Opinion: Stop Idling Your Car!
by Jesse Warren and Alex Franz What do you do when you’re waiting in your...
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Opinion: Candidates In November Election Should Not Fill Interim Vacancies On School Committee
I had a nice visit last weekend from a candidate for School Committee who was...
Opinion: What Do We Expect From Our Elected Boards?
It was pleasing this morning to read that both Town Council and School Committee will...
Opinion: Some Suggestions For Town Council Candidates About The Town’s Real Estate Woes
Real estate markets everywhere are haywire, and in Amherst, the added pressure of student rentals...
Opinion: Jewish High Holy Days Call On Us To Inventory Our Words And Actions
For those who were/are following the crisis in the Amherst Regional Public School district from...
Opinion: The Victims In The School Crisis Have Always Been The Children Who Were Harmed And The Teachers Who Were Unheard
by Ali Wicks-Lim, Lamikco Magee, and Martha Toro In the past several days Ben Herrington,...
Opinion: When It Comes To Solar, It’s Better To Fight Climate Change And Not Each Other
The following column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette and the Amherst Bulletin. Why...
Opinion: What’s Wrong With Carbon Capture?
Love, Justice and Climate Change After lying to us for decades and continuing to expand...
Opinion: Use Town’s ARPA Funds To Construct Solar Canopies Over High School Parking Lot
by Amrita Rutter and Jane Scalan-Emigh Amherst can’t seem to agree on solar panels. Though...
Opinion: Getting Beyond The Either/Or Dilemma
I have followed the proceedings of the Amherst School Committee for over 25 years. One...
Opinion: The Culture Wars Come to Amherst
Amherst has never been short on a supply of opinionated, vocal people, but lately the...
Opinion: Labor Day. Unprecedented Corporate Greed Demands Unprecedented Worker Response
By Bernie Sanders The following article is reprinted from Portside where it appeared on September...