An Open Letter to U.S. Representative Jim McGovern Regarding the Jones Library Project
December 13, 2024U.S. Representative Jim McGovern94 Pleasant St.Northampton, MA 01060 Dear Congressman McGovern: I have...
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Letter: Amherst’s Long Failure to Comply with Preservation Law
The following letter was sent to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) on December...
Letter: Is the Daily Hampshire Gazette Fair and Balanced?
I’m grateful for the Amherst Indy. It is, after all, independent, and a valuable source...
Letter: The UMass Foundation “Respectfully Denies” Our Right to a Future
By Kevin A. Young and Brendan Post The following letter appeared previously in the Massachusetts Daily Collegian. Our...
Opinion: Equity Under Attack by the Town of Amherst #4: Saving Amherst’s Community Responders Alternative to Policing
By Allegra Clark, Debora Ferreira, Pat Ononibaku, Darius Cage, Russ Vernon-Jones, Brianna Owen, Ellisha Walker,...
Amherst’s Neighboring Towns: Leverett (Part 2)
Amherst History Month by Month This column is the ninth in a 10-part series about...
Photos of the Week: Lighting of the Merry Maple
Photos by Hetty Startup and the Town of Amherst.
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Dear Reader, Greetings from College Station, Texas where we are producing this week’s Indy remotely....
Library Commissioners Approve Second Jones Construction Deadline Extension
The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) met on Thursday (12/5) and took up the...
Council President Withheld Information From Colleagues
It is no secret that Town Council President Lynn Griesemer wants the Jones Library demolition/expansion...
FY 26 Budget Guidelines Still a Work in Progress
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee, November 27, 2024, and Amherst Town...
Owners Say Big Y Will Remain if University Drive Overlay District Created
Report on the Meeting of the Community Resources Committee, December 3, 2024 This meeting was...