What Is Amherst’s Top Spending Priority? The Answer May Surprise You
What is Amherst government’s highest spending priority? Many will be quick to answer “education.” Amherst...
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How Well Are Town Committees Complying With Open Meeting Requirement For Minutes?
Most Amherst town officials agree that public participation and access are a critical part of...
Issues & Analyses: A Primer On The Proposal To Partially Deregulate Zoning In Parts Of Amherst
A proposal from town councilors, Mandi Jo Hanneke (at large) and Pat DeAngelis (District 2)...
Cash-strapped Library Project To Get New Cost Estimate As Bills Keep On Coming
Jones Library News Highlights For The Week Of April 10, 2023 Size of Current Budget...
Issues & Analyses: CRESS Re-envisions Public Safety In Amherst
Amherst has been engaged in re-envisioning its public safety services since the summer of 2020,...
Library Fundraisers Oppose Using Reserves To Lower Tax Increase
Capital Campaign Head Kent Faerber Decries Town’s ‘Undisciplined Spending’On April 3 the Town Council and...
Opinion: Amherst Taxation Trends Portend A Dystopian Future
Most Amherst residents are well aware that our property tax bills are significantly higher than...
Opinion: Four Ways To Assure Amherst Builds A New School, Without Pricing Residents Out
As many have written in The Amherst Indy, the $98 million Elementary School Replacement project...
Issues & Analyses: Generation Ratify Amherst Explores Town’s Gender Pay Gap
By Julian Hynes, with Kaz Andrews, Cameron Baird, Marisol Pierce Bonifaz, Ada Paessel and Cady Reiken...
From Amherst To Boston, Government Openness Has Its Limits
Amherst Is Good At Transparency, Except When It Isn’tThis Sunday, March 12 marks the beginning...
Indy Rewind: The Role Student Housing Plays In Communities
By Karen Black Editors’ note: The following article, The Role Student Housing Plays In Communities appeared...
Issues & Analyses: Improving The Regional Playing Fields: A Deeper Dive
There are sufficient grass playing fields at the Amherst-Pelham Regional middle and high schools to...