Letter: Proposed Cuts to School Music Budget Are Shortsighted
The following letter was sent to Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman, State Representative Mindy Domb;...
Letter: Proposed Budget Suggests Amherst Does Not Value Its Veteran Educators
From the perspective of an individual entering his fourth year of teaching, I believe that...
Letter: Help Redfire Farm Recover from Barn Store Fire
Fire destroyed our 100 year old 6000 square foot farm store barn in Granby on...
Letter: We Need a Community Forum on the Future of Wildwood
Now that construction has started to build the new school at the Fort River site,...
Opinion: Keep Wildwood as a Town Building
There has been a great deal of talk recently about what should happen with Wildwood...
Opinion: Global Issues Are Local Concerns
This column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. On March 4, 2024, the Amherst...
Opinion: Amherst Students Urge Support for Ceasefire Resolution
by Marisol Pierce Bonifaz, Mar Gubrium, Zoey Mordecai, and Saara Rathod The following column appeared...
Opinion: US Must Stop Funding the Killing in Gaza
I’m saddened by the increasing number of and ferocity of verbal attacks on Amherst4Ceasefire members,...
From Other Sources: News for and About Amherst. This Week – Local News Roundup, More on Gaza, and Plastic Pollution
Here are links to some local stories from the last few weeks that we were...
Photo of the Week: Gorgeous Life on Dead Branches by Annique Boomsma
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local photographer....
What’s in This Issue?
Welcome to our Table of Contents. You can also receive a listing of all new...
School Committee to Superintendent: No Cuts to Elementary School Instrumental Music Program
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, February 15, 2024 Note: Because Amherst...