Jones Library Project Faces Hard Decisions
Preservation Concerns and Funding Uncertainties Cloud $50M Plan’s FutureAdversity is no stranger to the proponents...
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Ask Perplexity AI: What Are the Risks to the Town of Continued Development of Five Story Private Dorms Downtown?
This is a new occasional column from Ira Bryck entitled “Ask Perplexity AI”. The columns...
Ask Perplexity AI: When Will Amherst’s Roads Be in Good Condition?
This week we introduce a new occasional column from Ira Bryck entitled Ask Perplexity AI....
How to Organize Under Authoritarian Creep in a Closing Civil Society
by Nadine Bloch The following article, “How to Organize Under Authoritarian Creep in a Closing...
“The Administration Acted Reasonably” in Repressing Protest: Investigators Hired by UMass Chancellor Exonerate UMass Chancellor
Fact-check of Twelve of the Prince Lobel Report’s Key Claims The University of Massachusetts Amherst...
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...
Non-competitive Hiring by Jones Library Project Has Promoted One-sided Messaging
Public Records Point to Non-compliant Procurement PracticesThe stormy history of the $46.1 million Jones Library...
AI Analysis Casts Doubt on Jones Capital Campaign’s Prospects for Success
This column appeared originally in the Indy as a comment on Jeff Lee’s article ”...
With Uncertain Fundraising Prospects, Library Project Taps Woodbury Fund
Friends of the Jones Library Direct $500K to Support Renovation-expansionThe fundraising arm of the Jones...
Overcommitting to an MBLC Library Expansion — A Cautionary Tale from Westford
A planned renovation and expansion of the J. V. Fletcher Library in Westford, Massachusetts has...
Council President Withheld Information From Colleagues
It is no secret that Town Council President Lynn Griesemer wants the Jones Library demolition/expansion...