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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 50,243 (-2179)
Last Week: 13,127 (+819)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 27,571 (-2306)
Last Week 7079 (+415)
Number of Active Users
Last 30 Days: 13, 908 (-1587)
Last Week: 3902 (+111)
TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Conservation Commission Refuses to Waive Wetlands Restrictions at Atkins Corner by Maura Keene
2. Portland’s Quiet Housing Revolution Is Starting to Pay Off by Strong Towns
3. Opinion: Amherst’s Town Council Form of Government Fails Every Democratic Test by Art Keene and 40 others.
4. Letter: Should Brookline Become a City? Our Experience in Amherst Says No! by Hilda Greenbuam
5. Regional School Committee Members Trade Accusations Over Alleged Policy Violations by Maura Keene
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
CLIMATE /ENERGY/ ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
- Photos of the Week: What the Heck is That? by Jocelyn Ford
DEMOCRACY
- Youth Leaders Shine as Good Trouble Lives on in Amherst by Allegra Clark
- Charter Committee Considers Adding Listening Sessions by Anita Sarro
- The Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- Opinion: An Elected Mayor? by Michael Greenebaum
- Opinion: Let Us Not Waver by Russ Vernon-Jones
- Opinion: Iran: The Things It Won’t Do to Say by Kevin Young
EVENTS
- A Call to Action from the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst
- Annual League of Women Voters Book Sale Begins July 25
FEATURES
HOUSING
LIBRARY
OPINION
- Opinion: An Elected Mayor? by Michael Greenebaum
- Opinion: Let Us Not Waver by Russ Vernon-Jones
- Opinion: Iran: The Things It Won’t Do to Say by Kevin Young
POETRY
- How Are You? by Dinah Kudatsky
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
- Judge Orders Reinstatement of Counselor Fired for Discrimination Against LGBTQ Students by Art Keene
- A Call to Action from the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst
- Free Meals for Kids and Teens All Summer
- Puffer’s Pond Closed to Swimming by Art Keene
- Survey: How Should the Town Use Its Opioid Settlement Funds?
- Ways to Stay Cool During Extreme Heat in Amherst
RECREATION
- Puffer’s Pond Closed to Swimming by Art Keene
RESOURCES
SCHOOL
- Judge Orders Reinstatement of Counselor Fired for Discrimination Against LGBTQ Students by Art Keene
- A Call to Action from the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst
- Regional School Committee Members Trade Accusations Over Alleged Policy Violations by Maura Keene
- Free Meals for Kids and Teens All Summer
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
- Judge Orders Reinstatement of Counselor Fired for Discrimination Against LGBTQ Students by Art Keene
- A Call to Action from the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst
- Opinion: Let Us Not Waver by Russ Vernon-Jones
TOWN GOVERNMENT
- Judge Orders Reinstatement of Counselor Fired for Discrimination Against LGBTQ Students by Art Keene
- A Call to Action from the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst
- Jones Library Building Committee Approves Lots of Spending, Gets Little Information by Art Keene
- Regional School Committee Members Trade Accusations Over Alleged Policy Violations by Maura Keene
- Mixed-use Building at Amity and University To Be Bigger and Higher by Maura Keene
- Joseph Jayne and Priya Atyolil Recommended for Finance Committee Resident Slots by Maura Keene
- Survey: How Should the Town Use Its Opioid Settlement Funds?
- Charter Committee Considers Adding Listening Sessions by Anita Sarro
- Opinion: An Elected Mayor? by Michael Greenebaum
- Town Manager Report for July 17, 2025