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Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: Are we getting stupider as our reading declines?
02-17-2025 8:01 AM

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

Are we getting stupider? David Brooks writes in the New York Times that stupidity has come to define our politics. Even intelligent people can also be stupid, he argues. They can come to believe in conspiracist theories and make decisions against their own interests.

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Amherst town worker hired to take minutes says council violating Open Meeting Law
02-16-2025 8:01 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A Greenfield resident hired by the town to compile minutes for meetings, including Town Council sessions, is contending that Amherst officials are violating the state’s Open Meeting Law by not posting minutes in a timely manner.


UMass Downtown launches retail, event space in downtown Amherst
02-15-2025 10:14 PM

Staff Report

AMHERST — A retail, event and satellite meeting space for the University of Massachusetts is open in Amherst center.


Sharing life lessons: Local college athletes, others participate in Wildwood School’s annual African-American Read-In day
02-14-2025 1:42 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Before local and school celebrities took time out of their day to read stories to classes at Wildwood School this week, two sixth graders reflected on the power of dreaming and the importance of self expression.


Amherst-Pelham union factions spar as school committees take up Herman accusations
02-13-2025 5:40 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Members of the Amherst Pelham Education Association remain divided over whether to offer support to Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman in the face of an ongoing investigation, led by the Regional and Union 26 school committees, into accusations of mismanagement and abusive behavior in the central office.


Embracing used clothing: UMass students finding success with new thrift, consignment shop
02-13-2025 3:24 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A consignment store to serve college campuses, offering inexpensive clothes and low-priced household items, was an idea hatched by students in a University of Massachusetts classroom.


Track project at Amherst Regional High School gets green light, work to begin in June
02-13-2025 11:42 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Construction on a new track and field at Amherst Regional High School, at a cost of $4.11 million, should begin in late June.


Around Amherst: Eight days of WinterFest kicks off in North Amherst
02-13-2025 11:25 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — WinterFest Amherst, being called eight days of frosty fun, is beginning with cold-weather games and activities at Mill River Recreation Area and the Mill District in North Amherst on Saturday afternoon.


Emmett Barcalow: Acting like America’s Mussolini
02-12-2025 9:02 PM

Given his actions, there can be no doubt that Donald Trump is bent on increasing the power and authority of the president well beyond the limits set by the Constitution. Virtually no Republican office-holder is courageous enough to resist this usurpation of power, despite their oath to “support and defend” the Constitution.


Jean A. MacKimmie: UMass working on and providing housing solutions
02-12-2025 9:02 PM

In a recent article, John Hornik, a former chair of the Amherst Housing Trust, incorrectly asserted that the university “has severely restricted housing for families on campus while only providing a small boost in graduate student housing” [“Nonprofit developers say cost, siting chief barriers to affordable housing in Valley,”Gazette, Jan. 29]. While housing availability and affordability are undeniably challenges that must be addressed, both locally and statewide, UMass Amherst is working to provide concrete solutions.


$2.8M Amherst Bangs Center building upgrades leave seniors short
02-12-2025 11:29 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — New sprinkler and fire alarm systems, upgraded heating, ventilation and air conditioning, and accessibility enhancements are among $2.8 million in improvements planned for the Bangs Community Center — upgrades that fall short of addressing calls from members of the Council on Aging and senior residents to improve Senior Center facilities and immediately provide more space for activities.


Amherst girls capture 2nd place for second year in a row at MIAA Nordic Ski Championships (PHOTOS)
02-11-2025 5:26 PM

By GARRETT COTE

WOODFORD, Vt. — The Amherst Regional girls Nordic ski team has seen a plethora of different athletes lead the Hurricanes’ pack throughout the course of this season. Each meet it’s typically someone new at the front, and that’s what makes their team so dangerous in meets with high stakes like Tuesday’s 2025 MIAA Nordic Ski Championships at Prospect Mountain.


Families alerted about middle school student’s Nazi salute
02-11-2025 4:47 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Families of students at Amherst Regional Middle School are being notified about an antisemitic incident that occurred Monday when a student gave a Nazi salute during class — the latest in a series of incidents that have occurred at area schools in recent years.


Guest columnist Rudy Perkins: Mobilize opposition to taking others’ land
02-11-2025 3:20 PM

By RUDY PERKINS

 


Amherst school budget best-case scenario: 17 positions gone
02-10-2025 4:21 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Unless state aid increases, other sources of funding are found or member towns can contribute more, a fiscal year 2026 budget that eliminates around 17 positions may be the best-case scenario for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, according to information presented at a “Four Towns Meeting” Saturday.


Amherst schools’ rank-and-file elementary union members break with leaders over support of superintendent
02-10-2025 4:17 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A significant majority of elementary school teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical staff are disavowing a recent statement, released by the executive board for the Amherst-Pelham Education Association, offering support to Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman in the face of allegations made by 12 administrators whose identities have not been made public.


Praise, criticism for proposed tobacco changes in Amherst; some want town to adopt nicotine-free generation
02-09-2025 1:01 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Revised regulations on the sale of tobacco products in Amherst drafted by the Board of Health, including restricting oral nicotine pouches to adults-only tobacco stores, is winning both praise and criticism from the public, with advocates for curtailing access to tobacco calling for the town to bolster the rules by adopting a nicotine-free generation measure.


Guest columnist Darcy Dumont: A year of climate wake-up calls
02-09-2025 11:02 AM

By DARCY DUMONT

 


Swimming: Northampton’s Amalia Guerra wins 2 more titles at Central/West Sectional Championships
02-08-2025 7:18 PM

By RYAN AMES

SPRINGFIELD – When the pressure was on, Amalia Guerra delivered.


Boys hockey: Noah Latulippe’s first varsity goal lifts Amherst past Easthampton 2-1 (PHOTOS)
02-07-2025 7:40 PM

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — Leading 2-1 late in the third period, the Amherst Regional boys hockey team just had to hang on for another two minutes to sweep the season series with Easthampton on Friday afternoon at Lossone Rink.


Amherst man pleads guilty to child porn charges
02-07-2025 2:14 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An Amherst man pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston on Wednesday to distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Massachusetts.

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