UMass History Department 2024-2025 Feinberg Series: What Are Universities For?
The UMass History Department has unveiled its 2024-2025 Feinberg Family Distinguished Lecture series. The theme...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
Letter: Jones Library Building Committee A.W.O.L While Building Project Spirals
A lot has happened since the Jones Library Building Committee (JLBC) last met over a...
Letter: Celebrating a Decade of Building Community Music
The following letter appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. The Amherst Community Band honored conductor...
Letter: Board of Health Has Been Seeking Trash Hauler Reform Since 2021
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and Town Manager on August...
Letter: Planning for a New Fire Station Should Begin Right Now
There are reports that some announcements will be made in October about the future for our Main...
Letter: Don’t Mourn, Organize to Stop Tenants from Hell Ruining Amherst Neighborhoods
Before and since adoption of zoning bylaws, neighbors have invoked the legal doctrine of private...
Letter: US Must Enforce the Leahy Laws and End Weapons Shipments to Israel
As I go through my day, I stop at times and realize how lucky I...
Opinion: Calling for an End to Killing Palestinians with Our Help
The following column appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. .On July 24, while Israeli Prime...
Photos of the Week: Dahlias! by Deborah Keisch
Pie in the Sky Berry Farm in Northampton has pick your own Dahlias through the...
What’s in This Issue?
Welcome to our Table of Contents. You can also receive a listing of all new...
What’s Law Got to Do With It? How Amherst’s Disregard of Historic Preservation Law Has Already Forfeited $1,800,000 and Jeopardizes Millions More in Federal Grants
A Bit of HistoryWhen I retired back to Massachusetts in 1999, one of my first...