Friends of the Jones Library Wield Power Without Public Accountability
Fundraisers Shape Library Programming and Town SpendingThe Friends of the Jones Library System, Inc. (the...
ISSUES/ANALYSES
Lynnfield Demonstrates Danger of Juggling Building Projects
Voters Squash Nine-year-old Library Plan as Public Safety Complex Costs JumpAs Amherst awaits construction bids...
Belmont Shows How to Constrain Library Project Costs
Wealthy Boston Suburb’s Project Planning and Decision-making May Offer Lessons to AmherstLike Amherst, the town...
Opinion: The Jones Library is Eating the Schools’ Lunch
Amherst Public Schools Face Painful Cuts and a Fiscal CliffHome to two colleges and the...
Amherst, A Rental Market of over $100 Million Dollars a Year?
During the 32 years we have lived in town, I have seen public conversations take...
Library Construction Documents: 3400 Pages of Specs Plus a Few Questions
Library Project Bid Documents Now Available OnlineAfter two years and close to $2 million in...
Granby’s Plan To Repurpose Old Elementary School Suggests Possibilities for Amherst
by Art and Maura Keene An email sent on February 5 by Town Council President...
A Primer on Town Council Resolutions and Proclamations
Josna Rege’s recent call in the Indy for the Amherst Town Council (following the lead...
Two January Property Sales Illustrate How Family Housing in Amherst is Increasingly out of Reach
Gentrification and ‘Rentification’ Threaten Would-be HomebuyersThe Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Area property deed transfers for Jan....
Issues & Analyses: More Unnecessary Delays on Track and Field Project
By Maria Kopicki Several members of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee (RSC) have pointed out...
Issues & Analyses: Amended Agreement Leaves Town on the Hook
In advance of a Town Council vote on December 18 to authorize another $10 million...
Issues & Analyses: Mental Health Service Provider Faces Uncertain Future in Amherst
The Wildflower Alliance is a peer-based, recovery learning community that provides supports for people whose...