Category: Taxes & Budgets
The Hampshire Opportunity: How Can It Work for Amherst?
Wishful Thinking Isn’t a Budget Strategy
School Committee Backs $30M Budget–More Than a Half Million Over Town Guidance
Amherst School Committee Hears Passionate Testimony, Presses for Details on FY27 Budget
Smaller Enrollment, Greater Needs: Four Towns Weigh Regional School Budget
School Committee Rejects Plan to Replace Full School Roof, Discusses FY27 Budget Plan
Four Towns Propose Fiscal Sustainability Process for Regional Schools
An Alternative to Wrangling over School Spending
Town Council Adopts Budget for Upcoming Fiscal Year, Raises Water and Sewer Rates
Can housing help us find a way out of our fiscal mess?
Town Manager Recommends $2.25 Million Increase in School Funding, Freezes for 6.4 Town Positions for FY2026
Saving Our Schools (and Everything Else)
Town Council and Budget Coordinating Group Hear Budget Indicators
An Appeal for PILOT Parity
Our schools don’t have a spending problem, they have a funding problem.
Collaborative Approach is Needed to Find Budget Savings and Support Key Priorities
A Conversation with Sandy Pooler, on Amherst’s Fiscal Picture
Schools’ Financial Situation Untenable
What the Heck is Happening with the School Budget?
A Potential Partnership with Amherst Public Schools
School Committee Reduces Cuts, but Budget’s Future Uncertain
Q&A: Why Amherst Schools Face Millions in Cuts
Annual Tax Bill for Homeowners to Increase More Than 4%
Reparations group plans to document racial injustice
Public money for private property owners? Yes!
Amherst should get more money from UMass and the colleges
Rental bylaw, garage decisions on Town Council’s to-do list
Community responder program presents some challenges
A civil conversation, part 1
Parking permit fee increases proposed to Town Council
Why is my tax bill so high?
The case for local reparations
Bigger pie, or smaller appetite?
Public comments on community responders sought Thursday
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