Opinion: Vote Yes For The New School In Amherst
This column appeared previously in the Daily Hampshire Gazette. I was principal of the Fort...
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Cash-strapped Library Project To Get New Cost Estimate As Bills Keep On Coming
Jones Library News Highlights For The Week Of April 10, 2023 Size of Current Budget...
As School Vote Nears, Building Committee Reconvenes
With a critical public vote on the school project looming, and after a two-month break,...
Opinion: Four Reasons To Vote For The New Elementary School
by Rudy Perkins and Darcy DuMont This column appeared previously in the Amherst Bulletin. The...
Details Of May 2 Override Vote Finalized
Amherst Town Council voted unanimously at their meeting of February 27, 2023 to schedule a...
Library Fundraisers Oppose Using Reserves To Lower Tax Increase
Capital Campaign Head Kent Faerber Decries Town’s ‘Undisciplined Spending’On April 3 the Town Council and...
Tortuous Discussion Precedes Borrowing Authorization For New Elementary School.
Walker’s Bid To Use $10 Million From Reserves Defeated Report On The Meeting Of the...
Public Comment: Elementary School Is The Most Important Capital Expenditure Facing The Town. Is Council Doing Enough To Contain Costs?
The following public comment was offered at the meeting of the Amherst Town Council on...
Opinion: Amherst Taxation Trends Portend A Dystopian Future
Most Amherst residents are well aware that our property tax bills are significantly higher than...
Confusion Reigns At March 28 Finance Committee Meeting: No Recommendation Made On Lowering Override
Legality of Changing School Appropriation QuestionedOne day after a Town Council Meeting where discussion got...
Opinion: Four Ways To Assure Amherst Builds A New School, Without Pricing Residents Out
As many have written in The Amherst Indy, the $98 million Elementary School Replacement project...
Council Torn Over Using Reserves To Help Fund New School
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council, March 20, 2023 This meeting was...