What’s in This Issue?

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ANALYTICS
Numbers in parentheses indicate change from the previous week.

Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 103,732 (-10,911)
Last Week: 19,138 (-10,839)

Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 67,413 (-10,520)
Last Week 11,462 (-9590)

Number of Active Users
Last 30 Days: 46,240 (-10,132)
Last Week:6,894 (-10,093)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. Opinion: Out of the Ashes Let’s Build Back Better by Robin Jaffin
2. Guidance Counselor Delinda Dykes, Fired for Discrimination Against LGBTQ Students, Will Resume Duties at Middle School by Art Keene
3. Two Buildings at Olympia Place Deemed Total Loss Following Weekend Fire by Art Keene
4. Letter: Olympia Fire Demonstrates Inadequate Staffing of AFD by Sarah Forsaith
5. UMass Lists Resources for Olympia Place Fire Victims and Info on How to Help by Art Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS

•  What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

BUDGET

• As Library Project Funding Details Emerge, Concerns Grow by Jeff Lee
• Firefighters and Parents Decry Understaffed Fire Stations and Schools by Maura Keene
• Letter: Support Public Safety and Racial Equity Goals in FY27 Budget by the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee
• Letter: Jones Expansion Financials Still a Mystery for Town Council and the Public by Art Keene

CAMPUS

• Crowded Dining Halls and Forced Triples: Is UMass Growing Too Fast? by Thierry Barbosa
• Photo of the Week: UMass Design Build Small House by Anne-Marie Taylor

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE

• New Hazard Mitigation Plan Gauges the Town’s Readiness for Climate Change by Maura Keene 
• Photo of the Week: UMass Design Build Small House by Anne-Marie Taylor 

EVENTS

• Art Students Invite Elders to Participate in Oral History Project by Art Keene
• Amherst Regional Schools Winter Coat Drive: Now Through November 21
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES

• Views on Views: Town Trails as a Way to Appreciate the Landscape by Hetty Startup
• Photo of the Week: UMass Design Build Small House by Anne-Marie Taylor

HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

• Art Students Invite Elders to Participate in Oral History Project by Art Keene 

HOUSING

• Planning Board Rejects Resident-Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendments by Maura Keene
• Revised Accessory Dwelling Unit Bylaw Approved. More Questions Raised About Public Urination Bylaw by Maura Keene
• Planning Board Rejects Resident-Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendments by Maura Keene
• What Kinds of Housing Could be Built at the Old South Amherst School Site? by Maura Keene
• Crowded Dining Halls and Forced Triples: Is UMass Growing Too Fast? by Thierry Barbosa
• Photo of the Week: UMass Design Build Small House by Anne-Marie Taylor

ISSUES & ANALYSES

• As Library Project Funding Details Emerge, Concerns Grow by Jeff Lee

LIBRARY

• As Library Project Funding Details Emerge, Concerns Grow by Jeff Lee
• Revised Accessory Dwelling Unit Bylaw Approved. More Questions Raised About Public Urination Bylaw by Maura Keene
• Letter: Jones Expansion Financials Still a Mystery for Town Council and the Public by Art Keene

OPINION

• Letter: Support Public Safety and Racial Equity Goals in FY27 Budget by the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee
• Letter: Jones Expansion Financials Still a Mystery for Town Council and the Public by Art Keene
• Opinion: Construction-Phase Fire Risks Demand Regional Action by Matthew Hoey
• Opinion: Amherst vs. Northampton: A Tale of Two College Towns by Rizwana Khan
• Opinion: Amherst vs. Northampton: A Tale of Two College Towns by Jeff Gold

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

• Firefighters and Parents Decry Understaffed Fire Stations and Schools by Maura Keene
• Revised Accessory Dwelling Unit Bylaw Approved. More Questions Raised About Public Urination Bylaw by Maura Keene
• New Hazard Mitigation Plan Gauges the Town’s Readiness for Climate Change by Maura Keene
• Opinion: Construction-Phase Fire Risks Demand Regional Action by Matthew Hoey

RECREATION

• Views on Views: Town Trails as a Way to Appreciate the Landscape by Hetty Startup

SCHOOLS

•  Firefighters and Parents Decry Understaffed Fire Stations and Schools by Maura Keene
• New Arrangements to Address Turmoil at Fort River School. School Committee Selects Finalists for New School Names, Debates Reconsidering Sixth Grade Move to Middle School by Art Keene
• School Committee Seeks Input on Names for the New Elementary School and the 6th Grade Academy by Jennifer Shiao
• School Committee Approves New Boundaries for Elementary School District by Maura Keene
• Art Students Invite Elders to Participate in Oral History Project by Art Keene
• Amherst Regional Schools Winter Coat Drive: Now Through November 21

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

• Letter: Support Public Safety and Racial Equity Goals in FY27 Budget by the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee
• Opinion: Amherst vs. Northampton: A Tale of Two College Towns by Jeff Gold

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• As Library Project Funding Details Emerge, Concerns Grow by Jeff Lee
• Firefighters and Parents Decry Understaffed Fire Stations and Schools by Maura Keene
• Revised Accessory Dwelling Unit Bylaw Approved. More Questions Raised About Public Urination Bylaw by Maura Keene
• Planning Board Rejects Resident-Proposed Zoning Bylaw Amendments by Maura Keene
• New Arrangements to Address Turmoil at Fort River School. School Committee Selects Finalists for New School Names, Debates Reconsidering Sixth Grade Move to Middle School by Art Keene
• School Committee Seeks Input on Names for the New Elementary School and the 6th Grade Academy by Jennifer Shiao
• School Committee Approves New Boundaries for Elementary School District by Maura Keene
• What Kinds of Housing Could be Built at the Old South Amherst School Site? by Maura Keene
• New Hazard Mitigation Plan Gauges the Town’s Readiness for Climate Change by Maura Keene
• Letter: Support Public Safety and Racial Equity Goals in FY27 Budget by the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee
• Letter: Jones Expansion Financials Still a Mystery for Town Council and the Public by Art Keene
• Opinion: Amherst vs. Northampton: A Tale of Two College Towns by Rizwana Khan