Pulitzer Prize-Winner Colson Whitehead to Deliver Keynote at UMass Amherst Commencement
Source: UMass News and Media The author of nine novels, including National Book Award winner...
Asian American Pacific-Islander Heritage Festival May 19
Source: amherstma.gov In honor of Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Amherst’s Human Rights...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
Letter: Too Many Irregularities in Oversight of Jones Library Expansion
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on May 3, 2024. This...
Letter: Repairs To Jones Library Could Cost Less Than You Think
The failure of the Jones Library project appears to have come as a surprise to...
Letter: Time to Change Direction on the Jones Library
The following letter appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The Jones Library in Amherst...
Opinion: Town Leaders Need to Get Real
Prolonging Pursuit of Runaway Library Project is MisguidedTo paraphrase Elizabeth Warren, the Amherst Town Council...
Opinion: Day 2 -People’s University for Gaza at UMass
Today, April 30, was day 2 of the Peoples’ University for Gaza at UMass Amherst....
Opinion: The Truth About Time Spent on MCAS Testing
by MTA Retirees Against MCAS Many people have an image of students taking the MCAS...
Opinion: Record Heat Threatens Life as We Know It. A Call to Action
Love, Justice and Climate Change At the beginning of April, I wrote about record-breaking heat in Rio...
In Memoriam: William T. Strickland
Source: UMass News and Media William Strickland, 87, Emeritus Professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department...
Photos of the Week: Town Celebrates Improvements to North Amherst Library
by Maura Keene and Art Keene The official ribbon cutting for the expanded North Amherst...