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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Amherst Residents Seek Referendum On Borrowing For Jones Library Expansion by Art Keene
2. Boards Weigh In On Designs For Garcia’s Restaurant And Pomeroy Lane Intersection by Hilda Greenbaum
3. Seven Million Dollars In Capital Improvements Planned For FY 2022 by Toni Cunningham
4. Major Discrepancies Emerge In Library Project Timeline by Toni Cunningham
5. Amherst Schools Reopen For Grades K-2. Grades 3-6 Return On Monday by Marla Goldberg-Jamate

WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
Art For Clean Energy’s Student Anthology Is Now On Sale by Marisol Pierce Bonifaz

Juvenescence: Amherst Regional Students Combine Love Of The Arts With Passion For Activism by Annalise Peterson

Photo Of The Week Gallery: The Wellness Labyrinth At UMass By Madeline Charney And Hills3 Studio.

CAPITAL PROJECTS
Water Treatment Plant Replacement Costs Rise Significantly by Toni Cunningham

Major Discrepancies Emerge In Library Project Timeline by Toni Cunningham

Saturday Pop Up Event For Pomeroy Village Center Improvement Project by Tracy Zafian

Roundabout Or Enhanced Signalized Intersection For Pomeroy Village? by Tracy Zafian

Letter: Jones Library Improvement Should Be Right-sized And Within Our Means by Jeff Lee

Letter: Jones Library Veto Petition A Foolish Bet by Kent Faerber and Lee Edwards

CAMPUS
Council Issues Citation Recognizing Umass Hockey Champions

Lunchtime Lecture Series On Modernist Architecture

Photo Of The Week Gallery: The Wellness Labyrinth At UMass By Madeline Charney And Hills3 Studio

What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art Keene

COVID-19
COVID-19 Daily Update by Art and Maura Keene

ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Almanac: Botanical Boa Constrictor by Stephen Braun

Art For Clean Energy’s Student Anthology Is Now On Sale by Marisol Pierce Bonifaz

Juvenescence: Amherst Regional Students Combine Love Of The Arts With Passion For Activism by Annalise Peterson

EVENTS
Mobilizing Community Driven Approaches To Food Security: A Virtual Conversation On April 29

Second Forum On Racial Equity In Housing Slated For April 20 by Maura Keene

Lunchtime Lecture Series On Modernist Architecture

Symposium On Reparations Planned For April 27

What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art Keene

FEATURES
Juvenescence: Amherst Regional Students Combine Love Of The Arts With Passion For Activism by Annalise Peterson

Lucio Perez Tells His Story Following Release From Years In Sanctuary by Clara Lopez and Mildred Orellana

Almanac: Botanical Boa Constrictor by Stephen Braun

From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst (#34). Featured This Week: The Police by Art Keene

Town Manager Report For April 12, 2021

Photo Of The Week Gallery: The Wellness Labyrinth At UMass By Madeline Charney And Hills3 Studio

What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art Keene

FOOD
Mobilizing Community Driven Approaches To Food Security: A Virtual Conversation On April 29

HOUSING
Second Forum On Racial Equity In Housing Slated For April 20 by Maura Keene

LIBRARY
Amherst Petitioners Denied The Right To Collect Signatures Electronically During Covid-19 by Marla Goldberg-Jamate

Major Discrepancies Emerge In Library Project Timeline by Toni Cunningham

Letter: Jones Library Improvement Should Be Right-sized And Within Our Means by Jeff Lee

Letter: Jones Library Veto Petition A Foolish Bet by Kent Faerber and Lee Edwards


OPINION
Letter: The Indispensable Indy by Michael Greenebaum

Letter: Jones Library Improvement Should Be Right-sized And Within Our Means by Jeff Lee

Letter: Jones Library Veto Petition A Foolish Bet by Kent Faerber and Lee Edwards

SCHOOLS
AAPI Students Condemn Asian Hate And Describe Years Of Microaggressions by Cynthia Xie

School District Reports On Advances In Diversity And Equity Work by Annalise Peterson

Art For Clean Energy’s Student Anthology Is Now On Sale by Marisol Pierce Bonifaz

Juvenescence: Amherst Regional Students Combine Love Of The Arts With Passion For Activism by Annalise Peterson

Lucio Perez Tells His Story Following Release From Years In Sanctuary by Clara Lopez and Mildred Orellana

SOCIAL JUSTICE
AAPI Students Condemn Asian Hate And Describe Years Of Microaggressions by Cynthia Xie

School District Reports On Advances In Diversity And Equity Work by Annalise Peterson

Mobilizing Community Driven Approaches To Food Security: A Virtual Conversation On April 29

Second Forum On Racial Equity In Housing Slated For April 20 by Maura Keene

Symposium On Reparations Planned For April 27

Lucio Perez Tells His Story Following Release From Years In Sanctuary by Clara Lopez and Mildred Orellana

From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst (#34). Featured This Week: The Police by Art Keene

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Amherst Petitioners Denied The Right To Collect Signatures Electronically During Covid-19 by Marla Goldberg-Jamate

Saturday Pop Up Event For Pomeroy Village Center Improvement Project by Tracy Zafian

Roundabout Or Enhanced Signalized Intersection For Pomeroy Village? by Tracy Zafian

Town Council: Water Rates To Increase In FY 22. Confusion Persists Over Committee Appointments by Maura Keene

Nominations For 2021 Youth Hero Awards Sought

Town Manager Seeks Volunteers To Serve On Town Boards and Committees

Council Issues Citation Recognizing Umass Hockey Champions

Town Manager Report For April 12, 2021

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