Celebrate Literature Downtown with the Amherst Lit Walk
Source: Massachusetts Center for the Book The Massachusetts Center for the Book and the Amherst...
Public Meeting on Eversource’s Local Clear-cutting Plans
Source: Responsible Grid In response to the extensive clear-cutting that Eversource proposes in our area,...
Be Seriously Scared! UMass Event Will Explore Dangers of Nuclear Weapons
“Source: Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy On April 14, 2026, the Ellsberg Initiative for...
Amherst Global Village Festival Returns for a Second Year
Source: amherstma.gov The second annual Amherst Global Village Festival will take place on Saturday, April 11 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Amherst-Pelham...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
It’s Not Too Late to Save Hampshire College. Here’s Why
Hampshire College is facing problems in part because sensationalist news articles paint an erroneously hopeless...
Letter: Three Reasons Why the Jones Library is Ineligible for More CPA Dollars
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on April 2, 2026. There...
Opinion: Honor the Promise – Not a Penny More
The Town Council will soon vote on whether to authorize allocating $477,000 of Community Preservation...
Opinion: Solidarity at No Kings
Love, Justice and Climate Change The No Kings rallies on March 28 were the largest...
Review: “Finding Our Place in the Connecticut River (Kwinitekw) Valley: Beginning to Heal 400 Years of Settler Colonialism”
On March 22, I attended the kickoff event for the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Society of...
Amherst Arbor Spotlight: American Sycamore
This is the fourth in a series of 12 articles produced by the Amherst Public...
A Better World is Possible: The Year Cuba Taught Itself to Read
In a single year, a young revolution mobilized an entire nation — and nearly wiped...