Letter: Council’s Resolution on Gaza Flawed and One-Sided
Amherst hit a new low on Monday, March 4, at its Town Council meeting that...
Year: 2024
Opinion: Racism is in Our Way
This column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. On March 14, 2022 the Amherst...
Opinion: Personal Reflections on the Ceasefire Vote
This piece was written the day after the more than five-hour long town council meeting...
Indy Rewind Opinion: The Chamber of Commerce Home Rule Charter Debate
With the mandated once-every-ten-years Home Rule Charter review around the corner, and with the League...
Opinion: Is Nuclear Power Coming Back from the Dead? Not If We Can Help It Say Activists Who Buried Nukes More Than 40 Years Ago
by Clamshell Alliance Forty-five years ago, on March 28, 1979, one of the nuclear reactors...
PILOT Payments Offer Pathway for Ameliorating School Budget Crisis
Here are a dozen pieces of new information we have researched on payment in lieu...
Land Trusts and Affordable Housing in Amherst: Ruth Hazzard’s Story
When Ruth Hazzard retired from teaching at the UMass Extension program, she longed to devote...
Photo of the Week: APEA’s March for a Million Dollars by Ali Wicks-Lim
The Amherst Pelham Education Association marched through town on March 12 in support of a...
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Regional School Committee Seeks Alternatives to Dramatic Budget Cuts
Assistant Principal: “These Budget Cuts Hurt Students” Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Regional...
APEA Offers Alternatives To Proposed Instructional Cuts
Source: Amherst Pelham Education Association The Amherst Pelham Education Association released the following talking points...
Amherst School Committee Rejects Suggestion to Give Money to Regional System
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, March 4, 2024 This meeting was...