The Amherst Indy

09/06/2025

New Food Pantry Opens at UMass (Amherst Indy)

https://www.amherstindy.org/2025/09/05/new-food-pantry-opens-at-umass/

09/06/2025

Special Exhibition Offers New Ways to Experience the Rich Histories of the Emily Dickinson Museum by Hetty Startup (Amherst Indy).

https://www.amherstindy.org/2025/09/05/special-exhibition-offers-new-ways-to-experience-the-rich-histories-of-the-emily-dickinson-museum/

09/06/2025

Public Housing: A Moral Case for Its Dignified Revival by Richard Kirk (Shelterforce).

https://www.amherstindy.org/2025/09/02/public-housing-a-moral-case-for-its-dignified-revival/

09/06/2025

Letter: Town Council Must Head Off Emerging Library Project Fundraising Crisis by Jeff Lee (Amherst Indy)

https://www.amherstindy.org/2025/09/04/letter-town-council-must-head-off-emerging-library-project-fundraising-crisis/

09/06/2025

Much Work Remains to Make Amherst an Equitable Community (Amherst Indy)

https://www.amherstindy.org/2025/09/03/much-work-remains-to-create-an-equitable-community-in-amherst/

08/17/2025

Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene (Amherst Indy). Welcome to the Western Mass Resistance Calendar for the week of 8/15, a listing of resistance actions to the Trump Administration and a resource for pro-democracy actions throughout Western Massachusetts.

https://www.amherstindy.org/2025/08/15/western-mass-resistance-calendar-and-supplemental-reading-list-3/

08/17/2025

From Amherst Teacher to Frozen Yogurt Entrepreneur by Art Keene (Amherst Indy). The sister store to Amherst’s popular GoBerry ’n Cream frozen yogurt shop held a grand opening in Northampton on August 8 with Mayor Gina Louise Sciarra cutting the ribbon.

https://www.amherstindy.org/2025/08/15/from-amherst-teacher-to-frozen-yogurt-entrepreneur/

08/17/2025

Concerns Raised About Playground Material Chosen for New Elementary School by Maura Keene (Amherst Indy). The Elementary School Building Committee confronted the possibility of having to endorse a different playground surface for the new elementary school after receiving reports of installation problems for the chosen material, Corkeen, at a school in Easton, Massachusetts.

https://www.amherstindy.org/2025/08/15/concerns-raised-about-playground-material-chosen-for-new-elementary-school/

08/17/2025

HUD Earmark for Jones Library Comes Through. Fundraising Report Shows Worrisome Trend by Jeff Lee (Amherst Indy). On August 1, 2024 the total of gifts, government grants, and corporate & foundation giving was reported to be $9,745,140, The August 1, 2025 report shows this total falling to $7,969,212 — a drop of $1,775,928. The current report provides no explanation.

https://www.amherstindy.org/2025/08/15/hud-earmark-for-jones-library-comes-through-fundraising-report-shows-worrisome-trend/

09/23/2024

https://www.amherstindy.org/2024/09/23/petition-calling-for-an-end-to-the-jones-library-demolition-expansion-project-hits-1000-signatures/

Three out of Ten People Who Signed Said They Had Previously Supported the ProjectSource: Save Our Library A petition that is being circulated by a coalition of community groups calling for an end to the Jones Library demolition/expansion project has exceeded 1,000 signatures. The petition calls for....