Student Safety, HR Controversies, and Path Forward for Track and Field Restoration Challenge School Committee
Report on the Joint Meeting of Amherst Regional School Committee and Union 26 School Committee,...
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Letters: Six Letters and Public Comments in Support of Fired ARMS Science Teacher Erin Lawler
The Indy has received six letters and written public comments in support of recently fired...
Planning Board Considers Overlay District on University Drive to Create More Housing
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, November 29, 2023 This meeting was...
Opinion: One Solution to the Proliferation of Student Housing in Family Neighborhoods
The following column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Trying to regulate student housing...
Letter: Student Rental Industry Should Pay Its Fair Share of Taxes
I read in local papers that a house in Amherst that is valued at $508k...
Opinion: It’s Time to Pay It Forward
Amherst College Students Write in Support of The Endowment Tax Act The following article appeared...
Letter: Does Amherst Forward Have a Plan to Protect Downtown Family Neighborhoods?
The following letter was sent to the leadership of Amherst Forward and to the Amherst...
Indy Rewind: Opinion: Is Amherst Redeemable?
Indy Rewind, is an occasional feature that reprises previously posted news stories and opinion pieces...
Opinion: A Vision for Housing in Amherst
by Jennifer Taub and Pam Rooney This column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette....
School District Responds to Concerns About Language !Live Curriculum
Several Concerns Yet To Be Addressed The Language !Live Curriculum, used in the Amherst Public...
UMass Officials Talk Housing with the Planning Board
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Planning Board, October 25, 2023 This meeting was...
Opinion: Do You Want Your Neighborhood to Remain a Family Neighborhood?
As a former Town Councilor from District 5, I have witnessed, and then followed closely,...