New Town Council Elects Officers, Votes To Meet In-Person Henceforth. Hanneke Proposes Changes To Council’s Rules
Report On The Special Amherst Town Council Meeting, January 3, 2022 For the first time...
UMass-Amherst Poll Shows Ongoing Support For Voting Rights
Source: Umass News and Media A new nationwide UMass-Amherst poll released last week finds that...
Amherst Schools To Require KN95 Masks
Source: Amherst Regional Public Schools Beginning Monday, January 10, surgical, KF94,or KN95 masks will be...
UMass Resumes Public COVID Testing
Source: umass.edu COVID-19 testing has resumed at the Public Health Promotion Center on the lower...
How Single Payer Health Care Combats Racial Disparities: A Virtual Brown Bag
Source: League of Women Voters Amherst The League of Women Voters, Amherst Racial Justice Committee...
Sue Katz Exhibit Coming To Gallery A3
Source: Gallery A3 With CONSTELLATIONS, a 20-year anniversary and retrospective exhibition with clusters of verbal and visual constructs, A3 founding member Sue...
Letter: Residents Continue To Seek Temporary Moratorium On Large Ground-Mounted Solar Installations
By Eric Bachrach and Renee Moss A proposed bylaw to enact a temporary moratorium on...
Letter: Why Not Sustainable Planning For Downtown?
When I look at the streetscape in downtown Amherst, I do see that there are...
Letter: New Council Must Prioritize Climate Justice And Racial Equity
The following open letter to newly elected town councilors was submitted to the Indy on...
Letter: The Sounds of Silence
At the opening session of the spring and fall Town Meetings, the moderator would ask...
Opinion: A Perplexing Start. With Omicron Peaking, New Council Votes To Resume Face-To-Face Meetings Immediately
Yesterday (1/3), COVID twitter was filled with reports from doctors and public health officials warning...
Opinion: I Feel Lucky To Be In Amherst
Reflections On The Regional School Committee Meeting, 1/4/22 Editor’s note: Beginning this week the Indy...