What’s Law Got to Do With It? How Amherst’s Disregard of Historic Preservation Law Has Already Forfeited $1,800,000 and Jeopardizes Millions More in Federal Grants
A Bit of HistoryWhen I retired back to Massachusetts in 1999, one of my first...
Sarah McKee
Gutting Jones’ Historic Millwork Violates Preservation Law
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on June 16, 2024 As...
Letter: Too Many Irregularities in Oversight of Jones Library Expansion
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on May 3, 2024. This...
Letter: Law Mandates Protection Of Jones Library’s Invaluable Historic Features
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Historical Commission on September 14, 2023 Thank...
Letter: Amherst’s Retroactive Tax Assessments An Unpleasant Surprise For Taxpayers
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on February 16, 2023 The...
Letter: On The Jones Library’s Breach Of Contract For State Grant of $13.8M
The following letter was sent to Borna Simon, Executive Director of The Massachusetts Historical Commission...
Letter: Soaring Cost Estimates For Jones Expansion Are Still Incomplete
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Counci, the Town Manager, the Jones...
Letter: Risking Library Endowment Is Thoughtless And Irresponsible
The Jones Library Board of Trustees’ vote this week to move forward with the renovation...
Letter: Jones Library Budget Crisis Requires Public Scrutiny
Financing for the Jones Library trustees’ demolition/expansion project has a newly-revealed $11.6 million shortfall. One...
Jones Library’s Overdue Historic Structure Report Identifies Irreplaceable Features To Preserve
A Zoom meeting of the Jones Library trustees and the Amherst Historical Commission (AHC) on...
Letter: Support Revote On Overlay Zoning For Parking Garage
I support the current, urgent voter veto petition to require a revote on the rezoning...
Letter: Will Proposed Parking Garage Cause The Demise Of The Downtown CVS?
The following letter was sent to members of the Amherst Town Council on December 17,...