Opinion: Mismanagement Imperils Jones Library Funding
This version of this column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Amherst officials have...
historic preservation
Historic Commission Approves Stained Glass Window Restoration at JCA
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Historical Commission, November 25, 2024 This meeting was...
Local Historic District Commission Objects to Vinyl Siding for Lincoln Avenue House
Report on the Meeting of the Local Historic District Commission, November 25, 2024 This meeting...
Jones Library Project Proposes No Further Changes to Design in Response to Historic Preservation Review
Report on the Meeting of the Jones Library Building Committee, November 19, 2024 Editor’s note:...
Extension Requested for Start of Library Renovation
Town Manager Paul Bockelman announced at the Town Council meeting of November 18, 2024, that...
Plans to Complete Jones Library Historic Preservation Review Remain Murky. Capital Campaign Again Fails to Submit Report
Report on the Meetings of the Amherst Historical Commission, November 4, 2024, and Jones Library...
Library’s Conflicting Data on Special Collections Use Raises Costs to State and Town
The willingness of the Jones Library Renovation-Expansion planners to present half-truths and exaggerated claims to...
Amherst’s Neighboring Towns: Granby
Amherst History Month by Month This column is the sixth in a 10-part series about...
Jones Library’s Section 106 Review Hits a Speed Bump
While Town officials had previously indicated that the Section 106 historic preservation review for the...
Some Councilors Wary of Next Steps for Jones Library Project
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, November 4, 2024, Part 1 This...
Legality of $1M Jones Library CPAC Award Remains in Question
In June 2020 the Amherst Indy reported on a disagreement that had arisen on the...
War Memorial Pool Bathhouse Tops CPA Requests for FY2026
The Community Preservation Act committee (CPAC) received 11 applications for funding during the 2026 fiscal...