SUPPORT FOR LIBRARY EXPANSION LACKING AT DISTRICT 3 MEETING
The Jones Library expansion project was the subject of significant debate between residents and Town...
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LETTER: A LIBRARY ON WHEELS
I live a few minutes’ walk from the Jones Library in Amherst, one of the...
TOWN MANAGER ANNOUNCES NEW COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Town Manager Paul Bockelman announced nominations for new appointments to the Energy and Climate Action...
DISCONNECT BETWEEN PROPOSED REGIONAL CAPITAL BUDGET AND BUILDING STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS
By Maria Kopicki and Toni Cunningham A regional schools capital budget for FY21 totaling $672,176...
STALEMATE BETWEEN FOUR TOWNS ON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDING
At the “Four Towns” Meeting on February 1st, representatives from Amherst, Pelham, Leverett, and Shutesbury...
LETTER: SOPHIE’S CHOICE: BIGGER LIBRARY OR NEW SCHOOL?
Editor’s note: this letter also appeared in the Amherst Bulletin. If you had to choose...
FROM OTHER SOURCES: NEWS AND FEATURES FOR AND ABOUT AMHERST (#15)
Editor’s Note: “From Other Sources” offers links to selected articles that might be of interest to...
OPINION: TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS. STATE OF THE TOWN ADDRESS (12/12/19). THE BIG ISSUE WAS “THE STATE OF THE TOWN IS STRONG”
The audience for the first-annual “State of the Town” meeting, which is mandated by Amherst’s...
FOUR TOWN MEETING: TENTATIVE AGREEMENT FOR SPLITTING REGIONAL SCHOOL COSTS AND PRELIMINARY CAPITAL BUDGET ESTIMATES
The “Four Town Meeting” of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District on December 7, 2019 focused...
An Indy News Analysis. PAYING FOR BIG CAPITAL PROJECTS: LESSONS FROM A SPREADSHEET
In 2015, the town’s finance director, Sandy Pooler, created an interactive Excel spreadsheet to allow...
TOWN COUNCIL FOR NOOBS: THE TOWN BUDGET FORUM. THE BIG ISSUE WAS FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFFING LEVELS.
Kicking off the start of the FY21 budget cycle in town hall, the town room...
LESSON FROM HOLYOKE: ASSESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT EARLY AND OFTEN
The news from Holyoke on Tuesday, where residents overwhelmingly opposed a tax increase to fund...