What’s Happening In Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene There are lots of interesting events happening in our town....
Year: 2023
Public Comment: Double Standard In Council And Manager Actions
The following public comment was offered at the public forum of the Amherst Town Council...
Letter: Include Purchase Of Shade Trees In Town Budget
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on April 23, 2023. The...
Letter: Demling And Morris Misrepresent Parents’ Actions
The following letter was sent to Michael Morris, Superintendent of Schools and the Amherst School...
Letter: Negotiating Our Teachers’ Wages Represents Negotiating The Value Of Our Education Itself.
I am writing as a member of the Student Representative Committee (SRC), an organization made...
Letter: Envisioning Amherst’s New Elementary School
by Rebecca Fricke and Meg Gage Classrooms infused with daylight and fresh air, small group...
Opinion: Honoring Battles Hard Won By Securing A Solid Building Project
I have cast my vote in favor of the debt exclusion override for the elementary...
Opinion: Why I’m Super Excited About Amherst’s Elementary School Building Project
Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog Editor’s note: . Jennifer Shiao is a member of the Amherst...
Opinion: We Are Going Over 1.5°C. Now What?
Love, Justice And Climate Change When the nations of the world met at the UN...
Amherst History Month By Month: Storybook Appeal -Tudor Revival Homes In Amherst
Storybook Tudor conjures up something from a fairy tale or perhaps associations with our hobbit...
From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst.
More News From Amherst and Adjacent Communities. Also, Stories About COVID, Fascism. Spring is a...
Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond review – how the rich keep the poor down
A Pulitzer-winning sociologist argues that the United States’s gross inequality is no accident