League of Women Voters Plans Candidate Forums
Source: League of Women Voters Amherst The more things change, the more they stay the same....
Packed Schedule To Consider Zoning Changes
Packed Schedule To Consider Zoning Changes Source: Amherst Planning Department This fall the Planning Board...
Issues & Analyses: Becoming Human – Imagining Beyond The Violence Of The Market
Alain Badiou describes money as speaking an “insane language” that structures the violence of competition....
Public Comment: Retain Special Permits For Apartments In Residential Village Centers
The following written public comment was submitted to the Town Council for its October 4...
Public Comment: Town Needs Enforcement In Back-In Parking Zones
The following written public comment was submitted to the Amherst Town Council on October 3,...
Letter: Jones Library Renovation Offers Sustainable Design
I am glad so many people in Amherst are thinking critically about building sustainability and...
Letter: Carbon Sequestration Makes Jones Renovation An Investment In Sustainability
As an Amherst resident, I want to be sure our new library is a financially...
Letter: For Better Planning And An Appropriate Post-Pandemic Jones Library, Vote No
Voting “NO” on the library ballot question is not a vote against anything. It’s a...
Letter: Jones History Can Still Be Preserved With A No Vote And A More Modest Renovation
My heartfelt applause for all who participated in creating the soon-to-be-inaugurated Amherst Writers Walk. What...
Letter: Sunrise Amherst Condemns Councilor Hanneke’s Statement On Racial Quotas
Sunrise Amherst stands with the Progressive Coalition of Amherst and the BIPOC community in condemning...
Opinion: Defund 413 Condemns Councilors Hanneke, Steinberg, Ross, and Ryan For Their Failure To Support Racial Justice
By Defund 413 Amherst Note this statement is not an endorsement of any candidate. Rather...
Opinion: Amherst Forward Presumes To Speak For BIPOC People While Simultaneously Silencing And Oppressing Those Voices
When candidates run for local office in Amherst, they have the opportunity to be endorsed...