A committee of the University of Massachusetts board of trustees on Feb. 20 approved a 15 percent increase in student fees. That would bring annual tuition for in-state undergraduates to an... Read more »
February 03, 2009
Amherst Working on Affordable Housing
The proposal to establish an Amherst Affordable Housing Trust Fund, known as Article Six, was defeated in the Nov. 10 special town meeting, but town officials are hopeful it will pass in the... Read more »
January 02, 2009
Community Confronts Racism: Organizations look toward a meaningful, long-term understanding of issues
Since the past spring and early summer, several organizations have initiated events and programs to address and confront an undercurrent of racial tension in the region.
A group of youths... Read more »
October 23, 2008
The Shutdown Jamboree
The Nuclear Free Jubilee, a parade and rally to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, is set for Saturday, Oct. 25, in Brattleboro. Nerissa and Katryna Nields, about whom the Washington... Read more »
October 02, 2008
Big Box Battle
Greenfield activists fight to save their downtown, and wetlands along the French King Highway, from the effects of sprawl.
In Greenfield, a group of citizens is fighting plans by a... Read more »