FY26 Budget Adopted with Objections to Loss of CRESS Positions and Extra Money for the Elementary Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, June 16, 2025, Part 1 By...
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Long Division: The Growing Battle over Public School Budgets in Western Mass
by Divina Cordeiro The following article “Long Division: The Growing Battle over Public School Budgets...
Amherst School Committee Takes on Hot Button Issues
Committee Considers Budget Increases of 5.59 and 6 Percent for FY26 Report on the Meeting...
Letter: Why Does Amherst Balance Its Budgets on the Backs of Our Kids?
The estimated cost of the Jones Library is at the moment around $46 million. Last...
Councilor Devlin Gauthier Asks for More Money for Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee, March 4, 2025 This meeting was...
A Tale of Two Senior Centers
This column appeared previously in the Amherst Current and is reposted here with permission of...
A Better World is Possible: Strengthening Civic Participation and Local Democracy Through Participatory Budgeting
By Art Keene Note: This is the second of two articles exploring participatory budgeting (PB)...
School Superintendent Floats Grade 7-12 Consolidation to Solve Chronic Budget Woes
Report on the Four Towns Meeting of September 28, 2024 The meeting was held at...
Opinion: An Appeal for PILOT Parity
The following column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Recently, there have been several...
Regional School Committee Approves Reoriented Track and Field Renovation
Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog Editor’s note: . Jennifer Shiao is a member of the Amherst...
Regional School Committee Will Pursue Eight Lane Track with Grass Infield for High School
The Regional School Committee (RSC) received a much anticipated report on the High School Track...
School Committee Approves a Budget That Prioritizes Student Needs
Statement from the Regional School Committee About the FY 24-25 Budget Source: Amherst Regional School...