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TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. A Primer On Juneteenth by Amilcar and Demetria Shabazz
2. Decision On Site For New Elementary School Expected To Be “Sticky Wicket” by Toni Cunningham
3. A Few Questions For Fire Fighter Nick Chirekos by Kitty Axelson-Berry
4. Town Manager And Community Safety Working Group At Odds Over Next Steps by Art Keene
5. Opinion: Let’s Learn From Our History And Avoid The Same Mistakes. DPW Facility Project Needs Diverse Perspectives At The Planning Table From The Beginning by Maria Kopicki

WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?

NEW / BREAKING
Town’s Legal Fees Mount As Amherst Fails To Set Date For Referendum On Library Project by Art Keene

Gallery A3 Reopens July 1

Cooling Center At Bangs

National Pollinator Week. Day 7: Why We Can’t Afford Not To Landscape Naturally by John Root

Letter: Let’s Build – In A Way That’s Good For Amherst! by Pamela Rooney

Letter: Citizens’ Request For Brief Downtown Construction Moratorium Is Reasonable And Should Be Honored By Town Council by Gerald Friedman

National Pollinator Week Day 6: Providing Habitat for Pollinators By John Root

National Pollinator Week Day 5: Know Your Enemies! Identification and Control of Undesirable Vegetation by John Root

ARTS
Gallery A3 Reopens July 1

Culture Club: Striking Up The Anarchestra by William Kaizen

Photo Of The Week. An Indy June Gallery by Art Keene

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

DEMOCRACY
Town’s Legal Fees Mount As Amherst Fails To Set Date For Referendum On Library Project by Art Keene

Town Council Votes To Resume Remote Meetings Until September by Maura Keene

TSO Approves New Surveillance Technology Bylaw. Hears Report On Prospects For Reducing Solid Waste In Amherst by Art Keene

Public Forum On Digital Equity In The Pioneer Valley, June 30

ELECTIONS
Running For Elected Office In Amherst: Nomination Papers Available July 1

ENVIRONMENT/ NATURE
National Pollinator Week. Day 7: Why We Can’t Afford Not To Landscape Naturally by John Root

National Pollinator Week Day 6: Providing Habitat for Pollinators by John Root

National Pollinator Week Day 5: Know Your Enemies! Identification and Control of Undesirable Vegetation by John Root

Energy And Climate Action Committee Presents Town Climate Action Plan by Maura Keene

Almanac: Grand Relics by Stephen Braun

National Pollinator Week Day 4: Establishing Garden Beds And Wildflower Meadows by John Root

National Pollinator Week Day 3: Pollinator Gardens, Pollinator Lawns, and Sidewalk Strips by John Root

National Pollinator Week Day 2 :Think Big! Plant Trees, Shrubs, Vines, And Canes For Pollinators. by John Root

National Pollinator Week is June 21 – June 27. Let’s Make Our Community A Pollinator Haven! by John Root

Photo Of The Week. An Indy June Gallery by Art Keene

EVENTS
Gallery A3 Reopens July 1

Cooling Center At Bangs

It’s Back! Independence Day Children’s Parade And Games On The South Amherst Common – July 3

Community Reading Of Frederick Douglass – July 4 – South Amherst Common by Demetria Shabazz

Public Forum On Digital Equity In The Pioneer Valley, June 30

FEATURES
Almanac: Grand Relics by Stephen Braun

Culture Club: Striking Up The Anarchestra by William Kaizen

National Pollinator Week Day 4: Establishing Garden Beds And Wildflower Meadows by John Root

National Pollinator Week Day 3: Pollinator Gardens, Pollinator Lawns, and Sidewalk Strips by John Root

National Pollinator Week Day 2 :Think Big! Plant Trees, Shrubs, Vines, And Canes For Pollinators. by John Root

National Pollinator Week is June 21 – June 27. Let’s Make Our Community A Pollinator Haven! by John Root

Juvenescence: Graduation Reflections by Annalise Peterson

Photo Of The Week. An Indy June Gallery by Art Keene

Town Manager Report for June 21, 2021

HISTORY
Should The Setback Requirement For Archipelago’s Next Project Be Cut By 50 Percent? by Hilda Greenbaum

Community Reading Of Frederick Douglass – July 4 – South Amherst Common by Demetria Shabazz

OPINION
Letter: Let’s Build – In A Way That’s Good For Amherst! by Pamela Rooney

Letter: Citizens’ Request For Brief Downtown Construction Moratorium Is Reasonable And Should Be Honored By Town Council by Gerald Friedman

Public Comment: This Is What Anti-Racism Looks Like. Fully Fund CSWG Recommendations by Ellisha Wlaker and Brianna Owen

Public Comment: Amherst Sunrise Calls For Rejection Of Proposed Town Budget by Marisol Pierce Bonifaz

Public Comment: Amherst’s Embrace Of Reparations Will Inspire Other Communities To Do The Same by MIchele Miller

Letter: A Longstanding Plea for Better Planning by Ken Rosenthal

Letter: Racism Is A Public Health Problem. Support The Ongoing Work Of The CSWG To Promote Racial Equity In Our Town by Nancy Gilbert

Opinion: Town Council And Its Committees by Meg Gage and Michael Greenebaum

Opinion: Inclusionary Zoning Changes Can Work In Amherst by Gerry Weiss

Opinion: The Struggle for Immigration Justice is Far from Over by Shel Horowitz

PUBLIC HEALTH
COVID-19 Weekly Update by Art and Maura Keene

Amherst Public Health Director Named Commonwealth Heroine

High Bacteria Levels Persist At Amherst Swimming Holes

Letter: Racism Is A Public Health Problem. Support The Ongoing Work Of The CSWG To Promote Racial Equity In Our Town by Nancy Gilbert

SCHOOLS
Can Biden’s Plan Help Amherst Expand Preschool Options? by Toni Cunningham

Special Needs Families May Have Choice On Sibling Enrollment Starting In Fall 2022 by Toni Cunningham

Town Issues Update On Amherst Elementary School Building Project

Public Comment: Amherst Sunrise Calls For Rejection Of Proposed Town Budget By Marisol Pierce Bonifaz

Juvenescence: Graduation Reflections by Annalise Peterson

SOCIAL JUSTICE
Council Approves Funds For Reparations, Debates Funding For Community Responder Program by Maura Keene

Can Biden’s Plan Help Amherst Expand Preschool Options? by Toni Cunningham

Special Needs Families May Have Choice On Sibling Enrollment Starting In Fall 2022 by Toni Cunningham

Public Forum On Digital Equity In The Pioneer Valley, June 30

Public Comment: This Is What Anti-Racism Looks Like. Fully Fund CSWG Recommendations by Ellisha Walker and Brianna Owen

Public Comment: Amherst Sunrise Calls For Rejection Of Proposed Town Budget by Marisol Pierce Bonifaz

Public Comment: Amherst’s Embrace Of Reparations Will Inspire Other Communities To Do The Same by Michele Miller

Letter: Racism Is A Public Health Problem. Support The Ongoing Work Of The CSWG To Promote Racial Equity In Our Town by Nancy Gilbert

Opinion: The Struggle for Immigration Justice is Far from Over by Shel Horowitz

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Town’s Legal Fees Mount As Amherst Fails To Set Date For Referendum On Library Project By Art Keene

Council Approves Funds For Reparations, Debates Funding For Community Responder Program by Maura Keene

Energy And Climate Action Committee Presents Town Climate Action Plan by Maura Keene

Town Council Votes To Resume Remote Meetings Until September by Maura Keene

TSO Approves New Surveillance Technology Bylaw. Hears Report On Prospects For Reducing Solid Waste In Amherst by Art Keene

Should The Setback Requirement For Archipelago’s Next Project Be Cut By 50 Percent? by Hilda Greenbaum

CRC Appoints Meadows, Gilbert, Cochrane, and Winter To Zoning Board of Appeals by Maura Keene

Town Issues Update On Amherst Elementary School Building Project

Amherst Public Health Director Named Commonwealth Heroine

Running For Elected Office In Amherst: Nomination Papers Available July 1

Letter: A Longstanding Plea for Better Planning by Ken Rosenthal

Opinion: Town Council And Its Committees by Meg Gage and Michael Greenebaum

Opinion: Inclusionary Zoning Changes Can Work In Amherst by Gerry Weiss

Town Manager Report for June 21, 2021

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