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By CAROLYN BROWN
Valley Players, a local volunteer theater group formed earlier this year, will perform their first full production in Amherst this weekend and next.The show, “Constellations,” by playwright Nick Payne, will be at Munson Memorial Library in Amherst...
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...
By ALEXA LEWIS
EASTHAMPTON — The Easthampton Public Library will soon offer the community a new, renovated annex space that will host community meetings, events, computer classes, and fully accessible children’s activities thanks to the donation by bankESB of a...
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...
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...
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...
By CHRIS LARABEE
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 upcoming Introduction to Genealogy series.Beginning Sept. 10, the library is partnering...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Proposed cost-cutting changes for the Jones Library’s expansion and renovation project will be reviewed by the Historical Commission Thursday evening, a final step before advertisements are placed, for a second time, seeking general...
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...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
SHUTESBURY — A decadeslong goal came one step closer to fruition with the recent groundbreaking ceremony 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 of...
By EMILEE KLEIN
SOUTH HADLEY — Access to books in the early years of a child’s life have proven time and again to boost literacy and ensure proficiency in reading.One two-decade study found that having 500 books at home advanced a child an average of 3.2 years...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Various changes to the plans for the Jones Library expansion and renovation project, aimed at reducing costs before general contracting bids are sought for a second time later this year, are being approved by the Planning Board.With members...
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...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Changes to the $46.1 million plans for the expanded and renovated Jones Library, largely driven by an attempt to reduce costs when the building project goes back out to bid later this year, will be examined by town boards and committees...
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...
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...
By ALEXA LEWIS
NORTHAMPTON — Loneliness impacts everyone, but the cure could be as simple as joining a local organization.Trauma-Informed Hampshire County will host a screening of “Join Or Die,” a film chronicling the work of renowned social scientist Robert Putnam...
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...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Trustees for the Jones Library and the Library Building Committee will have another six months to identify a general contractor to handle the estimated $46.1 million project to expand and renovate the 43 Amity St. building by the end of...
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...
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