Letter: Repairs To Jones Library Could Cost Less Than You Think
The failure of the Jones Library project appears to have come as a surprise to...
Letter: Time to Change Direction on the Jones Library
The following letter appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The Jones Library in Amherst...
Opinion: Town Leaders Need to Get Real
Prolonging Pursuit of Runaway Library Project is MisguidedTo paraphrase Elizabeth Warren, the Amherst Town Council...
Opinion: Day 2 -People’s University for Gaza at UMass
Today, April 30, was day 2 of the Peoples’ University for Gaza at UMass Amherst....
Opinion: The Truth About Time Spent on MCAS Testing
by MTA Retirees Against MCAS Many people have an image of students taking the MCAS...
Opinion: Record Heat Threatens Life as We Know It. A Call to Action
Love, Justice and Climate Change At the beginning of April, I wrote about record-breaking heat in Rio...
In Memoriam: William T. Strickland
Source: UMass News and Media William Strickland, 87, Emeritus Professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department...
Photos of the Week: Town Celebrates Improvements to North Amherst Library
by Maura Keene and Art Keene The official ribbon cutting for the expanded North Amherst...
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Public Hearing and Council Vote on Regional School Budget Canceled. Bockelman to Submit Recommendation for Schools as Part of Town Budget
The Amherst Town Council was scheduled to vote on the Regional School District budget at...
Interim School Superintendent Refuses to Share Info on Budget Cuts
At the April 24 meeting of the Amherst Regional School Committee, Interim Superintendent Douglas Slaughter...
Search for ARMS Principal Curtailed. Finalist Charges Discrimination
The Amherst Regional Public Schools have curtailed their search for a new principal at the...