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Category: Opinion

August 27, 2024June 28, 2025 The Amherst Current

Our schools don’t have a spending problem, they have a funding problem.

August 7, 2024June 28, 2025 The Amherst Current

Collaborative Approach is Needed to Find Budget Savings and Support Key Priorities

June 26, 2024June 28, 2025 The Amherst Current

Schools’ Financial Situation Untenable

June 20, 2024 The Amherst Current

Rolling Strikes & Spares at the Jones

June 18, 2024January 4, 2026 The Amherst Current

Top Ten Problems Facing Amherst

June 14, 2024June 13, 2024 The Amherst Current

Why the Jones Library Trustees Are Seeking to Rebid the Renovation and Expansion Project

June 11, 2024June 14, 2024 The Amherst Current

What the Heck is Happening with the School Budget?

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024 The Amherst Current

“Stay the Course” on Jones Library Project

May 22, 2024May 22, 2024 The Amherst Current

The ‘rough with the smooth’ club sandwich of preservation.

April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 The Amherst Current

Can a Compassionate Approach Resolve Conflicts in Our Town?

April 7, 2024April 12, 2024 The Amherst Current

Conflict & Civil Discourse in a Liberal Town

April 2, 2024February 2, 2026 The Amherst Current

Bending the Arc Toward Needed Housing: the Story of East Gables

March 22, 2024June 18, 2024 The Amherst Current

A Note About Comments

March 19, 2024January 4, 2026 The Amherst Current

Councilors Should Seek Common Ground

March 1, 2024January 4, 2026 The Amherst Current

Who “Speaks” for Amherst?

February 22, 2024February 21, 2024 The Amherst Current

I’m a YIMBY on Wildwood Site

February 9, 2024January 4, 2026 The Amherst Current

Why Housing is So Expensive: Thoughts from My Journey in Property Management

January 19, 2024January 19, 2024 The Amherst Current

A Rousing Call to Action

December 12, 2023December 11, 2023 The Amherst Current

Letters & Opinion

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 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 13, 2023April 26, 2024 The Amherst Current

Keeping Up With the Jones

September 9, 2022November 12, 2023 Sarah Marshall

Dear Councilors: Don’t disempower voters!

June 8, 2022May 4, 2024 The Amherst Current

Let’s separate fact from fiction

April 28, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

We need neighborhood policy; Why I like Orchard Valley

April 4, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

Net-zero energy schools are old news in Kentucky

March 28, 2022November 5, 2023 Sarah Marshall

Remembering Baer Tierkel

March 21, 2022October 15, 2024 The Amherst Current

What is a good downtown plan?

March 14, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

A civil conversation, Part 3

March 7, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

A civil conversation, Part 2

February 28, 2022March 1, 2022 Sarah Marshall

Let’s declare a moratorium on moratoriums

February 24, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

Rental bylaw, garage decisions on Town Council’s to-do list

February 14, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

Community responder program presents some challenges

February 12, 2022November 3, 2023 Sarah Marshall

Too big? Too expensive? Don’t panic!

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    Freke Ette on The Town Council Should Embrace the Tedious Task of LegislationFebruary 27, 2026

    Thank you for your comments, Michele. I especially appreciate your close reading and measured objections to my arguments. Before addressing…

  2. Evan Naismith's avatar
    Evan Naismith on Council Backs Resolution Demanding Accountability for Federal Immigration Agents, Approves Additional Funds to Fix School RoofFebruary 25, 2026

    Past Amherst Town Council votes similar to the ICE resolution: - Ceasefire in Gaza (2024) - Support for Ukraine (2022)…

  3. Cinda Jones's avatar
    Cinda Jones on Council Backs Resolution Demanding Accountability for Federal Immigration Agents, Approves Additional Funds to Fix School RoofFebruary 25, 2026

    Attorney / Chair Hanneke - With absolute horror for ICE and the travesty and terror of their threats to the…

  4. Richard B. Morse's avatar
    Richard B. Morse on Council Backs Resolution Demanding Accountability for Federal Immigration Agents, Approves Additional Funds to Fix School RoofFebruary 25, 2026

    I salute Council members Hanneke and Ryan for their abstentions on this latest empty resolution, abstentions which require some fortitude…

  5. allegra clark's avatar
    allegra clark on Council Backs Resolution Demanding Accountability for Federal Immigration Agents, Approves Additional Funds to Fix School RoofFebruary 25, 2026

    Just to clarify the council voted to refer the roof project to finance committee

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