Letter: Town’s Disbursement Of ARPA Funds Was Inequitable
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on June 26, 2023 Back...
Letter: Opinions Are Not Statements Of Fact
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on June 29, 2023. The proposal...
Letter: A Plea To Preserve Original Architectural Elements Of The Jones Library
The people of Amherst voted in favor of the library project last fall. Before things...
Letter: School Committee Does Not Need More Evidence Before It Acts To Stop Gender-based Discrimination In Amherst Schools
Open Letter To The Amherst Community. In a town like ours – some degree of...
Opinion: Many Questions Remain For Regional School Committee And Summer Is A Great Time To Address Them
The Amherst Regional School Committee (RSC) and Acting Superintendent Douglas Slaughter have made their intentions...
Opinion: Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Scathing Dissent At The End Of Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court ruled race-based college admissions are unlawful, ending affirmative action programs at colleges....
Opinion: First Light Sweeping Aside Public Comments On Environmental Impacts Of Dam Relicensing
This column appeared previously in the Greenfield Recorder. An opinion piece was recently published in...
Opinion: Smoke And Solidarity
Love, Justice And Climate Change A little more than two weeks ago, my adult daughter...
Amherst’s Color Divide Meets ARPA Funding
At the Town Council meeting on June 26, two members of the public and one...
Almanac: Hemlock Double-Whammy
On a hike a couple of weeks ago I came across an odd sight: a...
Photo Of The Week: Giant Irises By Annique Boomsma
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local...
What’s In This Issue?
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