A Few Questions For….Planning Director Christine Brestrup, About Words Like Deregulation And The Current Zoning Controversy
Town officials and residents spend a lot of time reacting to a stream of town...
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School Superintendent Issues Statement In Support Of LGBTQ+ Students
School Superintendent Michael Morris concluded the introduction to his weekly newsletter ARPS Update on April...
ARHS Junior Julian Hynes Honored At Statehouse
Source: mass.gov Amherst Regional High School Junior and frequent Amherst Indy contributor Julian Hynes was...
Letter: Negotiating Our Teachers’ Wages Represents Negotiating The Value Of Our Education Itself.
I am writing as a member of the Student Representative Committee (SRC), an organization made...
Issues & Analyses: A Primer On The Proposal To Partially Deregulate Zoning In Parts Of Amherst
A proposal from town councilors, Mandi Jo Hanneke (at large) and Pat DeAngelis (District 2)...
Letter: Proposed Zoning Changes Exacerbate Crisis Caused By Shortage Of On-Campus Housing
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council, Town Manager, Planning Board, and...
Educators Plead For Resumption Of Contract Negotiations At School Committee Meeting
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst School Committee And Regional School Committee Meeting, March...
Letter: Proposed Cuts Of Paraeducators Will Hurt School Libraries
My Wildwood Kindergartener gets so upset on early release Wednesdays. He misses library, his favorite...
Letter: Library Para-educators Keep School Libraries Open
Here we go again. Included in the list of budget reductions in the Amherst elementary...
Opinion: What It Means When Amherst Teachers Work To Rule
As teachers at Amherst Regional High School and other district schools readied to vote to...
From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst. This Week – Local News Roundup With Reports On Blarney Blowout And BORGS
This feature offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to Amherst readers. ...