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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 63,470 (-22,084)
Last Week: 13,228 (-1,669)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 36,310 (-5,613)
Last Week 7683 (-1,049)
Number of Active Users
Last 30 Days: 18,480 (-4608)
Last Week: 5030 (-502)
TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. We’re Doing It Again: Coordinated I-91 Overpass Standouts from Connecticut to Vermont by Art Keene
2. Town’s Statement Regarding ICE Operations in Amherst by Amherst Indy
3. Amherst Elementary Schools Slated to Cut Ten More Positions in FY26 by Amber Cano-Martin
4. Opinion: Affordable Housing is Cruel to the Majority by Craig Judicki
5. Letter: Israeli Minister – Our Total Destruction of Gaza Has No Precedent. And the World Is Not Stopping Us. by Gerry Weiss
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- Performance Slots Available for Acoustic Dylan Tribute on June 7
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
BUDGET
- Collaborative Committee Proposed to Discuss School Funding by Maura Keene
- Where Do We Stand With the School Budgets? by Cathleen Mitchell
CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
- Design for Hickory Ridge Solar Nears Completion
- Town to Purchase Land to Protect Drinking Water Supply
DEMOCRACY
- Amherst on List of More Than 500 Sanctuary Cities Targeted by Trump Administration by Art Keene
- Town’s Statement Regarding ICE Operations in Amherst
- Charter Review Committee Begins Review of Town Charter by Anita Sarro
- The Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- What Would a General Strike in the US Actually Look Like? by Jeremy Brecher (for Waging NonViolence)
- Letter: Trump and White Afrikaners – Déjà Vu for a South African Expatriate by Margaret McLaren
- Opinion: A Profound Choice by Russ Vernon-Jones
- Opinion: Today’s News, Wednesday, May 28, 2025 by Michael Greenebaum
- Opinion: Worcester Protesters Show How to Respond to ICE Raids by Jason Pramas (for Horizon Mass News)
EVENTS
- Delayed Opening for Groff Park Splash Pad
- Amherst Mobile Market Opens for the Season , June 11 by Maura Keene
- Performance Slots Available for Acoustic Dylan Tribute on June 7
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
- The Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
FEATURES
- Orchard Valley, Amherst: Reprising Social Housing and its Histories by Hetty Startup
- Photos of the Week: Farewell to Lilacland by Jennifer Shiao and Kitty Axelson-Berry
HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
- Orchard Valley, Amherst: Reprising Social Housing and its Histories by Hetty Startup
HOUSING
- Design for Hickory Ridge Solar Nears Completion
- Application to Remove Owner-Occupancy Requirement for High Street Duplex Withdrawn by Hilda Greenbaum
- Ask Perplexity AI: What is the Feasibility of Building 700-900 New Units of Housing in Amherst? by Ira Bryck
- Orchard Valley, Amherst: Reprising Social Housing and its Histories by Hetty Startup
ISSUES & ANALYSES
- Ask Perplexity AI: What is the Feasibility of Building 700-900 New Units of Housing in Amherst? by Ira Bryck
LIBRARY
- Letter: Expanded Jones Is Way Out of Step With The Future by Ken Rosenthal
OPINION
- Public Comment: Activate the School Equity Task Force to Address Entrenched Racism in Amherst Public Schools by Georgia Malcolm
- Letter: Expanded Jones Is Way Out of Step With The Future by Ken Rosenthal
- Letter: Trump and White Afrikaners – Déjà Vu for a South African Expatriate by Margaret McLaren
- Opinion: A Profound Choice by Russ Vernon-Jones
- Opinion: Today’s News, Wednesday, May 28, 2025 by Michael Greenebaum
- Opinion: Worcester Protesters Show How to Respond to ICE Raids by Jason Pramas (for Horizon Mass News)
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
- Amherst on List of More Than 500 Sanctuary Cities Targeted by Trump Administration by Art Keene
- Town’s Statement Regarding ICE Operations in Amherst
- Town to Purchase Land to Protect Drinking Water Supply
- Amherst Mobile Market Opens for the Season , June 11 by Maura Keene
- Opinion: Worcester Protesters Show How to Respond to ICE Raids by Jason Pramas (for Horizon Mass News)
RESOURCES
SCHOOLS
- Collaborative Committee Proposed to Discuss School Funding by Maura Keene
- Where Do We Stand With the School Budgets? by Cathleen Mitchell
- Public Comment: Activate the School Equity Task Force to Address Entrenched Racism in Amherst Public Schools by Georgia Malcolm
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
- Amherst Mobile Market Opens for the Season , June 11 by Maura Keene
- Public Comment: Activate the School Equity Task Force to Address Entrenched Racism in Amherst Public Schools by Georgia Malcolm
- Letter: Trump and White Afrikaners – Déjà Vu for a South African Expatriate by Margaret McLaren
TOWN GOVERNMENT
- Town’s Statement Regarding ICE Operations in Amherst
- Collaborative Committee Proposed to Discuss School Funding by Maura Keene
- Where Do We Stand With the School Budgets? by Cathleen Mitchell
- Design for Hickory Ridge Solar Nears Completion
- Town to Purchase Land to Protect Drinking Water Supply
- Charter Review Committee Begins Review of Town Charter by Anita Sarro
- Application to Remove Owner-Occupancy Requirement for High Street Duplex Withdrawn by Hilda Greenbaum
- Delayed Opening for Groff Park Splash Pad
- Public Comment: Activate the School Equity Task Force to Address Entrenched Racism in Amherst Public Schools by Georgia Malcolm
- Letter: Expanded Jones Is Way Out of Step With The Future by Ken Rosenthal