What’s In This Issue?

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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Nation Mobilizes for No Kings Day. Events Planned Throughout WMASS by Art Keene
2. Finance Committee Sees ‘Rocky Road Ahead’ for Amherst Budgets by Jeff Lee
3. Archipelago Presents Conservation Commission with Revised Plan for Atkins Corner by Art Keene
4. Puffers Pond Open for Swimming by Art Keene
5. Public Comment: Town Council Disrespects School Superintendent by Deborah Leonard

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

BUDGET

• FY26 Budget Adopted with Objections to Loss of CRESS Positions and Extra Money for the Elementary Schools by Maura Keene
• Town’s Fiscal Sustainability Task Force for Regional Schools Reconfigured by Maura Keene
• Social Justice Committee Raises Alarm over Cuts to Cress by Audrey Falkner

CAMPUS

• UMass Amherst Takes Home Gold in Collegiate Culinary Competition

DEMOCRACY

• Amherst Turns Out For No Kings Dance Party by Audrey Falkner
• Public Comment: Practical Policing Suggestions for Curbing ICE Abuses in Amherst by David Detmold

EVENTS

• Amherst’s First Pride Parade and Celebration June 22
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES

• Dear Reader by Art and Maura Keene
• Photos of the Week: More Reflections from Dave Madeloni by Dave Madeloni

FOOD

• Amherst-Pelham Regional School District Offers Free Summer Meals for Kids 
• UMass Amherst Takes Home Gold in Collegiate Culinary Competition

HOUSING

• Plans for North Amherst Overlay District Advance by Maura Keene

MEDIA

• Dear Reader by Art and Maura Keene
• Meet Audrey Falkner, the Indy’s New Intern

OPINION

• Public Comment: Practical Policing Suggestions for Curbing ICE Abuses in Amherst by David Detmold
• Public Comment: Town Council Disrespects School Superintendent by Deborah Leonard

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

• Amherst-Pelham Regional School District Offers Free Summer Meals for Kids 
• Social Justice Committee Raises Alarm over Cuts to Cress by Audrey Falkner
• FY26 Budget Adopted with Objections to Loss of CRESS Positions and Extra Money for the Elementary Schools by Maura Keene
• Public Comment: Practical Policing Suggestions for Curbing ICE Abuses in Amherst by David Detmold

SCHOOLS

• Amherst-Pelham Regional School District Offers Free Summer Meals for Kids 
• FY26 Budget Adopted with Objections to Loss of CRESS Positions and Extra Money for the Elementary Schools by Mauta Keene
• Town’s Fiscal Sustainability Task Force for Regional Schools Reconfigured by Maura Keene
• Drilling of Geothermal Wells Started at New Elementary School by Maria Kopicki
• Educators Report That Racism Against BIPOC Staff Is Still Prevalent in Regional Schools by Amy Cronin DiCaprio
• Amherst Girls 4 x 400 Relay Racks up Another Championship at New Englands by Maura Keene
• Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Track and Field Renovation by Maura Keene
• Public Comment: Town Council Disrespects School Superintendent by Deborah Leonard

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

• Social Justice Committee Raises Alarm over Cuts to Cress by Audrey Falkner
• Educators Report That Racism Against BIPOC Staff Is Still Prevalent in Regional Schools by Amy Cronin DiCaprio
• Amherst’s First Pride Parade and Celebration June 22

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• Social Justice Committee Raises Alarm over Cuts to Cress by Audrey Falkner
• Plans for North Amherst Overlay District Advance by Maura Keene
• FY26 Budget Adopted with Objections to Loss of CRESS Positions and Extra Money for the Elementary Schools by Maura Keene
• Town’s Fiscal Sustainability Task Force for Regional Schools Reconfigured by Maura Keene
• Drilling of Geothermal Wells Started at New Elementary School by Maria Kopicki
• Educators Report That Racism Against BIPOC Staff Is Still Prevalent in Regional Schools by Amy Cronin DiCaprio
• Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for Track and Field Renovation by Maura Keene
• Public Comment: Practical Policing Suggestions for Curbing ICE Abuses in Amherst by David Detmold
• Public Comment: Town Council Disrespects School Superintendent by Deborah Leonard