Average Amherst Tax Bill to Top $10,000
The average annual Amherst single-family home tax bill is on track to exceed $10,000 for...
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Mystery Surrounds Jones Library Litigation
The Jones Library Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Thursday, October 22, to go into...
Can Question 7’s Zoning Reform Ease the Housing Crisis in Mass?
by Dylan Vrins The following article appeared originally in The Shoestring on September 25, 2026....
Amherst Faces $1M Budget Shortfall Year After Year, Council Learns
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The Dorm That Was Private, Public, and Somehow Tax-Free
Social Injustice Goes Global At District 4 meeting, Sunday, September 27, Councilors Pam Rooney and...
The Newell Court Case: When Is an Attic an ADU?
Social Injustice Goes Global At the District 4 meeting on September 27, Councilors Pam Rooney...
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...
Library Project’s Failure to Repay Town Discussed at Finance Committee
This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. Money Coming To the Town Town...
A Tale of Two Policies: Why Amherst Needs Stronger Local Protections in the PROTECT Act Era
The Town should revise its Sanctuary Community Bylaw to align with the PROTECT Act while...
As Budget Woes Linger in Hampshire County, Some Look to the Colleges
By Anna Carpinelli The Five Colleges’ tax-exempt property holdings can be a sore spot when...
TSO Considers Changes to Waste Hauler Policies
Local and Green The following article appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. On Aug. 6,...
What Massachusetts’ New ICE Law Protects, and What It Doesn’t
by CommonWealth Beacon staff This article first appeared on CommonWealth Beacon and is republished here...