What’s Happening in Amherst?
by Art and Maura Keene You can help us make our events calendar more comprehensive...
Letter: Encroaching Vegetation Makes Some Town Bike Lanes Unsafe
On August 12, Amherst relaunches its “Valley Bike” program. The idea of making e-bikes readily...
An Open Letter To President Joe Biden
Mr. President! I’m so filled with admiration for you! What a great man you are...
Opinion: American Climate Corps: The CCC Reborn
Love, Justice and Climate Change Last month, the first 9,000 members of the new American...
Opinion: Hampshire College Pay Cuts, Layoffs, Not So Transparent
This column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. We wish to correct several misleading...
Biocycle Nationwide Survey: Residential Food Waste Collection in the United States. Part II
by Nora Goldstein, Paula Luu and Stephanie Motta The number of households in the U.S....
Land Back and Liberated Zones at UMass Amherst
Becoming Human by Boone Shear, Avery Conrad, and Juliana Greene Late February of this year...
From Other Sources: News for and About Amherst. This Week: Catching Up
We’re still trying to catch up on the news from when we were on vacation...
Town Manager Report for July 15, 2024
Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town Council, usually...
Photos of the Week by Annique Boomsma
Our feature, Photo of the Week, presents each week, a new picture by a local photographer....
What’s In This Issue?
Welcome to our Table of Contents. You can also receive a listing of all new...
Failure to Preserve Library Historic Features Leads to $2M Fundraising Setback
No State Tax Credits for Building Project Says DirectorAt the July 9 Jones Library Building...