Letter: Community Safety Working Group Calls For Release Of Amherst Media’s Capital Funds
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on July 26,2021 We, the...
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Town Council Rejects Temporary Downtown Building Moratorium
Report On The Meeting Of The Amherst Town Council, July 12, 2021 A recording of...
Letter: A Longstanding Plea for Better Planning
By Ken Rosenthal The following letter was sent to Planning Director Christine Brestrup, Town Manager...
Override Vote For School Project Targeted For November 2022
A debt-exclusion override to fund a new elementary school would be on the November 2022...
Finance Committee Recommends Creation Of Stabilization Fund For Reparations
Report On The Meeting Of The Finance Committee (June 10,2021) The meeting was held via...
Issues & Analysis: If We Build It Will They Come?
By Gerald Friedman and Maral Asik This is Part 2 of a three-part series on...
Economics In A Small College Town
By Gerald Friedman and Maral Asik IntroductionThe Town of Amherst is confronting development issues that...
Letter: Capital Plan Will Require Increase In Property Taxes
I am concerned that Scott Merzbach’s statement in his recent article “Jones Library Project is...
Letter: Jones Library Improvement Should Be Right-sized And Within Our Means
Matt Blumenfeld (Thoughts on “Amherst Residents Seek Referendum On Borrowing For Jones Library Expansion”) has...
Opinion: Residents Have A Right To Know
Editor’s Note: This column appeared previously in The Amherst Bulletin. The Jones Library Trustees are...
Building Plan Would Squeeze Budgets And Force Staff Cuts
A financial plan to fund four major building projects — an elementary school, fire station,...
Letter: Capital Plan Portends Substantial Property Tax Increases For Amherst Residents
The February 16, 2021 Finance Committee (FC) presentation “Four Major Building Projects Financial Model” managed...