Town took course by eminent domain in 1987 for $2.2 million  (twice that in today's $) The municipally owned Cherry Hill Golf Cours...

Cherry Hill winter wonderland (note DPW did not even bother to plow the parking lot) Once again at the fiscal year half-way point for t...

Cherry Hill absorbs a lot of sun, and tax dollars For perhaps the first time in its entire history of municipal operation (1987) the Ch...

24,000 sq ft Wastewater Treatment Plant built 1923, value $13 million Last night the Amherst Select Board, after many years of asking,...

Cherry Hill Municipal Golf Course lost a tad more than the $87,739 I reported the other day .  Now add an additional $16,225 for a "...

  Cherry Hill Clubhouse cost $4,365 liability insurance, not part of "operation budget" Okay, I'm big enough to admit whe...

Cherry Hill Golf Course: always stormy   Red ink continues to outline Amherst's municipal white elephant -- the appropriately ...

  Despite a bold, suck up assurance to the Select Board from Town Manager John Musante -- "The golf course will cover its operating a...

In his FY14 budget Letter of Transmittal to his bosses the Select Board, Town Manager John Musante writes, "The 9-hole Cherry Hill Go...

Leisure Services & Supplemental Education website (note outdated pool event)   If Amherst Police, Fire and DPW departments suddenly...

Cherry Hill should be closed because "it's the economy stupid." A coin toss can decide the convenient excuse town official...

  Cherry Hill Golf Course:  Whistling in the rain Last night after more than an hour of discussion Amherst Town Meeting turned down an a...

Free ad on the town website Let the record show that our money pit municipal golf course opened for business yesterday, so naturally to...

At least they used red ink for Fy14's $135,654 Amherst Finance Director Sandy Pooler exhibited the same curious protect-at-all-cost...

Amherst Cherry Hill Golf Course (metaphorically speaking) Just so all of us "customers" have time to adapt, Amherst announced...

UMass McGuirk Stadium (pre-expansion) God how I wish Amherst Town Meeting had been half as smart as the UMass faculty union back in 1987 whe...

Cherry Hill's K-Mart quality golf clubhouse Last night Leisure Services director Linda Chalfant presented the FY13 upcoming budget to...

Despite Finance Committee assurances to Town Meeting that our lackadaisical golf course would produce "a small surplus for FY 11,"...

So I’m a tad surprised the Town Manager and our Leisure Services recreation empire have not issued one of those disingenuous press releases...

Another losing Amherst golf course (New York) Funny how public recreation folks all think alike. Ten years ago the now defunct Cherry Hill G...