Trustees Reward Library Director with Extended Severance in New Contract
The main order of business at the December 19 meeting of the Jones Library Board...
Jones Trustees
Plenty of Misgivings, But No Votes Against Additional Jones Library Borrowing
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, December 18, 2023. Part 1 This...
Issues & Analyses: Amended Agreement Leaves Town on the Hook
In advance of a Town Council vote on December 18 to authorize another $10 million...
Here is the Revised Memorandum of Agreement Between Town and Jones Trustees
Read an analysis of this agreement by Toni Cunningham here.Scroll the document below to read...
Letter: Councilors Promised “Not a Penny More of Town Money” for the Jones Library Expansion
In the most recent town council meeting, Mandi Jo Hannake, speaking in opposition to revising...
Jones Trustees Do Not See Need to Reassure Town About Funds for Expansion Project
Report on the Meeting of the Jones Library Trustees, November 28, 2023 This meeting was...
Jones Library Trustees Candidates Weigh in on Library Borrowing and Transparency
As we have done in previous elections, the Indy offered candidates for the offices of Town Council,...
Interest Payments – The Library Project Cost Trustees Don’t Talk About
Most Library Trustee Candidates Appear Oblivious To Town’s Borrowing CostsAt the October 18 Candidates Forum...
With Project Funding Uncertain, Town Seeks Temporary Library Digs
Jones Library News Highlights For The Week Of October 9, 2023 Town Puts Interim Library...
Opinion: Jones Library, Why All The Secrecy?
The Jones Library states that its mission is to serve as a hub “where books...
Jones Library Plans Celebrity Fundraising Event While Measuring Capital Campaign Progress
Actor John Lithgow Talk At Amherst College Will Benefit Building FundAt the September 12 meeting...
Jones Library’s Heavy Reliance On Town Funds Is Break From Tradition
Trustee and Director Call Repairs-Only Option For Building Project ‘Fiscally Irresponsible’Last week’s meeting of the...