Opinion: Town Council To Amherst Residents: Complain All You Want. We Have the Votes and We Are Not Listening
by Art and Maura Keene We will not recap most of the arguments we have...
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Editorial: No To A Single Polling Site. Our Town Council Must Do Better.
Editor’s note: This editorial was signed by the following members of the Amherst Indy’s editorial...
Letter: Democratic Failings Observed At This Week’s Town Council And Planning Board Meetings
I was concerned this week by two points of process regarding Amherst governance. Town CouncilI...
Letter: Council Must Reject Polling Place Consolidation
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to members of the Town Council on Saturday August...
OPINION: BIDEN, ENTHUSIASM, AND THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD
Throughout my writing of this blog I’ve been exploring connections between climate change and racial...
FROM OTHER SOURCES: NEWS AND FEATURES FOR AND ABOUT AMHERST (#25)
Editor’s Note: “From Other Sources” offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to...
OPINION: RIPPLES OF HOPE. REFLECTIONS ON WORK DONE AND WORK REMAINING
In this inaugural column for the Indy, I want to recall and celebrate my relationship...
OPINION: LOCAL AND GREEN (#13) – MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
Editor’s note: A version of this column appeared previously in The Daily Hampshire Gazette. Art...
FROM OTHER SOURCES: NEWS AND FEATURES FOR AND ABOUT AMHERST (#22)
Editor’s Note: “From Other Sources” offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to...
THE INDY AT ONE YEAR
Sometime back in late March or early April, the Amherst Indy should have celebrated one...
OPINION: A FUTURE OF MORE FEAR OR MORE CONNECTION?
What a time we are going through! I continue to be heartened by the actions...
OPINION: DEMOCRACY AND THE PANDEMIC
Bill Kaizen raises the question that has been on the minds of many: how much...