What’s in This Issue?
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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 64,189 (-940)
Last Week: 15,535 (-1607)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 35,485 (+1338)
Last Week 9880 (+1211)
Number of Active Users
Last 30 Days: 18,430 (+1847)
Last Week: 6026 (+1078)
TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. Traffic Advisory for UMass Student Move-in by Amherst Indy (c/o UMass News & Media)
2. A Warm Welcome in Amherst for LGBTQIA+ Middle School Students on First Day by Art Keene
3. Council Passes Pro-Democracy Resolution Amid Concerns Raised by Councilor Ette. Rooney Appointed to DPW Building Committee by Maura Keene
4. A Call to Action from the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst by Amherst Indy (c/o the Ad Hoc LGBTQIA Caucus of Amherst)
5. School Committee Receives Update on Sixth Grade Move to the Middle School by Art Keene
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- Folk Trio Little Wild Bouquet at PVFS September Song and Story Swap
- Auditions for Amherst Community Theater’s Production of The Wizard of Oz, September 12-14
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
CAMPUS
- Labor Rally at UMass Demands Fair Pay, Full Staffing, and Protection from Discrimination
- UMass Amherst Launches Economic Development Initiative
- UMass Amherst Welcomes Its Most Diverse Class Ever
CAPITAL PROJECTS
CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
- Archipelago’s New Tactic for Atkins Corner Development: Demand Change to Wetlands Bylaw by Maura Keene
- Opinion: Authoritarianism and the Fossil Fuel Industry by Russ Vernon-Jones
DEMOCRACY
- Pool of Applicants for Charter Review Committee Vacancy Declared Insufficient by Maura Keene
- Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- Opinion: Ingredients of a Democracy by Ira Bryck
DOWNTOWN
- Twelfth Annual Amherst Block Party, September 18
- Opinion: There’s Still Plenty of Potential for Retail in Downtown Amherst by Ira Bryck
EVENTS
- Folk Trio Little Wild Bouquet at PVFS September Song and Story Swap
- Auditions for Amherst Community Theater’s Production of The Wizard of Oz, September 12-14
- Twelfth Annual Amherst Block Party, September 18
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
FEATURES
- Fall Is the Perfect Time to Plant Trees for a Thriving Landscape by Mickey Rathbun
- Photo of the Week: The Angel of the Lillies by Lea Douville
HOUSING
- Archipelago’s New Tactic for Atkins Corner Development: Demand Change to Wetlands Bylaw by Maura Keene
OPINION
- Opinion: There’s Still Plenty of Potential for Retail in Downtown Amherst by Ira Bryck
- Opinion: Authoritarianism and the Fossil Fuel Industry by Russ Vernon-Jones
- Opinion: Ingredients of a Democracy by Ira Bryck
- Opinion: A Better World is Possible: It Only Happens Here by Art Keene
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
- A Warm Welcome in Amherst for LGBTQIA+ Middle School Students on First Day by Art Keene
- Opinion: A Better World is Possible: It Only Happens Here by Art Keene
RESOURCES
- Schools Ask Families to Review Attendance Policies
- Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
RECREATION
SCHOOLS
- A Warm Welcome in Amherst for LGBTQIA+ Middle School Students on First Day by Art Keene
- Gallery: Amherst Celebrates Return to School by Art Keene
- Track Renovation Project is on Budget and On Schedule by Art Keene
- Schools Ask Families to Review Attendance Policies
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
- A Warm Welcome in Amherst for LGBTQIA+ Middle School Students on First Day by Art Keene
- Labor Rally at UMass Demands Fair Pay, Full Staffing, and Protection from Discrimination
TOWN GOVERNMENT