Town Manager Apologizes About July 5 Incident And Lack Of Town Response. Council Divided On Steps To Take
Report On The Special Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council, November 14, 2022 This meeting…
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League Of Women Voters Will Present Online Forum On Reproductive Rights
Source: League Of Women Voters Amherst The League of Women Voters continues its Judy Brooks…
Opinion: Why Is The Town Of Amherst Still Called Amherst?
In 1757, John Nash, Isaac Ward, and Nehimieh Dickinson, three of the leading citizens of…
Opinion: Council Offers Small Step Forward With Resolutions On July 5 Incident. Town Still Has Much Work To Do
I joined the special meeting of the Town Council on November 14 after the Town…
Opinion: Defund413 Amherst Calls On Public To Speak Up At November Budget Forum
It’s budget season again in Amherst and there’s a lot to get noisy about! Defund413Amherst…
CSSJC Raises Concerns About Cameras In New Elementary School And Failure Of Town To Resolve July 5 Incident
Report on the Meeting of the Community Safety And Social Justice Committee (CSDSJC), November 9,…
Banner Drop In Support Of The Equal Rights Amendment
Source: Generation Ratify Generation Ratify Amherst, the local chapter of a national, youth-led, intersectional organization…
Marathon Session Of Town Council Produces No Action On July 5 Police Incident
This was a hybrid meeting held both in the Town Room of Town Hall and…
A Gallery of Voices From The Joint Meeting Of The Town Council And The CSSJC, November 1, 2022
Forty-one people spoke during the public comment period of the joint meeting of the Town…
Know Your Rights Training Prepares Local Youth For Safe Engagements With Police [Updated With Video]
Around 20 people gathered on a Zoom call and at New Africa House at UMass…
Amherst Residents Rally On The Town Common In Solidarity With The Amherst 9
A group of about 15 community members assembled on the Amherst Common across from Town…
The Human Toll Of America’s Air Wars: The First Annual Ellsberg Lecture, Featuring Pulitzer Prize Winner Azmat Khan, November 15 At UMass
Source: UMass Amherst Department of History Pulitzer Prize winner Azmat Khan will present the first…