It’s Monday again, and this week we will ring in another new year! As we close out 2025, we are looking back at the top stories on the “pages” of the Current.
We published 130 stories in 2025 (131 if we count this one) with nearly 114 thousand words. Here are the top stories of the year that drew the most comments and the most readers.
Top 10 Commented Stories
These 10 stories garnered the most comments in 2025 (and, only half were also the most read stories). Listed here in order from lowest to highest number of comments.
Transferring Silent H to NoHo Brings Windfall for Amherst Stakeholders
Can housing help us find a way out of our fiscal mess?
Students should stay on campus!
Is Amherst capable of constructive, civil dialogue about funding our schools?
Saving Our Schools (and Everything Else)
Leverett, Amherst Neighbors Oppose Massive Development
District Candidates for Town Council Wrestle with Budget & Housing Challenges
Proposed Zoning Articles are Tax Shelters for Developers
Top 10 Read Stories
These 10 stories attracted the most readers in 2025; the top two stories also achieved the status of most read of all time on The Amherst Current. Here they are, listed in order from fewest to most readers.
#10
Is Amherst Capable of constructive, civil dialogue about funding our schools?
By Allison McDonald
#2
Walker, Hanneke, and Churchill Win At-Large Town Council Seats
By The Amherst Current Editorial Board
#1
School Administrators Accuse Superintendent of Intimidation, Retaliation
By David Porter & Allison McDonald
THE AMHERST CURRENT 