Public Comment: Budget Should Prioritize Educational Programs and Educators’ Salaries
By Marisol Pierce Bonifaz, Julian Hynes, Amrita Rutter, Sitta Rutter, Claire Lindsey, and Lucy Thompson...
Letter: Proposed Head Of Young Adult Services Position At Jones Library Is Unjustifiable
I was the one who gave a public comment at the meeting about the addition...
Letter: Expand Worker Coops In Massachusetts For A More Secure Financial Future
Massachusetts is a Commonwealth. Our laws should help everyone prosper but, while corporate power and...
Letter: A Plea To Save Amherst’s Old Trees
The following letter was sent to Town Manager Paul Bockelman on March 27, 2022 I...
Opinion: A Fork in the Road – Whither Amherst?
Amherst Has Been Losing Its Families And Year-Round Population, In Favor Of A Six- Or...
Opinion: Christopher Alexander And A Vision For Amherst
The death of visionary architect Christopher Alexander was announced on Wednesday, March 30, in The...
Opinion: Amherst School Committee Restores Art And Technology Specials Teachers For FY23 Budget – But How?
Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog Siblings Of Students In Special Education Programs Will Be Offered...
A Few Questions For Jazz Guitarist Freddie Bryant
Guitarist and professor of jazz at Berklee Conservatory, Freddie Bryant grew up on West 87...
Almanac: Warm Blood In A Cold Swamp
I’ve been out and about lately poking around for two kinds of salamanders, about which...
Photo Of The Week: Our Second Gallery On The War In Ukraine
Our feature, Photo of the Week, usually presents each week, a new picture by a local...
What’s In This Issue?
Welcome to our Table of Contents. You can also receive a listing of all new...
Net Zero Aspects of School Project To Be Discussed March 29
DiNisco Design, the architecture firm for the elementary school building project, is expected to present...