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By JOHANNA NEUMANN

Holiday time is nearly here. I’m so excited about filling my home with the smell of balsam fir and baking cookies and the sounds of my boys singing along to Chipmunks Christmas carols.I am not, however, looking forward to the crescendo of holiday...

By CAROLYN BROWN

The album “Free to Be… You and Me,” released by Marlo Thomas in 1972, inspired a generation to think beyond gender stereotypes. Now, the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst is celebrating the “Free to Be...” project’s lasting legacy and impact in a new...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A financial order to transfer $1 million from free cash to improve the town’s roads and sidewalks is being rejected by the Town Council, in part as a response to families worrying about diminished support for Amherst’s public schools.With...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A modern Department of Public Works headquarters, with operations spread among multiple sites, and a new fire station in South Amherst at the former Hickory Ridge Golf Course, could both be under construction within the next three years,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A brush fire that consumed more than 1½ acres of woods on the Orchard Hill section of the University of Massachusetts campus Monday evening, and approached equipment associated with a cellphone tower, appeared to be fully extinguished...

By LOU CONOVER

The Democratic Party is consumed with its defeat. The discussion goes back and forth between finger-pointing, navel gazing, terrified wailing, and depression. Of course there is a recognition of what victories there were and a renewed determination...

By JONATHAN KLATE

Cigarettes induce mental states that people desire such as calmness, mild euphoria, and relaxed focus. The tobacco and chemical additives are compounded and balanced to induce these feelings in order to keep us buying the product. The objective of...

Anonymous letters are abhorrent. However, the hypocrisy of the Amherst Pelham Education Association in criticizing the “low tactics” of the correspondence disparaging Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman is truly stunning. Many of us remember that, in the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In preparation for a change in presidential administrations at the federal level, international students, faculty and staff on University of Massachusetts immigration sponsorships, who may be traveling abroad during winter break, are being...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An overhaul of the Amherst Family Center is underway to provide better intervention and support for families of children missing a significant amount of school days and causing them to struggle academically.As part of a continued effort...

By RAZVAN SIBII

Here’s an incomplete list of the kinds of immigrants that, at some time or the other, the U.S. government has said should not be coming to this country: Syrians, convicted criminals, Chinese, anarchists, Libyans, people who are illiterate, Eastern...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement action in the city last Thursday, which led to the arrest of a Brazilian man in Framingham who is also facing two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, is prompting both...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The deteriorating clubhouse building at the former Hickory Ridge Golf Course, bought by the town when it acquired the 150-acre property in March 2022, will soon be demolished.Town officials put out bids last week for razing the building at...

I was interested to see that UMass is apparently planning to build an expanded child care facility [“Child care lack leaves hundreds waiting on list,” Gazette, Nov. 9]. I question if the plans are “expansive” enough.It is distressing that UMass finds...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Even as a 10-month survey of Jones Library patrons indicates most feel welcome and have a sense of belonging when visiting the town libraries, being greeted by friendly staff and having access to representative collections and programs, a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Two programs aimed at building connections for Amherst’s senior citizens during the holiday season and over the winter months are being put together at the Amherst Senior Center.Returning this year is Claus for a Cause, a pick-me-up around...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Represented on a mural taking up an entire wall in the Senior Center lounge at the Bangs Community Center, an Amherst senior citizen is shown portraying singer Elvis Presley, with musical notes flowing from his guitar displayed against a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Amherst Regional School Committee is again coming out in opposition to a 100-student increase in enrollment at the Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School in Hadley, while at the same time endorsing the Mass Promise to Invest...

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

 Among the frightening campaign promises/threats issued by our new president was the prospect of mass deportations beginning with a form of concentration camp where the deportees would be assembled.This would be one of the key actions that would...

By RUSS VERNON-JONES

The election of Donald Trump is catastrophic in so many ways. It will mean untold suffering for many people and for our country as a whole. It also will be disastrous for the global climate crisis.We are at a moment in history when the entire world...