Letter: Don’t Mourn, Organize to Stop Tenants from Hell Ruining Amherst Neighborhoods
Before and since adoption of zoning bylaws, neighbors have invoked the legal doctrine of private...
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North Whitney Street Duplex a No-go for Now
Application for Non-owner Occupied Duplex Withdrawn Report on the Meeting of the Zoning Board of...
Opinion: Amherst’s Dual Crises
Amherst has not one, but two housing crises. One is the scarcity of student housing...
Opinion: Better Ideas for Development in Leverett
An abridged version of this column appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. Am I racist?...
Town Dedicates Westside National Historic District
This street sign marks one of the boundaries of the Westside Historic District. Photo: Ancestral Bridges
Planning Board Considers Overlay District on University Drive to Create More Housing
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, November 29, 2023 This meeting was...
Opinion: One Solution to the Proliferation of Student Housing in Family Neighborhoods
The following column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Trying to regulate student housing...
Letter: Does Amherst Forward Have a Plan to Protect Downtown Family Neighborhoods?
The following letter was sent to the leadership of Amherst Forward and to the Amherst...
Indy Rewind: Opinion: Is Amherst Redeemable?
Indy Rewind, is an occasional feature that reprises previously posted news stories and opinion pieces...
Opinion: Do You Want Your Neighborhood to Remain a Family Neighborhood?
As a former Town Councilor from District 5, I have witnessed, and then followed closely,...
Planning Board Sees University Drive as Prime Area to Add Housing
Repoirt on the Special Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, September 27, 2023 This meeting...
Applicant Withdraws Plans for Second Duplex on North Pleasant Street
Report On The Meeting Of The Zoning Board of Appeals, September 28, 2023 This meeting...