Library Trustees Seek Plan B Clarity. Details Of $1M Federal Grant Award Emerge
Jones Library News Highlights For The Week Of April 24, 2023 Application Describes $1M Matching...
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Finance Committee Backs Off Using Reserves For Garage Demolition After Public Comment
Amherst Finance News Highlights For The Week Of April 17, 2023 Razing Of Town-owned Building...
Cash-strapped Library Project To Get New Cost Estimate As Bills Keep On Coming
Jones Library News Highlights For The Week Of April 10, 2023 Size of Current Budget...
Library Fundraisers Oppose Using Reserves To Lower Tax Increase
Capital Campaign Head Kent Faerber Decries Town’s ‘Undisciplined Spending’On April 3 the Town Council and...
Opinion: Amherst Taxation Trends Portend A Dystopian Future
Most Amherst residents are well aware that our property tax bills are significantly higher than...
Confusion Reigns At March 28 Finance Committee Meeting: No Recommendation Made On Lowering Override
Legality of Changing School Appropriation QuestionedOne day after a Town Council Meeting where discussion got...
Opinion: Four Ways To Assure Amherst Builds A New School, Without Pricing Residents Out
As many have written in The Amherst Indy, the $98 million Elementary School Replacement project...
Library Relocation May Force Early Town Council Vote On Funding
Alternative Repair Plan Emerges Jones Library News Highlights For The Week Of March 20, 2023...
Library Leaders Disagree On Aiding Schools, Viability Of Building Project
Jones Library News Highlights For The Week Of March 13, 2023 Conflicting Views Color Budget...
From Amherst To Boston, Government Openness Has Its Limits
Amherst Is Good At Transparency, Except When It Isn’tThis Sunday, March 12 marks the beginning...
FY24 Local Aid Package: Boon For Library, Beans For Schools
Amherst Finance News Highlights For The Week Of February 27, 2023 Governor’s State Aid Proposal...
Opinion: It’s Time To Let Go Of The Jones Library Building Project
Amherst’s $50 million Jones Library Renovation-Expansion Project has been controversial since it was first proposed...