Letter: Rejoice In Our Ability To Criticize Government
Leave our town councilors alone, shut up and vote. That seems to be the mantra...
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Judge To Decide If Lawsuit Against Town Over Petition Signatures Goes Forward
Assistant Town Clerk Acknowledges In Sworn Statement 11 Wrongfully-Disqualified Signatures A judge in Hampshire Superior...
Letter: Elected Officials Are Not Unencumbered To Do Whatever They Choose
This letter appeared in the Amherst Bulletin on July 22, 2021 In his Amherst Bulletin...
Town’s Legal Fees Mount As Amherst Fails To Set Date For Referendum On Library Project
The Town of Amherst was billed nearly $12,000 by a Boston law firm for work...
Updated: Lawsuit Over Wrongfully Disqualified Signatures Filed In Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint Seeks Judgment Ordering Town To Certify At Least 76 Signatures Amherst voters who claim...
Town Clerk Uses Ex-Officio Role On Board Of Registrars To Kill Fresh Count Of Petition Signatures
At a virtual hearing of the Amherst Board of Registrars which lasted more than three...
Public Comment: Residents Ask Board Of Registrars To Correct Assistant Town Clerk’s Improper Rejection of Petition Signatures
The following public comments were offered at the Amherst Board of Registrars meeting on May...
Letter: Sometimes A Town Study Is Less Than A Town Study, It’s Actually A Cigar.
(w/apologies to uncle Sigmund Freud) After 3,400 years of the same discussions, I think many...
Board Of Registrars Takes No Action On Appeal Of Signature Disqualifications. Hearing Continued To Monday
Amherst voters whose signatures were disqualified from petitions seeking a referendum on the Jones Library...
Council Receives Update On Voter Veto Petition, Town Moves Forward With Jones Borrowing
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council (5/3/21) Editor’s note: This is one...
Amherst Petitioners Appeal To Board Of Registrars Over Wrongfully Rejected Signatures
A group of petitioners who seek a town-wide referendum on the $35.8 million approved.borrowing for...
Town Disqualifies More Than One In Five Signatures On Library Borrowing Petition. Voter Rights Case Pending In Hampshire Superior Court
Source: Marla Jamate A group of Amherst residents who are petitioning the Amherst Town Council...