What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
Letter: Please Support Middle School Athletics
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and Town Manager Paul Bockelman...
Opinion: Thrive or Perish: Transforming Admissions Will Dictate Whether Hampshire College Prospers
In October, 2025, Jennifer Chrisler was appointed the 9th president of Hampshire College after serving...
Opinion: The Merry Maple and Dickinson’s Ghost
Social Injustice Goes Global Amherst restores your faith in community—just enough to make you forget...
Review: At a Time When African American History Is Under Attack, Netflix’s The Abandons Softens the Realities of Historical Oppression
Netflix has released a new television series called The Abandons, set in the time and...
Photos from the Philippines
“I’m Afraid for Our Children Living with the Climate Crisis” While I was searching the...
Photo of the Week: The Pavilion at Orchard Hill
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local photographer....
What’s in This Issue?
Welcome to our Table of Contents. You can also receive a listing of all new...
We’re Entering a New Phase of the Resistance
by Daniel Hunter Mapping the Shift from Shock to the Beginnings of Mass Action over...
UMass Amherst Staff Votes No Confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes
Source: UMass Amherst Professional Staff Union Members of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Professional Staff Union (PSU)...
Bockelman Reports The State of the Town Is Strong. Councilors Halt Discussions of Housing Plan and Town Manager Evaluation
Report on the Meeting of the Town Council, December 1, 2025 This was a hybrid...
As FY27 Budget Process Begins, Pressures Surface
Report on the Meeting of the Budget Coordinating Group, December 3, 2025 By Maura Keene...