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What’s Happening in Amherst?

Art Keene April 24, 2026 0

by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...

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Letter: Some Recommendations for Review of the CRESS Budget
  • LETTERS

Letter: Some Recommendations for Review of the CRESS Budget

Martha Hanner April 24, 2026 1

The following letter was sent to the Amherst Finance Committee on April 15, 2026. Town...

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Downtown Amherst
  • LETTERS

Letter: Proposed Design Standards Will Yield a Better Downtown for All

Ira Bryck April 21, 2026 1

The following letter was sent to the Amherst Planning Board on April 20, 2026. Amherst...

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Updated: Hampshire College Alumni Reflect on an Education That Changes Lives
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Updated: Hampshire College Alumni Reflect on an Education That Changes Lives

Amherst Indy April 21, 2026 3

by Evangeline Weiss, Kristen Harbeson, Anthony Thomas, Dani Slabaugh, Gillian Parent, and Roger Sherman Several...

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Hampshire College
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Opinion: When Five Is Better Than Four: Can Hampshire College Still Be Saved?

Jonathon Podolsky April 20, 2026 6

On April 14, 2026,  Hampshire College announced that it will close permanently. This surprised many...

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Opinion: Some Questions About Hampshire College
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Opinion: Some Questions About Hampshire College

Michael Greenebaum April 24, 2026 0

I was deeply saddened and perhaps more surprised than many at the announcement of Hampshire...

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Opinion: What’s the Color of Your Money?

Maria Kopicki April 20, 2026 0

At the Finance Committee meeting on April 7, 2026, when discussing whether to authorize more...

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Social media ban
  • OPINION

Opinion: Governor Healy’s Social Media Ban is Even Worse Than You Think

Brooks Ballenger April 24, 2026 1

Governor Healey and several misguided MA lawmakers recently advanced some invasive online ID check legislation, (see...

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Opinion:  Come Celebrate Amherst Media’s 50th Anniversary and the Contribution of Independent Media to Sustaining Democracy
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Opinion:  Come Celebrate Amherst Media’s 50th Anniversary and the Contribution of Independent Media to Sustaining Democracy

Art Keene April 21, 2026 0

My colleague, anthropologist Tom Patterson, used to say that a free press is the right...

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Opinion: Man on the Street Asks, What’s Going on at the Senior Center These Days?
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Opinion: Man on the Street Asks, What’s Going on at the Senior Center These Days?

Chad Fuller April 20, 2026 0

This week a local man returned to his former workplace at the Bangs Community Center,...

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Opinion: Local and Green: Let’s Own Our Power

Darcy DuMont April 24, 2026 1

The following column appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. Climate change is not just a...

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Bearing Witness to Immigrant Suffering at Burlington ICE
  • FEATURES

Bearing Witness to Immigrant Suffering at Burlington ICE

Margaret Smith April 20, 2026 1

When I learned last summer that immigrants were being mistreated not only in faraway places...

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