Letter: Personnel Cuts At Amherst’s Branch Libraries Are Ominous
The North Amherst Library has been without a branch librarian since Maggie Spiegel retired in...
LETTERS
Letter: District 3 Residents Invited To Community Dialogue On April 24
Hello District 3 neighbors, It’s hard to believe May is almost upon us and the...
Letter: There Are More Effective Ways To Protect Pollinators Than Not Mowing In May
Thanks for calling readers’ attention to the biodiversity crisis in this week’s Indy. There’s no...
Letter: Senior Center Lacks Necessary Space, Budget, And Staffing To Meet Needs Of Amherst’s Older Residents
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on April 4, 2022. It...
Letter: Amherst’s Reparations Story Shared At National Conference
I’m checking in from Washington D.C. on April 2, where I’m attending the 2022 Reparations...
Letter: Proposed Head Of Young Adult Services Position At Jones Library Is Unjustifiable
I was the one who gave a public comment at the meeting about the addition...
Letter: Expand Worker Coops In Massachusetts For A More Secure Financial Future
Massachusetts is a Commonwealth. Our laws should help everyone prosper but, while corporate power and...
Letter: A Plea To Save Amherst’s Old Trees
The following letter was sent to Town Manager Paul Bockelman on March 27, 2022 I...
Letter: Amherst Community Land Trust Looks To Purchase Single Family Home
The Amherst Community Land Trust (ACLT) is working with a low-income family to purchase a...
Letter: Form Based Code Is Fine If It Is Specific
In the latest edition of their feature a Civil Conversation (Part 3), Andy Churchill and...
Letter: It’s Time to Repoen Take It Or Leave It At The Transfer Station
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on February 26, 2022 I...
Letter: Indy Should Require Councilor Bahl-Milne To Identify The Experts She Cites
The Indy should not give credence to vague accounts of conversations with unknown people. It is unfortunate...