As FY27 Budget Process Begins, Pressures Surface
Report on the Meeting of the Budget Coordinating Group, December 3, 2025 By Maura Keene...
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Letter: None of Us Is Safe Until We Are All Safe
I am happy that Amherst has achieved a “perfect” score on the Human Rights Campaign’s...
As Library Project Funding Details Emerge, Concerns Grow
Clamors for better transparency from the public and concerned town councilors have elicited new financial...
Firefighters and Parents Decry Understaffed Fire Stations and Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, November 17, 2025, Part 1 This...
Letter: Support Public Safety and Racial Equity Goals in FY27 Budget
by The Community Safety and Social Justice Committee The following memo was sent to the...
FY27 Financial Indicators Presentation Requires Reading Between the Lines
Every fall for more than a decade Town Hall has produced an annual Financial Indicators...
Library Building Committee Spends Another $1.2M. Members Want Project Schedule
The November 10 meeting of the Jones Library Building Committee (JLBC) saw the approval of...
Next Steps for Improving Fiscal Sustainability in the Regional School District
Report on the Meeting of the Four Towns, November 8, 2025 This meeting was held...
Rally for a Better School Budget, November 17
Source: Support our Schools Support our Schools Amherst is organizing a rally in support of...
Parents Decry Chaotic Classroom at Fort River
School Committee Plans to Name Town’s New Schools Report on the Meeting of the Amherst...
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...