Judge weighs petitioners request for town-wide vote on $36M Amherst library project

Judge weighs petitioners request for town-wide vote on $36M Amherst library project
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
NORTHAMPTON — A Hampshire Superior Court judge on Wednesday took under advisement a request for an injunction from an Amherst citizen’s group, which seeks seven more days to obtain signatures to force a town-wide vote on the $36.3 million Jones Library project.
During the hour-long hearing, Judge John Agostini questioned whether the court even possess jurisdiction to intervene; the matter involves municipal ordinances — and not state laws.
The plaintiffs do not assert local ordinances (or state laws) were violated, rather, that because of the pandemic, the town should have provided some accommodations owing to the myriad COVID-19 social restrictions, and public health imperatives.

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