Petitioners ask court to step in on push for Jones Library revote
An artist’s conceptio shows a renovated and expanded Jones Library as seen from next to the Amherst History Museum. COURTESY FINEGOLD ALEXANDER ARCHITECTS
An artist’s conception of what one side of the renovated and expanded Jones Library would look like from Amity Street in Amherst. FINEGOLD ALEXANDER ARCHITECTS
An artist’s conception of the new adult collections room in an expanded and renovated Jones Library. The roof of the 1928 building is to the right. FINEGOLD ALEXANDER ARCHITECTS
By SCOTT MERZBACH and GRETA JOCHEM
Staff Writer
AMHERST — Petitioners have until Tuesday afternoon to collect more than 800 signatures, under a voter veto provision, to force the Town Council to reconsider its affirmative vote on the Jones Library expansion and renovation project.