Parents Decry Chaotic Classroom at Fort River
School Committee Plans to Name Town’s New Schools Report on the Meeting of the Amherst...
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At-large Town Council Candidates Stress Need for More Housing at League of Women Voters Candidate Forum
By Maura Keene This League of Women Voters Amherst held a candidate forum on October...
Town Council Candidates Weigh in on Legislative Priorities, Housing, Zoning, Schools, and Jones Library Borrowing.
As we have done in previous elections, the Indy has offered candidates for the offices of Town...
School Committee Candidates Weigh in on Program Priorities, Budgets, and School Rankings
As we have done in previous elections, the Indy has offered candidates for the offices of Town...
Corkeen Chosen as Surface for Elementary School Playground
Report on the Meeting of the Elementary School Building Committee, October 17, 2025 This meeting...
Letter: Should the Jones Library Project Be Blue Tarped?
When asked in an Amherst Indy questionnaire whether he would oppose additional borrowing for the...
Amherst Has Got Financial Trouble. We Deserve Full Disclosure
Local election season is upon us, and with 10 of the 13 Town Councilors running...
School Committee Receives Update on Sixth-Grade Move to Middle School
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, October 14, 2025 This meeting...
Large Overtime Payments to Amherst Police Raise Concerns about Budget Priorities and Oversight
By Art and Maura Keene Each year, the Town of Amherst publishes a Gross Wages...
State Aid to Public Schools is Insufficient to Meet Current Needs
Report on the Joint Meeting of Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee and Amherst and Pelham School...
Regional School Committee Approves Middle School Roof Project
Report on the Meeting of Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, September 23 2025 This meeting was...
Regional School Committee Adopts New Meeting Format. MARS Report on Budget Postponed
By Kiera McLaughlin These meetings were held in the library of the Amherst Regional High...