Elementary School Building Project Update
Report on the Meeting of the Elementary School Building Committee, December 12, 2025 This meeting...
Design Guidelines in the Works for Local Historic District Commission
Report on the Meeting of the Local Historic District Commission, December 8, 2025 This meeting...
New Appointments to DPW and Jones Library Building Committees, CDBG Advisory Committee, Community Preservation Act Committee
The following Town Manager appointment nominations were unanimously recommended (5-0) by the Town Services and...
Activists Condemn Assault on Academic Freedom at UMass
Student activists supporting justice in Palestine, along with members of the Professional Staff Union and...
There’s a Budget Surplus at UMass. But Austerity Provides A Pretense to Cut Unfavored Programs.
A new report from UMass Amherst Associate Professor of History Kevin Young critiques UMass Amherst’s...
Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List
Greetings. We’re back! We’ve been away for a couple of weeks, trying to put the...
Orchard Valley Gathering #4: The Orchard Valley Lantern Festival
This is a short follow-up article once again honoring the vibrant and caring communities who...
Art and Healing: A Gallery A3 Art Forum
Gallery A3 will offer a free, online art forum on Thursday, December 18 at 7:30...
What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
Letter: Please Support Middle School Athletics
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and Town Manager Paul Bockelman...
Opinion: Thrive or Perish: Transforming Admissions Will Dictate Whether Hampshire College Prospers
In October, 2025, Jennifer Chrisler was appointed the 9th president of Hampshire College after serving...
Opinion: The Merry Maple and Dickinson’s Ghost
Social Injustice Goes Global Amherst restores your faith in community—just enough to make you forget...