Letter: Shift Funding From Police To Public Schools
The following letter was sent to Amherst Town Manager Paul Bockelman, the Amherst Town Council,...
Letter: Reducing Light Pollution Protects Pollinators
Editor’s note: this letter also appeared in the Amherst Bulletin on April 22, 2021. The...
Letter: Town Must Plan Now For The Coming Decline In College Enrollments
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on April 19,...
Letter: Capital Plan Will Require Increase In Property Taxes
I am concerned that Scott Merzbach’s statement in his recent article “Jones Library Project is...
Letter: The Indispensable Indy
After my usual Saturday morning activity of reading the Indy, I feel moved to write...
Opinion: MCAS Standardized Tests: You Have Options
I was overjoyed to see a letter from Fort River principals Diane Chamberlain and Renee...
Opinion: What Does The Proposed Building Moratorium Mean For Amherst?
The Town will hold a public hearing on May 19 at 8 p.m. with the...
Opinion: Mr. Density and Mr. Infill
A great New Yorker cartoon in 1997 showed two thuggish men standing in a bookshop...
Opinion: Love, Justice And Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Racism
Environmental racism opponents have for years protested and raised awareness about toxic waste sites, polluting...
Opinion: Social Justice And The Jones Library
What is social justice work? Most simply defined – social justice work is work that...
Talib Sadiq Offered Principal’s Job At ARHS. Reflects On Year As Interim Principal
Editor’s Note: This article appeared previously in Amherst Regional High School’s The Graphic. Amherst-Pelham Regional...
Almanac: Return Of The Goddess
I went hunting for a goddess the other night. For the past few months this...