Letter: Failure To Protect Historic Documents Underscores Failings of Jones Library Leadership
In her letter about the Jones Library in the Amherst Bulletin, my friend Susan Tracy,...
Letter: Libraries And Schools
A library is more than its building or its stacks of books and reading materials....
Letter: There Are Better Ways To Improve Our Libraries Than The Proposed Jones Expansion
On November 2 we can start over smart by rejecting the borrowing for the Jones...
Letter: I Plan To Vote No On The Library Project
I’m an educator who loves books, and really loves to read at home, at work...
Letter: I Support Candidates Who Are Reasonable, Fair, Curious, Strategic, And Open
I support the following candidates: Cathy Schoen (District 1) Dorothy Pam (District 3) Jennifer Taub...
Letter: Conservation Commission Will Discuss Forty-Four Acre Solar Installation That Would Replace Forested Land In Amherst
Readers of the Amherst Indy may want to know that detailed plans for a forty-four...
Opinion: Community Safety Working Group – Programs For Us Need To Be By Us
by The Community Safety Working Group Following the murder of George Floyd, youth-led Black Lives...
Opinion: Progressive Coalition Board Encourages A “No” Vote On Jones Library Reconstruction
by the Progressive Coalition of Amherst Board This column was previously posted to the Progressive...
Opinion: Why I Support The Library Expansion
The big question for Amherst residents this year is its proposed library renovation and expansion....
Opinion: Love, Justice And Climate Change. An Arrest While Protesting Climate Inaction
Last Wednesday I was arrested in front of the White House while participating in a...
Speak Up! Mock Vote For Councilor-At-Large With Ranked-Choice Voting
Had the Massachusetts Legislature passed House Bill H.777 earlier this year, Amherst voters would be...
Almanac: Underworld
I’m not particularly claustrophobic, but, still, the hole in front of me was narrow and...