I want to correct a letter that was published in the Nov. 30 edition under the title “Spreading disinformation about the Jones Library.”

First, the writers misquoted the sign near the Amherst Farmer’s Market, making it seem slightly more provocative than it actually is, but that’s a minor point. The writers go on to state that the information we were giving out was “inaccurate and inflammatory,” and that we were “spreading disinformation and misleading the public.” In fact, the pictures we displayed and the information that we were giving people were from the town’s website regarding the library project. We make every effort to present accurate information based on the town’s and the library’s published documents, despite the complex and changing nature of the project and the many false and misleading claims made by its proponents. In publishing the letter under that title without making an attempt to contact the people who it was about, the Gazette endorsed a claim that it failed to check.

Helena Donovan

Amherst