Finance Committee Debates How to Prioritize Budget Cuts
Following sobering assessments of Amherst’s budget challenges given to the Budget Coordinating Group (BCG) and...
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Additional ELL Teacher to be added at Crocker Farm
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, October 6, 2026 The meeting was...
Amherst Faces $1M Budget Shortfall Year After Year, Council Learns
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Budget Coordinating Group Kicks Off FY28 Budget Season
The Town of Amherst officially launched its Fiscal Year 2028 budget development process on Wednesday,...
Members of the Four Towns Meeting Learn that Amending the Regional Agreement is a Multi-year Endeavor
By Maria Kopicki The meeting was held in person at the Amherst Regional High School...
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...
Regional Agreement Up for Review at Four Towns Meeting Sept. 26
Note: This meeting will be held in the Amherst Regional High School library and is...
Elementary School Year off to a Good Start, District Considering Tech-less Thursdays
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst School Committee, September 15, 2026 By Maura Keene...
Finance Committee Pursues Budget Book Overhaul
For years, Amherst’s 200-plus-page municipal budget book has often functioned more like a heavy paperweight...
Town Must Revisit Library Budgeting Warns Sarat
“As we contemplate what will occur in the town’s budgeting process over the next several...
CSSJC Continues to Seek Answers From Town Manager on Social Justice Initiatives
Report on the meeting of the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee, July 15, 2026...
Under Budget Constraints, Library Building Committee Begins Furniture Shopping
On Monday, July 6, 2026, the Jones Library Building Committee (JLBC) Design Subcommittee met to...