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Category: Opinion

January 2, 2025December 28, 2025 The Amherst Current

A Tale of Two Senior Centers

December 5, 2024 The Amherst Current

What will Amherst do? My Thoughts on Gaza

October 29, 2024October 28, 2024 The Amherst Current

The Cost of Higher Housing Costs

October 25, 2024 The Amherst Current

Charter School Funding, Part 2: The Solution

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024 The Amherst Current

Why I’m Voting ‘No’ on Question 2

October 15, 2024October 25, 2024 The Amherst Current

Charter School Funding, Part 1: The Problem

October 11, 2024October 9, 2024 Jack Jemsek

Disability Awareness Month at ARPS

October 1, 2024October 1, 2024 The Amherst Current

Lower Electric Bills, More Green Energy

September 26, 2024September 15, 2024 The Amherst Current

When NIMBYism Becomes a Threat to Public Goods and Services

September 13, 2024September 12, 2024 The Amherst Current

An Appeal for PILOT Parity

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, 2024May 30, 2026 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

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    Evan Naismith on On Race and HousingJuly 10, 2026

    Robin, Thank you for taking the time to respond. I want to reiterate that nobody is blaming the 6 plaintiffs…

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    Alex Kent on The Bank of America Building: Another LookJuly 9, 2026

    Steve: Thanks for providing this perspective on what I maintain is a painful eyesore in the heart of downtown Amherst.…

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    Jack Jemsek on Family-Friendly Dino Trail Week to Kick Off July 11July 7, 2026

    Being a geologist, one of my favorite stories of fossil discovery is when a CT DOT excavating contractor was working…

  4. robinjaffine80f072812's avatar
    robinjaffine80f072812 on On Race and HousingJuly 7, 2026

    Housing is one of the most difficult issues facing Amherst, and reasonable people can reach very different conclusions about how…

  5. Jennifer Shiao's avatar
    Jennifer Shiao on We’re Closing One Chapter. We Hope You’ll Write the Next.July 2, 2026

    It is very fitting that Mr. Morse would go negative on those who disagreed with Amherst Forward in a comment…

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