Public Comment | The New Hauler Proposal: Recommendations for Maximizing Reduction of Waste and Emissions
The following public comment was offered at the meeting of the Town Services and Outreach...
Listen to the Hibakusha This Hiroshima Day – the World Doesn’t Need More Nuclear Weapons
by Jeremy Corbyn The following article originally appeared in Morning Star, on August 4, 2026...
Gov. Healy Signs PROTECT Act into Law
New Law Provides the Strongest Protections in the Nation Against Unlwaful Tactics of ICE Source:...
Amherst to Celebrate Becoming a Purple Heart Community
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst is proud to announce that it has officially become a designated Purple...
Opinion | The Amherst Public Shade Tree Committee: Planting for People We Will Never Meet
Social Injustice Goes Global Around the world, climate promises are colliding with reality. Governments are...
Letter: Support Area Black Businesses During National Black Business Month
National Black Business Month is celebrated every August to recognize the contributions, achievements, and resilience...
Amherst Arbor Spotlight: Black Walnut
by The Amherst Public Shade Tree Committee This is the eighth in a series of...
Letter: Seeking AG Opinion on Amherst’s Jumbo ADU’s
The following letter was sent to Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell, Amherst Town Manager Paul...
De-ICE Citizens Bank: A Model of a Successful Civil Resistance Campaign
by Peyton Flemming The grassroots effort was a textbook example of sustained, targeted civil resistance...
Opinion: On the Wisdom of Borrowing from One’s Endowment
A Lesson the Jones Library Should Heed In 2010, Wells College, my alma mater, again...
Letter: Media is Complicit in Israel’s Unprecedented Assault on Journalists
The following letter was sent to local media outlets on July 31, 2026. August 10th...
Applications Now Available for the Town’s 2nd Annual Civic Academy Program
Source: amherstma.gov Applications are now being accepted for the Town of Amherst’s second annual All About...