Court Hears Additional Oral Argument in Amherst Voting Rights Case
The Amherst voting rights case, Terry Y. Allen, et al. v. Board of Registrars of…
Sarah McKee
Letter: A No Vote On Jones Borrowing Can Give Us A Smart Project That Serves Amherst Appropriately
After years in which major Jones Library systems have aged, let’s be smart about what…
Letter: Where Is The Town’s Legal Agreement With KP Law?
“[T]he Town does not have a retainer agreement with KP Law.” That’s what Amherst Town…
Letter: Town Attorney Insults Amherst Voters
At last Friday’s status hearing in Allen v. Board of Registrars, the Amherst voting rights case,…
Jones Trustees Punt On Signing Historic Preservation Restriction Agreement
At their online meeting on Tuesday, June 29, the Jones Library Trustees punted on both…
Letter: Open Letter Of Concern About The Town Attorney’s Misrepresentations To The Hampshire Superior Court
This letter was submitted to the Amherst Town Council on June 2, 2021 I write…
Letter: Jones Library Has Thousands Fewer Books Than Ten Years Ago
Does the Jones Library really need an extra 10,300 or so square feet? It has…
Opinion: Proposed Jones Library Demolition/Expansion Project: More Costly, More Confused Than You Think
As a former Jones Library Trustee President, and as a retired attorney who is familiar…
Community Safety Working Group Prepares Survey Of Amherst Police Department’s Policies And Practices
At its weekly Wednesday meeting on December 16, Amherst’s Community Safety Working Group (CSWG) voted…
LETTER: USE GOODWIN ROOM TO PROTECT JONES LIBRARY’S THREATENED COLLECTIONS
The Jones Library’s Special Collections includes works of Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Julius Lester, and…
LETTER: PROPOSED NATURAL GAS HVAC FOR JONES RENOVATION IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY UNSOUND
It is excellent to have Kuhn Riddle Architects’ new, comprehensive report on how to bring…
LETTER: CPAC SHOULD DENY LIBRARY TRUSTEES’ PROBLEMATIC REQUEST FOR $1,000,000
The Trustees of the Jones Library have now asked the Community Preservation Act Committee (CPAC)…