Three ARHS Students Testify Before Joint Ways and Means Committee
Amherst Regional High School sophomores Maeve Fitzgerald and Ella Bradbury and junior Rose Collins, along...
Photos of the Week: No Kings 3 in Amherst and Beyond
Amherst was one of at least 25 Western Mass communities holding No Kings 3 actions...
Public Meeting on Eversource’s Local Clear-cutting Plans
Source: Responsible Grid In response to the extensive clear-cutting that Eversource proposes in our area,...
A Better World is Possible: The Year Cuba Taught Itself to Read
In a single year, a young revolution mobilized an entire nation — and nearly wiped...
Review: “Finding Our Place in the Connecticut River (Kwinitekw) Valley: Beginning to Heal 400 Years of Settler Colonialism”
On March 22, I attended the kickoff event for the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Society of...
Update on the Sixth Grade Move to the Middle School
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, March 24, 2026 This was a...
It’s Not Too Late to Save Hampshire College. Here’s Why
Hampshire College is facing problems in part because sensationalist news articles paint an erroneously hopeless...
Public Presentation on Beacon’s Proposed North Amherst Development
Beacon Communities, the Boston-based developer that developed and manages North Square apartments in the Mill...
Amherst School Committee Approves FY27 Budget with 5.87% Increase
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, March 31,2026 This was a hybrid...
Letter: Three Reasons Why the Jones Library is Ineligible for More CPA Dollars
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on April 2, 2026. There...
Opinion: Honor the Promise – Not a Penny More
The Town Council will soon vote on whether to authorize allocating $477,000 of Community Preservation...
Get Them Out of That Building Now. Councilors Demand Safe Workplace for DPW
Report on the Special Town Council Meeting, March 30, 2026This was a hybrid meeting held...