District Removes Racist Graffiti From Sidewalk Outside Amherst Regional High School, Officials Now Investigating Its Source
Editor’s Note: Below is an email sent to the Amherst Regional Public Schools community by...
Free Drive-Up COVID-19 Testing For Amherst Residents With Symptoms To Be Held On Friday, December 18
Source: amherstma.gov Only 150 Slots Available & Pre-registration is Required The Town of Amherst will...
Annual State Of The Town Presentation Underscores Success During Pandemic
The Annual State of the Town Address was presented at the regular Town Council Meeting...
Watch The Lighting Of The Merry Maple Virtual Ceremony
This year the ceremonial lighting of the Merry Maple was conducted virtually on December 4...
Letter: The Greenest Option For Our Libraries: Reject Jones Demolition And Expand Services In All Three Existing Sites
A twenty-first century library for Amherst? We are now in our third decade of a...
Letter: Renovate Without Expanding The Jones Library
by David P. Schmidt Editor’s note: This letter appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette....
Letter: How Do You Really Feel About The Library? An Open Letter To Richard Morse
Dear Rich, On December 5th you wrote in a comment to The Indy lamenting the...
Letter: Petition Seeks Public Meeting To Explore Reopening Amherst’s Public Schools
Dear Members of the School Committee: We write as concerned parents and town residents to...
Letter: Amherst Teachers Deserve Our Support
Editor’s note: This letter appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Things feel a little...
Letter: Amherst Residents Need To Speak Up Now On Downtown Development Plans
If you are an Amherst resident and you oppose over-development in downtown Amherst, it is...
Opinion: Re-Zoning Before Planning?
In contrast to the slow, thoughtful downtown planning process taking place in our sister city,...
Opinion: We’re Aiming For The Wrong Climate Targets. Let’s Talk About Improving Our Aim
Let’s forget about national boundaries and governments for a minute and face the fact that...