School Superintendent Floats Grade 7-12 Consolidation to Solve Chronic Budget Woes
Report on the Four Towns Meeting of September 28, 2024 The meeting was held at...
Town Council
Jones Library Building Committee Report to Town Council Highlights Expansion Project’s Uncertainty
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, September 23, 2024, Part 3 This...
University Drive Overlay District Gets Mixed Reviews from Town Council
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, September 23, 2024, Part 2 This...
Funding and Design Progressing for High School Track and Field
Assistant Town Manager Dave Ziomek and Capital Projects Manager Bob Peirent provided a brief update...
Opinion: Jones Library Bidders Beware
Despite objections from many quarters and documented failures by library and town officials to share...
Repeated Rejections of Library Funding From State Historic Commission Were Hidden From Town Council and the Public
The Jones Library Director, other library officials, and top town government officials delayed public acknowledgement...
Public Comment: Advice for Getting the Charter Review off to a Good Start
The following public comment was submitted to the Charter Review Committee, following their meeting on...
Jones Library Building Project Odyssey Approaches Final Challenges
Contention, Rising Costs, and Eliminated Features Have Marked Renovation-Expansion PlanFor ten years the proposed $50...
Council Seeks Proposals from Waste Haulers
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, September 9, 2024, Part 1 This...
Council Debates Proposed Nuisance Property Bylaw
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, September 9, 2024, Part 2 This...
Library Representatives Are No Shows at Finance Committee Meeting
Future of Cherry Hill Golf Course Discussed Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance...
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...