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December 12, 2023December 11, 2023 The Amherst Current

Letters & Opinion

December 11, 2023February 13, 2024 The Amherst Current

Q&A: Renovating the ARHS Track & Field

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 The Amherst Current

How to live with students next door?

December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 The Amherst Current

Letters & Opinion

November 30, 2023December 5, 2023 The Amherst Current

Fact Check: 2023 Jones Library Bond Authorization

November 28, 2023November 27, 2023 The Amherst Current

Political Organizing in Amherst

November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 The Amherst Current

What are you grateful for about Amherst?

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 The Amherst Current

Annual Tax Bill for Homeowners to Increase More Than 4%

November 13, 2023April 26, 2024 The Amherst Current

Keeping Up With the Jones

November 7, 2023November 10, 2023 The Amherst Current

Steinberg, Walker, Hanneke Re-Elected to At-Large Council Seats

November 7, 2023November 4, 2023 The Amherst Current

Election Day is Today!

June 20, 2022January 19, 2024 The Amherst Current

Landfill solar project installed

June 16, 2022July 3, 2024 The Amherst Current

Writers who lived in Amherst showed reality of native tribes

June 13, 2022May 4, 2024 The Amherst Current

New 3-story elementary school to be built at Fort River site

June 8, 2022May 4, 2024 The Amherst Current

Let’s separate fact from fiction

June 2, 2022July 3, 2024 The Amherst Current

The Orchard Arboretum: a little-known Amherst gem

May 19, 2022April 23, 2024 The Amherst Current

Four more renowned writers who once lived in Amherst

May 9, 2022April 28, 2024 The Amherst Current

Emily Dickinson and Mabel Loomis Todd lived nearby but their lifestyles were far apart

April 14, 2022October 22, 2024 The Amherst Current

Reparations group plans to document racial injustice

March 24, 2022July 11, 2024 The Amherst Current

Houses of five famous writers visible on brief walking tour

March 21, 2022October 15, 2024 The Amherst Current

What is a good downtown plan?

March 10, 2022July 3, 2024 The Amherst Current

Amherst should get more money from UMass and the colleges

March 3, 2022May 4, 2024 The Amherst Current

Designing for education

February 21, 2022January 19, 2024 The Amherst Current

Town-wide solar assessment should precede solar zoning bylaw

January 27, 2022January 19, 2024 The Amherst Current

Two views on solar moratorium

January 20, 2022June 27, 2024 The Amherst Current

Why is my tax bill so high?

January 17, 2022July 1, 2024 The Amherst Current

The case for local reparations

January 13, 2022September 29, 2024 The Amherst Current

Local farmer makes a world of difference

January 10, 2022January 19, 2024 The Amherst Current

Solar on landfills and parking lots

December 3, 2021May 4, 2024 The Amherst Current

Vote on elementary school project is not likely before 2023

November 22, 2021July 3, 2024 The Amherst Current

Ah, the quiet…Argh, the noise!

November 19, 2021May 4, 2024 The Amherst Current

Elementary school building projects kicks into higher gear

October 29, 2021September 29, 2024 The Amherst Current

Climate committee chair counters charges against councilors

October 15, 2021October 15, 2024 The Amherst Current

Candidates for Amherst School Committee speak at a recent forum

September 27, 2021September 29, 2024 The Amherst Current

Climate change: What is our town doing?

September 23, 2021February 16, 2024 The Amherst Current

Fiscal Sustainability: Some Modest Proposals

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  1. Allison B. McDonald's avatar
    Allison B. McDonald on Wishful Thinking Isn’t a Budget StrategyApril 24, 2026

    Thank you for raising this point ~ I do indeed remember this. I also remember that the state had increased…

  2. Casey Maloney's avatar
    Casey Maloney on Wishful Thinking Isn’t a Budget StrategyApril 24, 2026

    I would like to remind the writer that when she herself sat on SC, she addressed this specific topic during…

  3. Allison B. McDonald's avatar
    Allison B. McDonald on Wishful Thinking Isn’t a Budget StrategyApril 23, 2026

    Dear Ms. Hunter, I believe you are referring to the separation agreement that the School Committees approved and signed with…

  4. Laura Jane Hunter's avatar
    Laura Jane Hunter on Wishful Thinking Isn’t a Budget StrategyApril 23, 2026

    I’m so curious- was it an abdication of fiscal responsibility when you, Ms.McDonald, voted to pay off $200k to a…

  5. Richard B. Morse's avatar
    Richard B. Morse on Wishful Thinking Isn’t a Budget StrategyApril 23, 2026

    The reality has been staring us in the face for DECADES: we do not have the property tax base to…

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