Town Council Invites Applications for Open Seats on Planning Board, ZBA, Finance Committee, and Charter Review Committee
The Town Council is accepting applications to fill openings on the following Boards and Committees:...
Finance Committee
Finance Committee Shows Little Support for More Money for Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee, March 18, 2025 This meeting was...
Amherst Residents Push Council for More School Funding
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, March 10, 2025, Part 2 This...
Councilor Devlin Gauthier Asks for More Money for Schools
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee, March 4, 2025 This meeting was...
Community Turns Out in Force to Advocate for Larger School Budget
Report on the Budget Hearing for the Amherst Elementary Schools, February 27, 2025 This hybrid...
Rising Health Insurance Costs Squeeze Town Budgets for FY2026
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Finance Finance Committee, February 4, 2025 This meeting...
Public Comment: Righting the Last Three Years’ Financial Improprieties
The following public comment was presented at the joint meeting of the Amherst Town Council...
No Decision on Sites for New Fire Station and DPW Building
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, January 13, 2025, Part 2 This...
Wishful Thinking in Financial Models Imperils Town Needs
Town Manager Paul Bocklelman has asked the Town Council to pick one of four financial...
Opinion: Frequently Unanswered Questions: Is Amherst on the Verge of a Generation-Long Fiscal Disaster?
by Art Keene, Maura Keene, and Maria Kopicki It is hard to imagine that the...
Finance Committee Ponders Spending Potential Savings from School Project Instead of Passing Them on to Amherst Taxpayers
With bids for the new school building project coming in millions of dollars under budget,...
Finance Committee Recommends Increase to School Budget Base and No Change to CRESS Funding
Report on the Meeting of the Finance Committee, November 22, 2024 By Maura Keene This...