What’s Happening In Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene It’s summer and things have slowed down around town. You...
Jones Library’s Heavy Reliance On Town Funds Is Break From Tradition
Trustee and Director Call Repairs-Only Option For Building Project ‘Fiscally Irresponsible’Last week’s meeting of the...
Public Comment: An Appreciation For Remaining School Committee Members But Unanswered Questions Continue To Undermine Public Trust
The following public comment was made at the joint meeting of the Regional School Committee...
Updated Letter: Town Needs To Be More Assertive With UMass To Resolve Student Housing Crisis
The following letter was send to Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman, The Amherst Planning Board...
Letter: Vitriol Is Not The Problem
As a thought experiment, I considered how I might react to recent events at the...
Letter: School Committee Members Who Resigned Are Not Victims
In the past week, we have seen three resignations from the Amherst School Committee. In...
Letter: Peter Demling Should Look To Himself For Blame
The Progressive Coalition of Amherst (PCA) rejects recent false assertions that Peter Demling makes in...
Opinion: Use Town’s ARPA Funds To Construct Solar Canopies Over High School Parking Lot
by Amrita Rutter and Jane Scalan-Emigh Amherst can’t seem to agree on solar panels. Though...
Opinion: Getting Beyond The Either/Or Dilemma
I have followed the proceedings of the Amherst School Committee for over 25 years. One...
Opinion: The Culture Wars Come to Amherst
Amherst has never been short on a supply of opinionated, vocal people, but lately the...
Opinion: Labor Day. Unprecedented Corporate Greed Demands Unprecedented Worker Response
By Bernie Sanders The following article is reprinted from Portside where it appeared on September...
Photo Of The Week: North Amherst Library Renovations Near Completion
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local...