Opinion: Come Celebrate Amherst Media’s 50th Anniversary and the Contribution of Independent Media to Sustaining Democracy
My colleague, anthropologist Tom Patterson, used to say that a free press is the right...
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Indy Celebrates Seven Years of Local Reporting
On March 30, 2019, the Amherst Indy published its first issue. It contained 10 articles, including reports on...
Protect Trans & Queer Kids: A Roundup of Writing about the 2023 Crisis at ARMS
March 23, 2026: The following archive was started by a local parent beginning in July,...
What Parental Control Apps Miss That Predators Exploit
The following article appeared in The Queen Zone on March 15, 2026. It is reposted...
A New Direction for Amherst Media: Organization Will Remain in Current Location as Plans for New Building Become Unaffordable
There is a For Sale sign on the lawn of the Main Street property that...
New Appointments to Cable Television Advisory Committee and Transportation and Parking Commission
Cable Television Advisory Committee In a memo to the Town Council and the Town Clerk...
Opinon: Here’s My Opinion
I’ve been writing opinion pieces for the local press since 1986. My first bailiwick was...
The Indy Is Going on Vacation
The Indy will soon go on vacation and will not publish between December 26 and...
Review: At a Time When African American History Is Under Attack, Netflix’s The Abandons Softens the Realities of Historical Oppression
Netflix has released a new television series called The Abandons, set in the time and...
Dear Reader
Dear Reader: This week we published our 7000th Amherst Indy article since we began publication...
Opinion: Democracy Needs a Fearless Press and Vice Versa—Trump Is Killing Both
by Robert Reich Make no mistake. Trump’s efforts to silence media criticism of him and...
Meet Kiera McLaughlin, the Indy’s New Intern
The Indy is pleased to introduce Kiera McLaughlin, our new intern for the fall semester....