Jones Trustees Ask Who Will Raise the Money?
The Jones Library, Inc. Board of Trustees ratified an agreement with the town to take...
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Finance Committee Debates How to Prioritize Budget Cuts
Following sobering assessments of Amherst’s budget challenges given to the Budget Coordinating Group (BCG) and...
Amherst Faces $1M Budget Shortfall Year After Year, Council Learns
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Budget Coordinating Group Kicks Off FY28 Budget Season
The Town of Amherst officially launched its Fiscal Year 2028 budget development process on Wednesday,...
Great Barrington’s Library Gets a Crash Course in What Amherst Has Learned the Hard Way
Great Barrington’s Ramsdell Library renovation is running into a familiar set of problems — ones...
Finance Committee Pursues Budget Book Overhaul
For years, Amherst’s 200-plus-page municipal budget book has often functioned more like a heavy paperweight...
Town Must Revisit Library Budgeting Warns Sarat
“As we contemplate what will occur in the town’s budgeting process over the next several...
Under Budget Constraints, Library Building Committee Begins Furniture Shopping
On Monday, July 6, 2026, the Jones Library Building Committee (JLBC) Design Subcommittee met to...
Mariano and DiZoglio Square Off in State Transparency Fight
A new round of political pugilism over transparency on Beacon Hill has erupted as Massachusetts...
Frustrations Surface at State Review of Open Meeting Law
The Massachusetts Open Meeting Law Advisory Commission (OMLAC), a body comprising representatives from the Attorney...
Massachusetts Receives National “Black Hole Award” for Government Secrecy
Massachusetts has been named the 2026 recipient of the Black Hole Award, a national designation...
Jones Library Prepares for Fundraising Changing of the Guard
Plans are underway to reconstitute the Joint Friends of the Jones Library-Board of Trustees Development...