School Building Committee Works To Minimize Higher Cost Estimates
Explaining that “the amount of (cost) escalation in the past six months outstripped the assumptions...
capital projects
Council Defends Private Meetings With Police. Griesemer Re-elected As Council President
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council, January 9, 2023 This meeting was...
Fundraising Deadline Looms For High School Track And Field Project
Editor’s note: look here for an update on this meeting and a commentary. The Regional...
Community Forum On The Elementary School Building Project
The Elementary School Building Committee will host two community forums on the new elementary school...
Ever Upward — A Modern History of Amherst Tax Bills
Average Amherst Property Tax Bill Has Risen By 585% Since 1988The Massachusetts Division of Local...
Opinion: Regional School Committee Shirks Fiscal Responsibility And Defies Boards Of Health
On Thursday, January 12, the Regional School Committee (RSC) met to determine whether the required...
More Money Expected From MSBA For Elementary School Project
Amherst can expect to receive a larger school funding grant than previously anticipated, following the...
Residents Question Town Budget At Cuppa Joe
About 10 people attended the December 9 Cuppa Joe at the Bangs Center with Town...
Town Manager Report For December 5, 2022
Source: amherstma.gov Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town...
New Protocols For Setting Town Manager Goals Would Remove Specific Mandates for Action On Climate, Solid Waste, CRESS, And Racial Equity
Report On The Joint Meeting Of the Government, Organization and Legislation Committee, on November 30,...
Letter: The Jones Library Has A Plan B. Now What?
The following letter also appeared in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The Jones Library in Amherst...
Council Denies Funding For Artificial Turf At High School
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council, November 21, 2022 This meeting was...