What’s in This Issue?

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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 61,462 (-2726)
Last Week: 14,691 (-844)

Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 35,531 (+46)
Last Week 9036 (-844)

Number of Active Users
Last 30 Days: 19,098 (+668)
Last Week: 5459 6026 (-567)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST
1. A Warm Welcome in Amherst for LGBTQIA+ Middle School Students on First Day by Art Keene
2. Traffic Advisory for UMass Student Move-in by Amherst Indy (c/o UMass News and Media)
3. New National UMass Amherst Poll Finds President Trump’s Job Approval Gap Slides Six Points Since April by Amherst Indy (c/o UMass News and Media)
4. Concerns Raised About Playground Material Chosen for New Elementary School by Maura Keene
5. HUD Earmark for Jones Library Comes Through. Fundraising Report Shows Worrisome Trend by Jeff Lee

TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. A Warm Welcome in Amherst for LGBTQIA+ Middle School Students on First Day by Art Keene
2. Archipelago’s New Tactic for Atkins Corner Development: Demand Change to Wetlands Bylaw by Maura Keene
3. Opinion: There’s Still Plenty of Potential for Retail in Downtown Amherst by Ira Bryck
4. Dorm Fire at UMass Displaces 165 Students by Amherst Indy (c/o Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren)
5. Should Public-Private Dorms at UMass Pay Property Tax? by Maura Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS

• Call for Submissions for Electrify Amherst and Town Hall Art Gallery
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

CAMPUS

• New Food Pantry Opens at UMass
• Should Public-Private Dorms at UMass Pay Property Tax? by Maura Keene
• Amherst Couple Commits $4 Million to Support Research at UMass Amherst
• Dorm Fire at UMass Displaces 165 Students

DEMOCRACY

• Candidates in Short Supply for November 4th Town-wide Election by Maura Keene
• Retreat to Produce Recommendations for Changes to Town Charter by Anita Sarro
• Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene

ELECTIONS

• Candidates in Short Supply for November 4th Town-wide Election by Maura Keene

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE

• Information Session for Amherst Heat Pump Incentive Program
• Photos of the Week: Pocumtuck Valley Landforms Now and Then by Pioneer Valley Landform Observatory

EVENTS

• Information Session for Amherst Heat Pump Incentive Program
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
• Special Exhibition Offers New Ways to Experience the Rich Histories of the Emily Dickinson Museum by Hetty Startup

FEATURES

• Special Exhibition Offers New Ways to Experience the Rich Histories of the Emily Dickinson Museum by Hetty Startup
• Photos of the Week: Pocumtuck Valley Landforms Now and Then by Pioneer Valley Landform Obervatory

HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

• Special Exhibition Offers New Ways to Experience the Rich Histories of the Emily Dickinson Museum by Hetty Startupo

HOUSING

• Should Public-Private Dorms at UMass Pay Property Tax? by Maura Keene
• Planning Board Recommends Keeping Two Classes of ADUs. Increased Apartment Density for North Amherst Still on the Table by Maura Keene
• Public Housing: A Moral Case for Its Dignified Revival by Richard Kirk (c/o Shelterforce)

ISSUES & ANALYSES

• Public Housing: A Moral Case for Its Dignified Revival by Richard Kirk (c/o Shelterforce)

LIBRARY

• Letter: Town Council Must Head Off Emerging Library Project Fundraising Crisis by Jeff Lee

OPINION

• Letter: Town Council Must Head Off Emerging Library Project Fundraising Crisis by Jeff Lee

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

• New Food Pantry Opens at UMass
• Board of Health Reiterates its Opposition to Poured-in-Place Rubber for Elementary School Playground by Maura Keene
• Board of Health Decries Delay on Waste Hauler Reform: Asks for Progress Report by Maura Keene
• Limited COVID-19 and Flu Vaccine Clinic Scheduled for October 21 by Maura Keene
• Dorm Fire at UMass Displaces 165 Students

RESOURCES

• Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene

SCHOOLS

• Board of Health Reiterates its Opposition to Poured-in-Place Rubber for Elementary School Playground by Maura Keene

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

• New Food Pantry Opens at UMass
• Much Work Remains to Make Amherst an Equitable Community by Maura Keene
• Public Housing: A Moral Case for Its Dignified Revival by Richard Kirk (c/o Shelterforce)

SOLID WASTE

• Board of Health Decries Delay on Waste Hauler Reform: Asks for Progress Report by Maura Keene

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• Candidates in Short Supply for November 4th Town-wide Election by Maura Keene
• Much Work Remains to Make Amherst an Equitable Community by Maura Keene
• Should Public-Private Dorms at UMass Pay Property Tax? by Maura Keene
• Retreat to Produce Recommendations for Changes to Town Charter by Anita Sarro
• Planning Board Recommends Keeping Two Classes of ADUs. Increased Apartment Density for North Amherst Still on the Table by Maura Keene
• Board of Health Reiterates its Opposition to Poured-in-Place Rubber for Elementary School Playground by Maura Keene
• Board of Health Decries Delay on Waste Hauler Reform: Asks for Progress Report by Maura Keene
• Information Session for Amherst Heat Pump Incentive Program
• Letter: Town Council Must Head Off Emerging Library Project Fundraising Crisis by Jeff Lee