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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 86,286 (+1138)
Last Week: 17,841 21,091 (+ 2302)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 42,671 (+1869)
Last Week 10,225 (+2215)
Number of Active Users
Last 30 Days: 22,936 (+1390)
Last Week: 6036 (+1731)
TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Proposed Development at Atkins Corner Raises Concerns About Size and Traffic by Maura Keene
2. Letter: Hannah Moushabeck’s Homeland Tells Only One Side of a Complex Story by Andrea Newman
3. Public Asked to Plan Ahead for Heavy Traffic, Street Closures During Move-out and Commencement Events at UMass by Amhgerst Indy
4. Letter: In Support of Author Hannah Moushabeck’s Visit to Fort River School by Drew Egan and 173 other signatories
5. Downtown Fire Leaves Two Dozen Without Housing by Amherst Indy
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
BUDGET
- Public Raises Concerns About Funding of Schools and CRESS by Maura Keene
- Letter: Town Manager’s Budget Does Not Meet the Needs of Our Schools by Cathleen Mitchell
CAMPUS
- Fire on UMass Campus Requires Evacuation of McNamara Hall
- Exotic and Inventive Flavors Dominate 11th Annual UMass Ice Cream Competition
CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
- Conservation Commission Pans Wetlands Incursion in Proposed Project at Atkins Corner by Maura Keene
- Town of Amherst Named Climate Leader Community
- Photo of the Week: Double Rainbow Lighting Strike by Felicia Sevene
DEMOCRACY
- The Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- Letter: ICE Actions Threaten the Rights of All Massachusetts Residents by Brooks Ballenger
- Opinion: We Must Resist Trump and Advocate for Transformative Change by Russ Vernon-Jones
EVENTS
- The Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- Topping Off Ceremony for New Elementary School on May 20 by Maria Kopicki
- Amherst’s First Pride Parade and Celebration Planned for June 22
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
FEATURES
- Landscape Architect Planted 1,500 Daffodils in Amherst’s Orchard Arboretum by Mickey Rathbun
- Indy Rewind: Help! Not the Police! Crisis Responses That Avert Police Calls by Sandra Larson (for Shelterforce)
- Photo of the Week: Double Rainbow Lighting Strike by Felicia Sevene
HISTORY / HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Historical Commission Decries Amherst College’s Neglect of Two Historic Properties by Hilda Greenbaum
HOUSING
- Conservation Commission Pans Wetlands Incursion in Proposed Project at Atkins Corner by Maura Keene
- Unspent Block Grant Funds Recommended for Community Land Trust Project on Amity Street by Maura Keene
- Downtown Fire Leaves Two Dozen Without Housing
LIBRARY
- Changes in Pickup Procedures for Holds from Jones Library by Maura Keene
OPINION
- Letter: ICE Actions Threaten the Rights of All Massachusetts Residents by Brooks Ballenger
- Letter: Town Manager’s Budget Does Not Meet the Needs of Our Schools by Cathleen Mitchell
- Letter: Hannah Moushabeck’s Homeland Tells Only One Side of a Complex Story by Andrea Newman
- Opinion: We Must Resist Trump and Advocate for Transformative Change by Russ Vernon-Jones
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
- Students Protest Deteriorating Conditions at Middle School. Superintendent Reports Vast Majority of Her Time Is Spent on Litigation, Personnel, Finance, and Operations. by Amy Cronin DiCaprio
- Public Raises Concerns About Funding of Schools and CRESS by Maura Keene
- Fire on UMass Campus Requires Evacuation of McNamara Hall
- Downtown Fire Leaves Two Dozen Without Housing
- Letter: ICE Actions Threaten the Rights of All Massachusetts Residents by Brooks Ballenger
- Letter: Town Manager’s Budget Does Not Meet the Needs of Our Schools by Cathleen Mitchell
- Indy Rewind: Help! Not the Police! Crisis Responses That Avert Police Calls by Sandra Larson (for Shelterforce)
RESOURCES
SCHOOLS
- Students Protest Deteriorating Conditions at Middle School. Superintendent Reports Vast Majority of Her Time Is Spent on Litigation, Personnel, Finance, and Operations by Amy Cronin DiCaprio
- Public Raises Concerns About Funding of Schools and CRESS by Maura Keene
- Topping Off Ceremony for New Elementary School on May 20 by Maria Kopicki
- Letter: Town Manager’s Budget Does Not Meet the Needs of Our Schools by Cathleen Mitchell
- Letter: Hannah Moushabeck’s Homeland Tells Only One Side of a Complex Story by Andrea Newman
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
- Amherst’s First Pride Parade and Celebration Planned for June 22
- Letter: ICE Actions Threaten the Rights of All Massachusetts Residents by Brooks Ballenger
TOWN GOVERNMENT
- Conservation Commission Pans Wetlands Incursion in Proposed Project at Atkins Corner by Maura Keene
- Students Protest Deteriorating Conditions at Middle School. Superintendent Reports Vast Majority of Her Time Is Spent on Litigation, Personnel, Finance, and Operations. by Amy Cronin DiCaprio
- Public Raises Concerns About Funding of Schools and CRESS by Maura Keene
- Unspent Block Grant Funds Recommended for Community Land Trust Project on Amity Street by Maura Keene
- Historical Commission Decries Amherst College’s Neglect of Two Historic Properties by Hilda Greenbaum
- Town of Amherst Named Climate Leader Community
- Charter Review Committee Plans Public Listening Sessions by Anita Sarro
- Topping Off Ceremony for New Elementary School on May 20 by Maria Kopicki
- Letter: Town Manager’s Budget Does Not Meet the Needs of Our Schools by Cathleen Mitchell