Building Plan Would Squeeze Budgets And Force Staff Cuts
A financial plan to fund four major building projects — an elementary school, fire station,...
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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...
Opinion: Jones Library Capital Campaign, Part 2: Why Such A Convoluted Process?
In Part 1, published last week, the goals of the Friends of the Jones Library...
Community Chat: Covid Vaccinations in Amherst
Communications Director Brianna Sunryd and Town Manager Paul Bockelman welcomed guests Mary Beth Ogulewicz, Director...
Letter: My Big Concern Is Gentrification
Today’s paper says that the issue of zoning revision is stalled, and while it is, I’d like...
Questions & Answers About Amherst’s 2% Property Tax Rate Increase
Town Manager Paul Bockelman Responds to the Amherst Indy‘s Questions Editor’s Note: The annual tax...
Amherst Residents To Get Tax Hike In 2021
Residential tax rates in Amherst will go up in early 2021, following a vote by...
Council Approves Purchase Of Hybrid Ambulance. Retains Single Property Tax Rate For FY 21
Report on the Town Council Meeting of 11/16/20 The meeting was held as a Zoom...
Despite COVID, Town Finances Remained Strong in Fiscal Year 2020
At a virtual meeting of the Amherst Finance Committee on October 6th, Comptroller Sonia Aldrich...
Concerns Raised About Investors Buying Up Amherst’s Affordable Housing Stock
One of the goals specified in the 2010 Amherst Master Plan is “to preserve and...
FROM OTHER SOURCES: NEWS FOR AND ABOUT AMHERST (#24)
FROM OTHER SOURCES: NEWS FOR AND ABOUT AMHERST (#24) Editor’s Note: “From Other Sources” offers links...
AN INDY INVESTIGATION: $1,500,000 IN CAPITAL FUNDS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS LIES UNTOUCHED
Approximately $1.5 million in funds allocated in previous years for capital items at the elementary...