Letter: National Catastrophe Makes Jones Expansion Too Risky
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and Amherst Town Manager on...
budget
Letter: Prioritize the Wellbeing of All Residents by Continuing to Fund CRESS and DEI Departments
by the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee and the former members of the Community...
Dear Reader
Dear Reader, What a week! Trump has crashed the economy (which he argues was his...
School Committee Struggles to Agree on Regional Cost Sharing
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Regional School Committee, March 25, 2025 This meeting...
School Committee Adopts 6% Increase for Elementary Budget
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, March 26, 2025 This hybrid meeting...
Town Council Rejects School Committee’s Regional Assessment Recommendation
Report on Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, March 24, 2025, Part 1 This meeting...
Public Comment: Here Are Some Things the State Can Do to Help Support Our Students
The following public comment was offered at the public hearing of the state’s Joint Committee...
Photos of the Week: Support Our Schools Rally for a Better Budget
by Cathleen Mitchell, Thupten Dorney, Casey Maloney, Nina Mankin, and Katie Veatch Support Our Schools...
Finance Committee Shows Little Support for More Money for Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee, March 18, 2025 This meeting was...
Regional School Committee Adopts Budget with 5.13% Increase
The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee (RSC) voted at their meeting on March 14, to approve...
The State of Amherst’s Roads is Fair. Town Faces $42 Million Repair Backlog
Report on the Meeting of the Town Services and Outreach Committee, March 20, 2025 This...
Massachusetts Sees Tariffs Pinching Public Projects
Tariff Turmoil and Economic UneaseThe on-again-off-again nature of new U.S. tariffs on foreign construction materials...