Public Comment: A Better Plan Is Possible for Protecting the Historic Jones Library
The following public comment was presented at the town’s Section 106 Review for the Jones...
Year: 2024
Public Comment: Re-envisioning the Jones Library Expansion Project
The following public comment was shared at the town’s Section 106 Review for the Jones...
Letter: Rescind Campus Ban on Peaceful Amherst Protestors
On the one-year anniversary of October 7th, 2023, a group of us sent the following...
Opinion: The Jones Library Question No One Asks
There is one question that seems to have been swept under the rug amidst the...
Opinion: Against MCAS
I am pleased that the Regional School Committee voted so strongly in favor of Question...
Opinion: Coop Deshelving Campaign Is Part of Global Anti-apartheid Movement
The following column appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. I am a Jewish valley resident,...
Opinion: Where Did Jim Lescault Go?
Faithful readers of the Amherst Media membership newsletter of September 19, were able to infer...
Opinion: To Progressives Who Are Not Supporting Kamala
Love, Justice and Climate Change Millions of people in the U.S. are ready to vote...
Indy Rewind Opinion: UMass Chancellor Reyes’ Police Action Was Unnecessary and Unprecedented. A Brief History of Dissent At UMass Amherst
Note: The column below appeared originally in the Amherst Indy on May 17, 2024. The...
A Better World is Possible: Neighbors as Lifelines – The Power of Mutual Aid in Asheville
The following column, “Neighbors as Lifelines:The Power of Mutual Aid in Asheville”, by Kelley Hayes,...
The Native History of Indigenous People’s Day
by Malinda Maynor Lowry The article The Native History of Indigenous People’s Day appeared originally...
Town Manager Report for October 7, 2024
Source: amherstma.gov Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town...