Town Seeks Input on Youth Empowerment Programming
The Town of Amherst is seeking input on youth empowerment programming to both strengthen existing...
New Appointments to Board of Assessors, CDBG Advisory Committee, Council on Aging, and Public Art Commission
In memos to the Town Council and the Town Clerk dated December 2, 2024 and...
Amherst Cinema Presents Its 100th Bellwether Screening
Source: Amherst Cinema Amherst Cinema will screen its 100th film in its Bellwether: New Directions...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
An Open Letter to U.S. Representative Jim McGovern Regarding the Jones Library Project
December 13, 2024U.S. Representative Jim McGovern94 Pleasant St.Northampton, MA 01060 Dear Congressman McGovern: I have...
Letter: Amherst’s Long Failure to Comply with Preservation Law
The following letter was sent to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) on December...
Letter: Is the Daily Hampshire Gazette Fair and Balanced?
I’m grateful for the Amherst Indy. It is, after all, independent, and a valuable source...
Letter: The UMass Foundation “Respectfully Denies” Our Right to a Future
By Kevin A. Young and Brendan Post The following letter appeared previously in the Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Our...
Opinion: Equity Under Attack by the Town of Amherst #4: Saving Amherst’s Community Responders Alternative to Policing
By Allegra Clark, Debora Ferreira, Pat Ononibaku, Darius Cage, Russ Vernon-Jones, Brianna Owen, Ellisha Walker,...
Amherst’s Neighboring Towns: Leverett (Part 2)
Amherst History Month by Month This column is the ninth in a 10-part series about...
Photos of the Week: Lighting of the Merry Maple
Photos by Hetty Startup and the Town of Amherst.
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Dear Reader, Greetings from College Station, Texas where we are producing this week’s Indy remotely....