Letter: Which Signatures Count?
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and Town Manager on May...
elections/voting
Open Meeting Law Complaint Seeks New Certification Process For Petition For Referendum On Jones Library Borrowing
Amherst voters who petitioned for a town-wide referendum and then discovered that more than one...
Council Considers Inclusionary Zoning Bylaw And Pomeroy Village Intersection
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council (5/3/21) Editor’s note: This is one...
Town Council Accepting Applications For Districting Advisory Board
Town Council is now accepting applications from residents who wish to serve on the Districting...
Opinion: Voting Rights Are A Climate and Race Issue
Voting rights have been a racial justice issue in the United States for a very...
Town Disqualifies More Than One In Five Signatures On Library Borrowing Petition. Voter Rights Case Pending In Hampshire Superior Court
Source: Marla Jamate A group of Amherst residents who are petitioning the Amherst Town Council...
Amherst Residents Seek Referendum On Borrowing For Jones Library Expansion
A group of Amherst residents is using the Voter Veto provision of the Town’s Charter...
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....
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...
From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst (#33). Featured This Week: Voting Rights, Reparations, And Private Student Housing Developments
This column offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to Amherst readers....
From Other Sources (#31). News For And About Amherst. A Special Focus On Democracy After The Insurrection
This column offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to Amherst readers....
Opinion: Impeach Trump Again And Bar Him From Future Office
by Ben Clements, John Bonifaz, and Ron Fein Editor’s note: this column is excerpted from an...