FY27 Financial Indicators Presentation Requires Reading Between the Lines
Every fall for more than a decade Town Hall has produced an annual Financial Indicators...
Finance Committee
Where’s the Oversight? Finance Committee Fails to Oversee $46 Million Library Project
By Maria Kopicki More questions than answers remain after the $46 Million Jones Library building...
Letter: Should the Jones Library Project Be Blue Tarped?
When asked in an Amherst Indy questionnaire whether he would oppose additional borrowing for the...
Public Comment: Amherst Residents Will Have to Cover Jones Library Fundraising Shortfall
The following public comment was offered at the meeting of the Amherst Town Council, October...
Letter: Is Anyone Keeping Tabs on Jones Expansion Project Accounts?
The following letter was sent to Amherst Finance Committee Chair Cathy Schoen on October 3,...
State Aid to Public Schools is Insufficient to Meet Current Needs
Report on the Joint Meeting of Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee and Amherst and Pelham School...
Finance Committee Criticizes MARS Report on Regional Schools. Raises Possibility of Tax Override for Roads.
By Maura and Art Keene This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. The...
Should Public-Private Dorms at UMass Pay Property Tax?
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee, September 2, 2025 This meeting was...
Joseph Jayne and Priya Atiyolil Recommended for Finance Committee Resident Slots
Report on the Meeting of the Governance, Organization, and Legislation Committee, July 15, 2025 By...
Interviews for Non-voting Members of the Finance Committee Set for July 15
Report on the Meeting of the Governance, Organization and Legislation Committee, July 8, 2025 This...
Finance Committee Begins Discussion of Excess Revenue in FY25 Budget
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee, July 1, 2025 By Maura Keene...
FY26 Budget Adopted with Objections to Loss of CRESS Positions and Extra Money for the Elementary Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, June 16, 2025, Part 1 By...