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....

09/23/2024

Our latest in The Indy.

by Art and Maura Keene We sat down on Labor Day with Sarah Forsaith, president of Amherst Firefighters Local 1764, and Nick Chirekos, vice president of the union, to discuss the staffing shortage that produced inadequate coverage of the town on July 1, and the ongoing challenges that Amherst firefig...

07/31/2024

https://www.amherstindy.org/2024/07/30/petition-urges-town-council-to-pivot-to-affordable-alternative-to-costly-jones-library-demolition-expansion-project/

A coalition of local resident groups is circulating a petition asking the Town Council to abandon its current plans to complete the $55M Jones Library expansion/demolition project and pivot to a more affordable alternative (see also here). The petition is being coordinated by the group Save our Libr...