Letter: Why Does Amherst Balance Its Budgets on the Backs of Our Kids?
The estimated cost of the Jones Library is at the moment around $46 million. Last...
LETTERS
Letter: ARMS Core Teachers Decry Proposed Staffing Cuts
The following letter from 14 veteran, core Amherst Regional Middle School teachers was sent to...
Letter: Retired? Kids Grown? Did Your Children Benefit from Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools? We Need Your Help!
by Rachel Hall and 18 others Amherst schools are struggling to hold on to a...
Letter: Will Advocates for More Housing in Amherst Support Eliminating Single Family Residential Zoning and Reducing Minimum Lot Sizes?
Please note the just-released report by the State of Massachusetts by the Unlocking Housing Production Commission...
Letter: Town Manager Seeks Third Extension on Jones Library Contract Deadline
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on February 23, 2025. I...
Letter: Correcting Councilor Ryan on the Regional School Budget
This weekend, Amherst District 3 Councilor and newly elected Council Vice President George Ryan sent...
Letter: Fire Station at Hickory Ridge a Bad Idea
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on February 5, 2024. Locating...
Letter: Ceasefire in Gaza? Israel Expands War to West Bank
Gaza is now millions of tons of rubble. Gazans are told it is safe to...
Letter: No Raids Yet, But the Fear is Real and Our Neighbors Need Our Vigilance and Support
There’s been concern in the community that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) may have conducted...
Letter: The Importance of Preserving Mother Amherst’s Living Room
The following letter was sent to Robert Peirent, The Massachusetts Historical Commission, and the Advisory....
Letter: Prince Lobel Report Fails to Justify it’s Conclusion that UMass Administration Acted Reasonably in Repressing Student Protest
I’ve read the Prince Lobel report and I agree with Kevin Young’s and Helene Langerock, Emmanuelle Sussman and Ruya...
Letter: Call for Independent Investigation of Police Violence on UMass Campus
We write to voice our concerns about the university-commissioned report on Chancellor Javier Reyes’s decision...