What’s Happening in Amherst?
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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...
Opinion: The People’s March and MLK Jr.
Love, Justice and Climate Change This past weekend I went to Washington, DC to be...
The History of Housing in New England Part 4: A Sideways Glance to My Own Minneapolis Housing Story
Amherst History Month by Month This is the fourth in a series of five articles....
Photos of the Week: Fall Bear Surprise by Jeff Orborne
These dancing bears were filmed in my back yard on Curtis Place in August, 2024....
What’s in This Issue?
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Staffing Cuts Loom Large in FY26 Regional School Budget
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Regional School Committee, January 14, 2025. The meeting...
No Decision on Sites for New Fire Station and DPW Building
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, January 13, 2025, Part 2 This...
Griesemer Re-elected as Town Council President; Ryan to Be Vice President
Report on the Meeting of the Town Council January 13, 2025, Part 1 This meeting...
Town Opens Temporary Warming Centers
Source: amherstma.gov Town Manager Paul Bockelman and Public Health Director Kiko Malin announced on January...