Letter: The Scientific Consensus: PFAS In Synthetic Turf Is A Serious Public Health Hazard
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council, Town Manager, Board of Health,...
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Zero Waste Amherst Encourages The Town To Not Install Synthetic Turf On High School Athletic Fields
Zero Waste Amherst thanks Toni Cunningham for cautioning the town regarding the use of synthetic...
Letter: The Point Of Financial Models Is To Answer “What If” Questions. That’s Not What We’re Getting
Finance Director Sean Mangano’s modeling of the town’s “four major capital projects” has been presented multiple...
Letter: Town Government Not Doing Enough To Address The Challenges Of Student Housing
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Community Resources Committee on October 24, 2022....
Letter: Councilors Hanneke And Griesemer Need To Reflect On Their Role In Upholding White Supremacy
On Monday October 17, certain members of the Amherst Town Council showed us what white...
Letter: Police Report On July 5 Interaction With BIPOC Youth Omits And Distorts Facts
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on October 22, 2022 I...
Letter: On The Jones Library’s Breach Of Contract For State Grant of $13.8M
The following letter was sent to Borna Simon, Executive Director of The Massachusetts Historical Commission...
Letter: Why So Much Secrecy From The Jones Library Trustees?
Jeff Lee’s report on the discussions among the Jones Library Trustees is interesting on so...
Letter: Community Composting Is On The Rise In Massachusetts
It was exciting to find out recently that there’s a similar campaign in Lexington, Massachusetts...
Letter: Cutting Down Trees At 52 Fearing Breaks My Heart
Waking up to the sound of loud buzzing last summer, I look out my window...
Letter: After Schadenfreude, We Act!
It’s been a very bad, terrible, horrible, no good week for Trump & his storm-Trumpers:...
Letter: Planning To Borrow More For The Jones? Consider The Risks To Other Town Programs
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on 9/18 and was also...