Town Manager Report for January 13, 2025
Source: amherstma.gov Editor’s note: Town Manager Paul Bockelman submits a comprehensive report to the Town...
capital projects
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...
A Tale of Two Senior Centers
This column appeared previously in the Amherst Current and is reposted here with permission of...
Fort River Elementary School Construction Contract Signed
Source: amherstma.gov The Town of Amherst has announced that the contract to build the new...
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 ”...
Opinion: How Would We Know if the Jones Expansion Project is Fiscally Viable?
The following column appeared originally in the Indy as a comment on on Jeff Lee’s...
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...
School Building Project Contract Not Yet Signed, Timeline Not Yet Re-established
With the bid protest denied, the Elementary School Building Committee’s (ESBC) agenda on December 20 centered...
AG Denies Bid Protest over School Project
The Attorney General’s Fair Labor Division denied on December 4, 2024, bid protests made by...
Finance Committee Ponders Spending Potential Savings from School Project Instead of Passing Them on to Amherst Taxpayers
With bids for the new school building project coming in millions of dollars under budget,...