: Bare Roots Farm in Response to Gardener’s Supply Filing for Bankruptcy
Since we built our first greenhouse in 2013, Bare Roots Farm has grown from a...
Letter: Reappoint Karin Winter to the Planning Board
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council, Planning Board, and Town Manager...
On No Kings Day, Let Us Call for an End to US Military Support of Israel
June 14 has been designated No Kings Day, a day of protest against the authoritarian...
Letter: What Happens Next at Our Community Farm in North Amherst?
The following letter appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Many North Amherst residents are...
Letter: Expanded Jones Is Way Out of Step With The Future
I have written in your pages that the demolition and rebuilding of Amherst’s Jones Library...
Letter: Trump and White Afrikaners – Déjà Vu for a South African Expatriate
As a white South African and naturalized Citizen of the United States. I am appalled...
Letter: Underfunding CRESS Undermines Public Safety
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Finance Committee on May 20, 2025. I...
Letter: Israeli Minister – Our Total Destruction of Gaza Has No Precedent. And the World Is Not Stopping Us.
It is estimated that Israel is killing 100 Palestinians/day in Gaza. Israel recently initiated a...
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...
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...