Update: All Public Participation at Special Town Council Meeting on April 14 Will Be Virtual
Special Town Council Meeting on April 14 Will Consider Motion to Rescind Borrowing for the...
Jones Borrowing
Public Comment: Former Jones Treasurer Says Town Cannot Responsibly Sign a Contract for Library Expansion
The following public comment was submitted to the Town of Amherst’s Public Comment Webpage on...
Details of Costs/Funding of Jones Library Expansion Remain Elusive
Sponsors of the Jones Library Expansion project have announced that with the signing of a...
Opinion: Town Manager Is Gaslighting Amherst Residents Concerning Jones Library Expansion
Town Manager Paul Bockelman offered several pages of vague answers in response to town councilors’...
Town Council Calls for More Assurances on Library Project Funding
Report on the Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, February 10, 2025. Part 2 During...
Wishful Thinking in Financial Models Imperils Town Needs
Town Manager Paul Bocklelman has asked the Town Council to pick one of four financial...
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...
Plans to Complete Jones Library Historic Preservation Review Remain Murky. Capital Campaign Again Fails to Submit Report
Report on the Meetings of the Amherst Historical Commission, November 4, 2024, and Jones Library...
Opinion: The Coming Trumpocalypse and the Jones Library Expansion Project
There is widespread agreement that the world changed on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 and that...
Repeated Rejections of Library Funding From State Historic Commission Were Hidden From Town Council and the Public
The Jones Library Director, other library officials, and top town government officials delayed public acknowledgement...
Opinion: Finance Committee Squanders Opportunity to Shed Light on Financial Status of Jones Building Project
On September 3, the Finance Committee finally had the library demolition/expansion project on its agenda...