Public Comment: The Government Belongs to the People
The following public comment was offered at the meeting of the Amherst Town Council on...
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Letter: School Committee Rejects Notion That Amherst’s Most Vulnerable Students Should Be the Most Impacted by Budget Cuts
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on April 6, 2025. I...
Indy Rewind: Opinion: Why Won’t the Town Research Options for New DPW and Fire Station?
Editor’s note: In anticipation of this week’s discussion by the Town Council of the situation...
Three ARHS Students Testify Before Joint Ways and Means Committee
Amherst Regional High School sophomores Maeve Fitzgerald and Ella Bradbury and junior Rose Collins, along...
Regional School Committee Approves FY27 Budget and School Choice
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, March 24, 2026 This meeting...
School Committee, Staff, Parents, and Students Are Unhappy with Elementary School Cuts
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, March 17, 2026 This was a...
Rural Schools Speak up About Funding Challenges
by Divina Cordeiro Organizers of a week of action believe state intervention can help prevent...
Letter: ARPS Friends of the Performing Arts Warn of Impending Cuts to Specials
by Oliver Waldman In advance of the March 17 Amherst School Committee Annual Budget Hearing...
Opinion: Reflecting on the School Budget – Specials or Essentials?
Imagine a music class in which the teacher explains “this piece of music is lovely,...
Opinion: In Defense of Priorities – What Amherst Actually Demands of Its Schools
Social Injustice Goes Global Recently, in the Amherst Indy, Michael Greenebaum, a longtime principal of...
CSSJC to Advocate for Larger CRESS and DEI Budgets
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Community Safety and Social Justice Committee, March 11,...
Elementary School Building Project Update
Amethyst Brook Elementary School now has permanent power. The Elementary School Building Committee (ESBC) received...