LETTER: SOPHIE’S CHOICE: BIGGER LIBRARY OR NEW SCHOOL?
Editor’s note: this letter also appeared in the Amherst Bulletin. If you had to choose...
OPINION: TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF 1/6/20. WHO RUNS THE COUNCIL?
The big issue was the vote for President and Vice President. I was disappointed that...
OPINION: DEMOCRACY REQUIRES SEPARATION OF POWERS
Michael Greenebaum’s thoughtful Opinion piece, “The Burden of the Charter and the Voice of the...
OPINION: JONES TRUSTEES TO SPEND $57,050 TO DEFINE POSSIBLE SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES
On Thursday, January 9, 2020, the Jones Library Board of Trustees voted to spend $57,050...
OPINION: LOCAL AND GREEN (#9): FOOD AS A CLIMATE SOLUTION
Editor’s note: This column appeared previously in The Amherst Bulletin. Climate change has presented...
OPINION: WHAT ARE WE TRYING FOR? SYSTEM CHANGE?
. What do we want? What should the climate movement be trying to accomplish? How...
REPORT: AMHERST MUNICIPAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST MEETING (01/09/20)
PRESENT: John Hornik, Chair, Erica Piedade, Rob Crowner, Nancy Schroeder, Carol Lewis, Syd Ferreira, Tom...
AMHERST MEDIA BUILDING ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO APPROVAL
The Amherst Local Historic District Commission (LHDC) continued to move forward in its consideration of...
COUNCIL APPROVES COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION
Report on the TOWN COUNCIL MEETING (1/6/20) PART I: Present: Alisa Brewer (At large), Pat...
DISTRICT 5 FORMS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
Aiming to “make the District 5 area a better place to live,” a group of...
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: CONNECTICUT RIVER ICE BY STEPHEN BRAUN
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local...
NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS FOR NORTH AMHERST INTERSECTION MOVE FORWARD
At the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday January 7th, Town Comptroller Sonia Aldrich said that...