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The district on Wednesday will consider a rate increase that would take effect next year. But a proposal to add a capital charge onto ratepayers’ property tax bills doesn't sit well with some.
Census could alter voting precincts in Amherst FILE PHOTO FILE PHOTO Published: 5/19/2021 12:10:23 PM AMHERST — Every 10 years following the census, the voting precincts in Amherst change to make sure that each one has about the same number of inhabitants. For the first time under the Town Council form of government, a nine-member District Advisory Board is being established to begin the process of reviewing the census numbers provided to the town, and making recommendations for possible changes that could affect the polling locations where people vote. The council’s Governance, Organiza...
Grant Street Inn. Photo by Cassaundra Huskey by JANA WILSON The staff at the Grant Street Inn, Bloomington’s historical 40-room bed and breakfast, still remembers when the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg stayed there. Each morning, she requested coffee and a bran muffin for breakfast. The Grant Street Inn, which occupies an entire block of Grant Street, was once the historic Ziegler House, built in 1883 behind the First Presbyterian Church. It was purchased by Bill and Gayle Cook in 1991 and moved a block and a half to its current location at 310 N. Grant St. to prevent it f...
Judge rejects plea to extend Jones Library project petition Jones Library in Amherst GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 5/1/2021 2:52:33 PM NORTHAMPTON — A Hampshire Superior Court judge has cleared the way for the town to proceed with the $36.3 million Jones Library expansion and renovation project by denying a preliminary injunction sought by a group of residents. In his decision, issued late Friday afternoon, Judge John A. Agostini denied an emergency motion by residents seeking to use the voter veto provision of the town charter, meaning that the Town Council’s April 5 vote, 10-2 in fa...
4:18 It's a love story years in the making. Erin and Toby first met in Lebanon, Ohio back in 2008. “And after talking for about a month,” said Erin over a Zoom interview, "had a first date at a Waffle House in Lebanon, Ohio and met for coffee. I think we ended up having a pancake or something.” Erin wasn’t shy about her first impressions. “I thought he was a bit preppy for me,” she said. Toby, on the other hand, liked her right away. “Well, I liked her,” said Toby. “I didn’t realize that I was coming off as preppy. I was on my best behavior.”