Finance Committee Debates How to Prioritize Budget Cuts
Following sobering assessments of Amherst’s budget challenges given to the Budget Coordinating Group (BCG) and...
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Budget Coordinating Group Kicks Off FY28 Budget Season
The Town of Amherst officially launched its Fiscal Year 2028 budget development process on Wednesday,...
As Budget Woes Linger in Hampshire County, Some Look to the Colleges
By Anna Carpinelli The Five Colleges’ tax-exempt property holdings can be a sore spot when...
Gov Healey Announces New Guidance for Keeping ICE out of Schools
Source: mass.gov The Healey-Driscoll Administration has released new model policies, procedures, and guidance to help K-12 schools...
Healey Seeks $100 Million in Additional School Funding as Districts Confront Mounting Financial Strain
by Saaya Daga, CommonWealth Beacon The following story appeared originally on CommonWealth Beacon on July...
FY27 Budget Presented to Town Council: Water and Sewer Rate Increases Are Coming
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, May 4, 2026 This was a...
Search Begins for Temporary Space for DPW
Report on the Meeting of the Amheerst Town Council, April 6, 2026 This was a...
Letter: ARPS Friends of the Performing Arts Warn of Impending Cuts to Specials
by Oliver Waldman In advance of the March 17 Amherst School Committee Annual Budget Hearing...
Opinion: In Defense of Priorities – What Amherst Actually Demands of Its Schools
Social Injustice Goes Global Recently, in the Amherst Indy, Michael Greenebaum, a longtime principal of...
Leverett Residents Rally for Rural School Aid During Statewide Action Week
Dozens of Leverett residents gathered Thursday, March 12, outside Leverett Elementary School (LES) to call...
Shutesbury Plans Demonstration to Support Funding of Rural Schools
Source: Susie Mosher On Tuesday March 10, at 2:00 p.m., teachers, students, staff, and community members...
State Reps Seek to Equalize Aid to Western Mass, Prioritizing Education, Health, and Climate
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, February 2, 2026, Part 1 Read...