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...
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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: Student Rental Industry Should Pay Its Fair Share of Taxes
I read in local papers that a house in Amherst that is valued at $508k...
Opinion: It’s Time to Pay It Forward
Amherst College Students Write in Support of The Endowment Tax Act The following article appeared...
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: A Vision for Housing in Amherst
by Jennifer Taub and Pam Rooney This column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette....
School District Responds to Concerns About Language !Live Curriculum
Several Concerns Yet To Be Addressed The Language !Live Curriculum, used in the Amherst Public...
UMass Officials Talk Housing with the Planning Board
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, October 25, 2023 This meeting was...
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,...
Issues & Analyses: Many People in Amherst Would Be Interested in Living Downtown Given the Right Conditions
In 1993 my young family moved from Long Island to Amherst. We raised our 2...
Opinion: Your Hands Are Not Tied! 29+ Questions District Leadership Could Address Now To Make Amherst’s Schools Safer
by Art and Maura Keene It was welcome news when Interim School Superintendent Doug Slaughter...