On Sept. 26, there will be a discussion at the Amherst Town Library on women running for public office. It looks like it will be well worth attending, and not just by women. Men could learn a thing or two from hearing women talk about the need for more of them in the public sector. The ...

Oh, what the heck, let’s talk about music, somewhat old music, the music of the early ‘60s, much of which was God awful, but some of which was OK, and some of which was fraught with weird claims, to wit:  Who, really, names their daughter Ramaramaramaramalama? Because in 1957, the ...

CORRECTION: An item in last week’s Thumbing the Files said that in 1947 the number of booths in Milford’s Coleman’s Pharmacy soda fountain had been increased from three to 11. The item should have read: The soda bar in Coleman’s Pharmacy has been completely renovated and redecorated. ...

This old photo of the Amherst common was taken sometime between 1890 and 1900.

There’s weird, and then there is at least the appearance of dangerously weird, to wit: When JerriAnne Boggis’s name ended up on a list on the website of a white supremacist group, it was the follow-up to that listing that should have all of us concerned and appalled. Boggis, of Milford, ...

Educators (parents or teachers) sometimes show more appreciation for guys for who they do than for what they are. They praise them when they get excellent grades from college and reproach them when are low. However, we must value people by their human dignity, regardless of their academic or ...