Building Committee Approves Deep Cuts to Library Design
Climate Friendliness and Historic Preservation Features ChoppedThe Jones Library Building Committee (JLBC) met on June...
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Designers Propose Cuts to Library Sustainability and Historic Preservation
Green Building Features May be EliminatedAfter rejecting a lone construction bid that would have put...
Opinion: Amherst Has a Gambling Disorder
Amherst has a gambling problem. The Mayo Clinic defines gambling as being willing to risk...
Assessment of Jones Library Financial Statements Reveals Inaccuracies
Throughout the long, contentious, and ever-costlier history of the Jones Library Renovation-expansion plan, critics have...
Town Manager to Explore Moving $53M Library Project Forward
Outlines Four-pronged Approach to Addressing Lone Construction Bid On May 7, Town Manager Paul Bockelman...
Jones Library Expansion Project on Hold. Town Manager and Public Respond to High Cost Estimate
Report on the Special Meeting of the Amherst Town Council, April 29, 2004. Part I...
Letter: Too Many Irregularities in Oversight of Jones Library Expansion
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on May 3, 2024. This...
Letter: Repairs To Jones Library Could Cost Less Than You Think
The failure of the Jones Library project appears to have come as a surprise to...
Letter: Time to Change Direction on the Jones Library
The following letter appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. The Jones Library in Amherst...
Opinion: Town Leaders Need to Get Real
Prolonging Pursuit of Runaway Library Project is MisguidedTo paraphrase Elizabeth Warren, the Amherst Town Council...
Library Fundraisers Woo Wealthy Prospects while Awaiting ‘Shovels in the Ground’
Trustee President Reports Building Project Sub-contractor Bids Under BudgetAt the April 22 Jones Library Board...
Library Construction Docs in Disarray as Town Payments Pass $2M
Deadline for General Contractor Bids Slips for the Third TimeWhen construction documents for a large...