Public Comment: RJ Program Fosters Empathy, Accountability, and Problem Solving
The following public comment was offered at the Amherst Regional School Committee meeting on March...
Public Comment: Why the Delay Moving Forward with Waste Hauler Reform?
The following public comment was offered at the meeting of the Town Services and Outreach...
Public Comment: Please Deny Permitting for Poured in Place Rubber Surface at New Fort River School
The following public comment was submitted in writing for the meeting of the Amherst Conservation...
Letter: Amherst Media Seeks ARPA Funds to Support Construction of New Facility
The following letter was sent to Town Manager Paul Bockelman on March 7, 2024. I...
Letter: Open Meeting Law Complaint Before Council Seeks to Weaken Our Democracy
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on March 12, 2024 I...
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...
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...