UMASS UPDATES COVID-19 PROTOCOLS FOR RETURNING STUDENTS
Source: UMass News and Media UMass Amherst has established new requirements for the use of...
PHASED RE-OPENING PLANNED FOR AMHERST, PELHAM, AND REGIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS
SCHOOL COMMITTEES OCCUPIED BY DEBATE OVER REMOTE WORK FOR DISTRICT STAFF The Amherst School Committee...
ZBA APPROVES FIFTH RETAIL MARIJUANA OUTLET
REPORT ON THE MEETING OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS (7/23/20) The meeting was held...
UMASS AMHERST WILL MAKE STANDARDIZED TESTS OPTIONAL FOR FIRST-YEAR APPLICANTS FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS
Source: UMass News and Media The University of Massachusetts Amherst will make standardized tests optional...
STATE ISSUES NEW COVID-19 TRAVEL ORDERS
Source: amherstma.gov, mass.gov Effective August 1, 2020, all visitors and returning residents entering Massachusetts must...
LETTER: OBJECTS TO SCHOOL COMMITTEE ATTEMPT TO STRIKE COST ESTIMATES FROM CROCKER FARM REPORT
As a member of the Crocker Farm Study Advisory Board, I respectfully object to the...
LETTER: TOWN MUST CONSIDER DISPARATE IMPACTS OF POLICIES ON VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS
Editor’s note; This letter was sent to Town Manager Paul Bockelman and to Town Councilors...
OPINION: TOWN SHOULD EMBRACE REPARATIONS TO REDRESS THE DAMAGE OF WHITE SUPREMACY
Have you ever looked into the eyes of a child who has harmed another but...
OPINION: ONLY A GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL WILL WORK
It will cost the nations of the world roughly $73 trillion to transition to completely...
OPINION: SCHOOL REOPENINGS, HEALTH AND HEALTH INEQUALITY
Editor’s note: This column appeared previously in the Blog of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population...
OPINION: AMHERST NEEDS TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM WAGE THEFT
Editor’s Note: This column appeared previously in The Amherst Bulletin. Amherst needs to pass a...
FACT CHECK: “THIS WEEK AT THE JONES LIBRARY- JULY 19 – 25”
Videri Quam Esse (To Seem To Be Rather Than To Be) The Jones Library has...