Town Meeting

Steve Bloom December 3, 2021 0

This letter appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette In the waning days of the...

Art Keene November 19, 2021 0

Town Manager Paul Bockelman announced on Wednesday (11/17) that the Town Clerk has certified all...

Nina Mankin October 29, 2021 1

I grew up in Amherst. I served on Town Meeting. I own a home here,...

Gerry Weiss September 3, 2021 0

Leave our town councilors alone, shut up and vote. That seems to be the mantra...

Ken Rosenthal June 25, 2021 0

By Ken Rosenthal The following letter was sent to Planning Director Christine Brestrup, Town Manager...

Hilda Greenbaum March 18, 2021 0

The aesthetic appeal of a renewed downtown is not incompatible with economic development. These are not...

Robert Greeney March 18, 2021 1

We write letters and commentaries. We attend public forums. We do not feel listened to....

Janet McGowan May 16, 2020 1

Having participated in two of the three meetings held by the 40R consultants, I heard...

Michael Greenebaum October 11, 2019 0

James Madison sought, both in the Constitution he largely fashioned and in The Federalist essays...

Michael Greenebaum September 20, 2019 0

Eight months in, Amherst’s Town Council is exhausted, overworked, and testy. Most of these people...

Oliver Broudy July 19, 2019 0

by Oliver Broudy I moved to Amherst seven years ago, having renounced big city living,...

Meg Gage June 10, 2019 2

One of the biggest challenges of any governing body is to step back and explore...