What’s Happening in Amherst?
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Letter: ARMS Core Teachers Decry Proposed Staffing Cuts
The following letter from 14 veteran, core Amherst Regional Middle School teachers was sent to...
Letter: Retired? Kids Grown? Did Your Children Benefit from Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools? We Need Your Help!
by Rachel Hall and 18 others Amherst schools are struggling to hold on to a...
Letter: Will Advocates for More Housing in Amherst Support Eliminating Single Family Residential Zoning and Reducing Minimum Lot Sizes?
Please note the just-released report by the State of Massachusetts by the Unlocking Housing Production Commission...
Letter: Town Manager Seeks Third Extension on Jones Library Contract Deadline
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on February 23, 2025. I...
Opinion: Is the Fix in on the Once-in-a-Decade Charter Review?
We know many of the concerns of Amherst voters regarding the Amherst Home Rule Charter...
Anti-DEI Guidance from Trump Administration Misinterprets the Law and Guts Educators’ Free Speech Rights
by Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst and Rebecca Hamlin, UMass Amherst The Trump administration’s...
Photo of the Week: Cherry Hill in Winter by Tracy Zafian
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local photographer....
What’s in This Issue?
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Jones Library Project Faces Hard Decisions
Preservation Concerns and Funding Uncertainties Cloud $50M Plan’s FutureAdversity is no stranger to the proponents...
ACHP Calls for More Protection of Historic Jones Library
Recent letters from two agencies involved in oversight of the architectural changes proposed for the...
Amherst Police Object to Creation of Resident Oversight Board
Report on the Meeting of the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee, February 12, 2025. ...