Letter: Library Demolition Undermines Sustainability
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council, Amherst Town Manager, and Jones...
Jones Library renovation
Letter: It’s Time to Embrace an Alternative to the Increasingly Unaffordable Jones Library Expansion
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council, Amherst Town Manager and Jones...
Letter: Town Is Not Ready To a Sign Contract for Jones Library Expansion
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and the Amherst Town Manager...
Dear Reader
Dear Reader, What a week! Trump has crashed the economy (which he argues was his...
Details of Costs/Funding of Jones Library Expansion Remain Elusive
Sponsors of the Jones Library Expansion project have announced that with the signing of a...
Letter: Town Is Hurtling Toward an Obligation It Cannot Afford
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council and Town Manager on April...
Town Manager Offers Vague Reassurances on Viability of Jones Library Expansion
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, March 24, 2025. Part 2 This...
Town Must Extend Review Period to 30 Days for Environmental Assessment of Jones Library Expansion
The following letter was sent to Robert Peirent, Special Projects Coordinator for the Town of...
Frequently Unanswered Questions: What’s Missing from the Response to Town Councilors’ Questions About the Jones Library?
By Jeff Lee and Maria Kopicki The following document was placed in the packet for the...
Opinion: Town Manager Is Gaslighting Amherst Residents Concerning Jones Library Expansion
Town Manager Paul Bockelman offered several pages of vague answers in response to town councilors’...
Library Expansion Fundraising Hits a Wall
Capital Campaign Raises $1129 in FebruaryJones Library Trustee Lee Edwards’ report on fundraising results at...
Massachusetts Sees Tariffs Pinching Public Projects
Tariff Turmoil and Economic UneaseThe on-again-off-again nature of new U.S. tariffs on foreign construction materials...