UMASS OFFERS HOW-TO ARTICLES AND VIDEO BLOG FOR GARDENERS
Source: UMass News and Media A team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Stockbridge School...
LETTER: AMHERST’S PLASTIC BAN BYLAW SHOULD BE KEPT UNCHANGED
Did you know The Amherst Town Council will vote Monday on whether to revise our...
LETTER: JONES TRUSTEES HAVE TIME TO REVISE AND RESUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION FOR CPAC FUNDS
As I think about the Jones request for funding for the Special Collections space as...
LETTER: PROPOSED NATURAL GAS HVAC FOR JONES RENOVATION IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY UNSOUND
It is excellent to have Kuhn Riddle Architects’ new, comprehensive report on how to bring...
OPINION: PROMOTING WAGE JUSTICE: PROPOSED AMHERST BYLAWS TO PREVENT WAGE AND TIP THEFT
By Pat De Angelis, Mandi Jo Hanneke, and Cathy Schoen Thousands of low-wage workers in...
OPINION: TOWN CONSIDERS SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY BYLAW
by Pat De Angelis and Mandi Jo Hanneke On May 4, we introduced to the...
OPINION: JONES LIBRARY REQUESTS A ONE YEAR GRANT DELAY – PROBLEMS WITH JONES PROCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY PERSIST
The stunning news that the Jones Library has asked for a one-year delay in their...
OPINION: I SAY NO, I SAY YES
I will be blunt. In Amherst, as everywhere else, historical continuity has hit “pause” and...
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: NOCTURNAL VISITOR BY ART KEENE
We heard this little flying squirrel banging around in our kitchen during the night and...
PRESSURE ON CPA COMMITTEE TO ACT ON JONES FUNDING REQUEST
The Community Preservation Act Committee (CPAC) is under pressure to act on a Jones Library...
QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY OF SIMULTANEOUS SCHOOL AND LIBRARY PROJECTS
A public forum on the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for fiscal year 2021 (FY21), held...