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Another outrageous Blarney Blowout should finally, after many years, be the final evidence to get the town of Amherst to do more about it than just talk to UMass and hope something improves. The town spoke glowingly about the police showing...
I am a resident of Amherst and have been a teacher in the district for 18 years. My three kids all went through Amherst schools, and we are beyond grateful for the education they received. The wonderful teachers they had along the way influenced their...
Please make a plan now to vote “yes” on May 2 for the school building project. And please do so regardless of your feelings on the School Committee’s contract negotiations with the teachers union.Risking our last shot at a desperately needed school...
Thanks to the police, firefighters and EMTs from Amherst and surrounding communities who showed up to maintain order and save lives during the so-called Barney Blowout around UMass Amherst. Thanks as well to Scott Livingstone for his many years of...
The retirement of Amherst’s long time chief of police affords an opportunity for the town to make genuine changes in policing, especially if it looks beyond its current personnel to find someone who is ready to work closely with the community’s...
I am writing in strong support of the Amherst Elementary School Project and to urge voters to vote “yes” on May 2 in favor of the local debt- exclusion override. There is no question in my mind that our two aging elementary schools need to be...
UMass wants to privatize more than 100 jobs. Imagine having to reapply to a job you’ve had for 20 years. As a 29-plus year employee at UMass and witness to the anti-union sentiment for all those years, I can confidently state that if it took 20 years...
Being a rental house owner I read with interest a recent guest column by Alex Kent (“Gold rush in Amherst!” Gazette, Feb. 18). In the column, the writer talks about the Amherst Tenant Zoning Bylaw. In particular the requirement of said bylaw is that...
Until I read Jeff Lee’s column last week (“Amherst and Hadley — close in distance, but in property tax burden, not so much,” Gazette, Feb. 6), I thought the ultimate example of chutzpah was the youth on trial for murdering his parents who then threw...
Noncitizens should never be allowed to vote! Doing so would violate the privilege afforded to actual citizens. I understand the intent: to give noncitizen residents a voice; however, there are other means for them to express their views, such as town...
PETA’s campaigns targeting individual scientists are both shameful and dangerous. Imagine opening the paper one day to see a full-page ad that targets you personally by name. Now imagine spotting that ad after months and months of harassment by a...
I was drinking my coffee and reading a moving column online in the Gazette by Joanna Buoniconti (“The voice that I earned”) on Feb. 7 when an ad appeared between two paragraphs. I began to scroll past it and then the title caught my eye. “Critical...
Roe v. Wade marks 50 years Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, marks the 50th anniversary of the consequential decision by the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade to protect the constitutional right to abortion for all pregnant people. As readers probably are aware,...
Recent reporting on utility rate increases has overlooked an important exception to this trend. Municipal light plants (MLP), which are municipally owned electric companies, have been able to control costs without excessive price increases....
Here is what I would like President Biden to say in response to the discovery of classified documents under his control from his tenure as vice president at a residence and a think tank, beyond his stated and appropriate intent to cooperate with an...
I am writing to alert South Hadley citizens of a public hearing to be conducted by the Planning Board regarding the proposed short-term rental zoning bylaw and proposed short-term rental general bylaw. A virtual public hearing will be held on Monday,...
South Hadley residents, what do you want your town to look like come this summer? On Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. the Planning Board is hosting a Zoom meeting to hear your thoughts on short-term rentals, possibly by right. What does this mean? The home next to...
The elementary school project that would have been completed in 2019 had a total estimated cost of $67.2 million, of which the town would have paid $33.2 million with a grant from the MSBA of $34 million. The current elementary school project, if it...
Kate Lindroos’ column “In the fight against logging, conspiracy takes the (profitable) reins,” (Gazette, Jan. 18) points out how the International Panel on Climate Change acknowledges that forest management can help mitigate climate-related risks to...
Almost every time we plan or discuss AHRA (African Heritage Reparations Assembly) listening sessions or forums, some of our members inevitably say that we must provide “a safe space for Black people to speak,” or some variation on that theme. This...
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