Public Comment: Restore Funds Needed For Arts and Technology Specials At Amherst Elementary Schools
The following public was submitted to the Amherst School Committee on March 30,2021. I’m writing...
Letter: Downtown Development Should Be Community-Driven
I am writing in support of the moratorium on new building permits proposed by Councilors...
Letter: Anti-racism Work Is Not A Matter Of Convenience
I was glad to read a letter in the Indy by District 5 resident Ana...
Letter: Why Amherst College Should Pay $1M To Amherst Schools
Editor’s note: The following letter appeared in the Daily Hampshire Gazette on 4/3 and was...
Letter: Jones Library Should Be Net Zero On Day One
Letter: Jones Library Should Be Net Zero On Day One How can Amherst even consider...
Opinion: We The People Need The “For The People Act”
by Kate Hartford and Elaine Fronhofer Congress is now debating the For the People Act....
Opinion: Mud Season Is Here, Be Kind To Our Trails!
On a run amongst the towering pines along the Brookfield Trail, I pause to catch...
Opinion: Why Amherst Needs A Construction Moratorium
Editor’s note: The following column appeared previously in The Amherst Bulletin. I have lived in...
Opinion: Love Justice And Climate Change. Feedback Loops: Greta Thunberg Asks Us To “Educate Ourselves”
First, two items of good news. With regard to racism, the recent COVID relief bill...
Opinion:Local and Green (#23): Every Day Is Earth Day Starting Right Now
Editor’s note: A version of this column appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. Things are...
A Few Questions For Valley Action’s Gloria DiFulvio and Elaine Fronhofer
A Few Questions For… is an occasional feature of the Indy, aimed at helping our readers...
Culture Club: Circling The Zero
Thanks to COVID, it’s been more than a year since I’ve visited a museum in...