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Trustees mull back-up plans for Jones Library expansion in Amherst
08-15-2024 6:31 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Abandoning plans to expand and renovate the Jones Library would necessitate pursuing a backup project that would be more costly and would take longer to modernize the Amity Street building, while leaving the library without needed amenities...

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‘One sentence can change the course of a relationship’: Valley Players stage first full production, ‘Constellations,’ this weekend and next
10-21-2024 11:50 AM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Valley Players, a local volunteer theater group formed earlier this year, will perform their first full production in Amherst this weekend.The show, “Constellations,” by playwright Nick Payne, opened at Munson Memorial Library in Amherst last Friday...


Amherst library chief gets salary boost to $130K
10-10-2024 6:53 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In recognition of what elected trustees say is her exemplary work overseeing the Jones Library system, and the planned expansion and renovation project at the main branch, Director Sharon Sharry is earning a significant salary boost.Trustees...


Jones Library director earns glowing review in Amherst
09-13-2024 9:19 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Jones Library Director Sharon Sharry’s dedication to the Jones Library, its staff and patrons, and her continued planning for a renovated and expanded main branch, is being recognized with an exemplary annual performance review from the...


Amherst Historical Commission gives final OK to Jones project; bids to be readvertised
09-13-2024 9:16 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Amherst Historical Commission is accepting cost-saving measures in the plans for the expanded and renovated Jones Library, including removal of a skylight from the roof, use of synthetic slate shingles and streamlined landscaping.The...


Demolition approved for Amherst’s Jones Library project
09-03-2024 11:20 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — As long as two windows in the existing building are preserved and reused and the original 1928 building is protected from damage, the demolition of the 1990s addition to the Jones Library can proceed, based on a recent Amherst Historical...


‘Every family has a unique set of puzzles’: Sunderland Public Library to host Intro to Genealogy series
09-03-2024 11:16 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Have you ever wanted to figure out your family’s lineage but didn’t know where, or how, to start? If so, you may be in luck with the Sunderland Public Library’s coming Introduction to Genealogy series.Beginning Sept. 10, the library is...


Petition seeks end to Jones Library project in Amherst
08-08-2024 5:21 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An online petition is appealing to the Town Council to put an end to the Jones Library expansion and renovation project, citing the growing price tag, the possible impacts on the original 1928 portion of the Amity Street building and...


‘More than just a building’: Construction begins on new Shutesbury library
08-08-2024 5:10 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SHUTESBURY — A decadeslong goal came one step closer to fruition with the groundbreaking ceremony last Friday for a new 4,400-square-foot library at 66 Leverett Road. “Some people say it takes a village. I say it takes a plan, and it’s taken 28 years...


$2M in historic tax credits for Jones Library expansion off the table
07-17-2024 9:29 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Around $2 million in historic tax credits sought for the $46.1 million expansion and renovation of the Jones Library will not be available after the project was deemed ineligible by the Massachusetts Historical Commission, whose staff are...


Amherst council backs $551K savings study for Jones expansion project
06-27-2024 7:29 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A Boston architect will develop various cost savings for the $46.1 million planned expansion and renovation of the Jones Library, in advance of the project going back out to bid for a general contractor later this year.At its June 17...


Amherst library dips into endowment to pay architects up to $551K to pare Jones project cost
06-13-2024 8:03 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — More than $500,000 from the Jones Inc. endowment will be used to pay Finegold Alexander Architects for an additional 12 weeks of work, during which its team will aim to reduce the costs of the proposed expansion and renovation of the Jones...


A half-century of photography: Forbes Library exhibit showcases the vintage work and world views of photographer and digital printmaker Stan Sherer
06-13-2024 7:44 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

When Stan Sherer was growing up in the Bronx in New York City in the 1950s, an uncle paid a visit to his family one day and brought along some World War II-era darkroom equipment.Sherer didn’t know it just then, but he was about to find his life’s...


Amherst council rejects pulling plug on Jones Library project
06-06-2024 7:22 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A process to seek new general contracting bids for the expansion and renovation of the Jones Library by the end of the year is continuing after the Town Council narrowly rejected an advisory calling on the town manager to immediately halt...


Repair-only Jones Library plan would need more funding
05-30-2024 5:29 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Repairs to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system and fixes to the aging fire alert system and sprinklers are the most immediate upgrades that should be undertaken at the Jones Library, if a full-scale renovation and expansion...


Jones Library trustees to ask state for 6 more months to find contractor for expansion project
05-28-2024 10:46 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Jones Library trustees are appealing to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to extend the deadline for awarding a general contractor bid for the $46.1 million renovation and expansion of the 43 Amity St. building.Trustees on...


Deerfield’s Tilton Library expansion ‘takes a village’
05-20-2024 10:04 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With tosses of dirt, dozens of residents, town officials and legislators celebrated the start of Tilton Library’s expansion last Friday.The ceremony was more than a decade in the making and officially kicked off the project as the...


Jones trustees ask Amherst town manager to reject library bid
05-20-2024 10:03 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Trustees for the Jones Library are recommending that the lone bid for renovating and expanding the Jones Library, which is at least $6.5 million above projected costs, should be rejected.In 6-0 vote, the elected trustees advised Town Manager...


Sole over-budget bid could doom Jones Library expansion project
05-06-2024 5:28 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A lone $42.7 million bid by a general contractor for expanding and renovating the Jones Library building, coming in more than $7 million over cost estimates, could be putting the entire project at risk.“We are disappointed to have received...


Amherst’s Jones Library will take up temporary quarters on University Drive
04-04-2024 4:51 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A University Drive office building will be the temporary location for the Jones Library during the renovation and expansion of the library’s home at 43 Amity St. over the next year and a half.Trustees for the Jones Library and town officials...


Libraries turning the page: They’re still in the business of books, but embracing new role as community ‘third space’
04-01-2024 11:50 AM

By MADDIE FABIAN

On a typical day at Forbes Library, people can be found lying on the lawn, participating in book clubs and other programs, checking out books or perhaps a ukulele, and chatting with friends and strangers.It’s not the traditional image of a library...

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