Letter: No Raids Yet, But the Fear is Real and Our Neighbors Need Our Vigilance and Support
There’s been concern in the community that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) may have conducted...
LETTERS
Letter: The Importance of Preserving Mother Amherst’s Living Room
The following letter was sent to Robert Peirent, The Massachusetts Historical Commission, and the Advisory....
Letter: Prince Lobel Report Fails to Justify it’s Conclusion that UMass Administration Acted Reasonably in Repressing Student Protest
I’ve read the Prince Lobel report and I agree with Kevin Young’s and Helene Langerock, Emmanuelle Sussman and Ruya...
Letter: Call for Independent Investigation of Police Violence on UMass Campus
We write to voice our concerns about the university-commissioned report on Chancellor Javier Reyes’s decision...
Letter: Expensive Consultants Are Not Needed to Create a Multimodal Redesign of South East Street
Thanks to Maura Keene and the Indy for covering the deliberations on possible changes to...
Letter: Create Space for People and Trees
by The Amherst Public Shade Tree Committee The Amherst Public Shade Tree Committee would like...
Letter: Call for More Attention to Youth Mental Health
by Ben Scott, Liam Worgess, Simen Chamoun With rising rates of mental health issues in the...
Letter: Amherst’s High Rents Necessitate Changes to Inclusionary Zoning Requirement
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Community Resources Committee and the Amherst Planning...
Letter: Weak Justification for Jones Library Demolition/Expansion
I’m going to go out on a limb here and give an answer to a...
Letter: ARPA Funds Earmarked for Youth Empowerment Should Not Be Transferred to Cash Reserves
by The Town of Amherst’s Community Safety and Social Justice Committee The following letter was...
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...
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...