OPINION: PROMOTING WAGE JUSTICE: PROPOSED AMHERST BYLAWS TO PREVENT WAGE AND TIP THEFT
By Pat De Angelis, Mandi Jo Hanneke, and Cathy Schoen Thousands of low-wage workers in...
OPINION: TOWN CONSIDERS SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY BYLAW
by Pat De Angelis and Mandi Jo Hanneke On May 4, we introduced to the...
OPINION: JONES LIBRARY REQUESTS A ONE YEAR GRANT DELAY – PROBLEMS WITH JONES PROCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY PERSIST
The stunning news that the Jones Library has asked for a one-year delay in their...
OPINION: I SAY NO, I SAY YES
I will be blunt. In Amherst, as everywhere else, historical continuity has hit “pause” and...
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: NOCTURNAL VISITOR BY ART KEENE
We heard this little flying squirrel banging around in our kitchen during the night and...
PRESSURE ON CPA COMMITTEE TO ACT ON JONES FUNDING REQUEST
The Community Preservation Act Committee (CPAC) is under pressure to act on a Jones Library...
QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY OF SIMULTANEOUS SCHOOL AND LIBRARY PROJECTS
A public forum on the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for fiscal year 2021 (FY21), held...
UMASS CAR CARAVAN DEMANDS INCREASED FUNDING FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SAFE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS
The UMass campus has been very quiet these past few months, but that all changed...
PLANNING BOARD ENDORSES RULE CHANGE FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW. RECOMMENDS SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROPOSAL TO ZBA
REPORT: PLANNING BOARD MEETING OF 6/17/20 This joint meeting of the Planning Board and the...
PUFFER’S POND OPEN FOR VISITORS
Source.amherstma.gov The Town has opened the Puffer’s Pond area and South Beach for swimming and...
HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD DESIGN FUNDING APPROVED BY COUNCIL
Last week, the Indy reported on a letter that Schools’ Finance Director Doug Slaughter had...