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ANALYTICS
Numbers in parentheses indicate change from the previous week.

Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 82,953 (-11,008)
Last Week: 15,807 (-696)

Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 55,979 (-4867)
Last Week 11,276 (+377)

Number of Active Users
Last 30 Days: 38,015 (-3049)
Last Week: 8065 (+541)

THE TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER

1. Two Buildings at Olympia Place Deemed Total Loss Following Weekend Fire by Amherst Indy (c/o Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren)
2. Shakeup at the Amherst Town Council by Maria Kopicki
3. Let ICE Know They Are Not Welcome in Massachusetts by Amherst Indy (c/o Indivisible Mass Coalition and Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice)
4. Opinion: Out of the Ashes Let’s Build Back Better by Robin Jaffin
5. Guidance Counselor Delinda Dykes, Fired for Discrimination Against LGBTQ Students, Will Resume Duties at Middle School by Art Keene

TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK

1. Let ICE Know They Are Not Welcome in Massachusetts by Amherst Indy (c/o Indivisible Mass Coalition and Jewish Activists for Immigration Justice)
2. Town Council Adopts Public Urination Bylaw by Maura Keene
3. Views on Views: Amherst’s Public Parks by Hetty Startup
4. Common Share Food Coop Comes to a Quiet End by Art Keene
5. National Black Friday Boycott of Companies Enabling Trump’s Assault on Democracy, Now Through December 1. by Art Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS

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

BUDGET

•  As FY27 Budget Process Begins, Pressures Surface by Maura Keene

CAMPUS

• UMass Amherst Staff Votes No Confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes 
• Planning Board Ends Archipelago’s Atkins Corner Development for Now by Maura Keene
• As Federal Food Aid Faces Cuts, New UMass Amherst Labor Center Report Shows Nearly Half a Million Massachusetts Workers Rely on SNAP

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE

• Consultant to Help Town with Long-delayed Trash Hauler Reform by Art Keene
• View on Views: Roads and Rivers by Hetty Startup
• A Better World is Possible: Nantucket Shows the Way on Banning Single-Use Plastics by Kiera McLaughlin

DEMOCRACY

• We’re Entering a New Phase of the Resistance vy Daniel Hunter (c/o Waging Nonviolence)
• Opinion:Yes, We Have a Reason to Hope for the Democratic Party. But It’s Not What You Think by Nick Bromell

EVENTS

• Cuppa’ Joe with New Planning & Economic Development Director Jeff Bagg
• Amherst Will Celebrate Universal Declaration of Human Rights Day December 10
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
• Opinion: LGBTQIA+ Caucus Plans Standout in Support of Queer and Trans Families

FEATURES

• View on Views: Roads and Rivers by Hetty Startup
• A Better World is Possible: Nantucket Shows the Way on Banning Single-Use Plastics by Kiera McLaughlin
• A Better World Is Possible: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Art Keene
• Photo of the Week: No King at Any Time by Rob Kusner

HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

•  View on Views: Roads and Rivers by Hetty Startup

HOUSING

• Bockelman Reports The State of the Town is Strong.  Councilors Halt Discussions of Housing Plan and Town Manager Evaluation by Maura Keene
• Planning Board Ends Archipelago’s Atkins Corner Development for Now by Maura Keene

ISSUES & ANALYSES

• We’re Entering a New Phase of the Resistance vy Daniel Hunter (c/o Waging Nonviolence)

LIBRARY

• As FY27 Budget Process Begins, Pressures Surface by Maura Keene 
• North Amherst Library Sculpture Still Not Approved  by Hilda Greenbaum

OPINION

• Opinion:Yes, We Have a Reason to Hope for the Democratic Party. But It’s Not What You Think by Nick Bromell
• Opinion: LGBTQIA+ Caucus Plans Standout in Support of Queer and Trans Families by The LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst
• Opinion: If People Are Going Hungry, Why Can’t We Feed Them? by Sonali Kolhatkar (c/o Other Words)

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

• Board of Health Approves Nicotine-free Generation Regulations by Maura Keene
• Hours Listed for Town Warming Centers During Extreme Cold

SCHOOLS

• As FY27 Budget Process Begins, Pressures Surface by Maura Keene
• Opinion: LGBTQIA+ Caucus Plans Standout in Support of Queer and Trans Families by The LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

•  UMass Amherst Staff Votes No Confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes
• As Federal Food Aid Faces Cuts, New UMass Amherst Labor Center Report Shows Nearly Half a Million Massachusetts Workers Rely on SNAP
• Amherst Will Celebrate Universal Declaration of Human Rights Day December 10
• Opinion: LGBTQIA+ Caucus Plans Standout in Support of Queer and Trans Families by The LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst
• Opinion: If People Are Going Hungry, Why Can’t We Feed Them? by Sonali Kolhatkar (c/o Other Words)
• A Better World Is Possible: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by Art Keene

SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING

• Consultant to Help Town with Long-delayed Trash Hauler Reform by Art Keene
• A Better World is Possible: Nantucket Shows the Way on Banning Single-Use Plastics by Kiera McLaughlin

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• Bockelman Reports The State of the Town is Strong.  Councilors Halt Discussions of Housing Plan and Town Manager Evaluation by Maura Keene
• As FY27 Budget Process Begins, Pressures Surface by Maura Keene
• Planning Board Ends Archipelago’s Atkins Corner Development for Now by Maura Keene
• Consultant to Help Town with Long-delayed Trash Hauler Reform by Art Keene
• North Amherst Library Sculpture Still Not Approved  by Hilda Greenbaum
• Board of Health Approves Nicotine-free Generation Regulations by Maura Keene
• Hours Listed for Town Warming Centers During Extreme Cold
• Cuppa’ Joe with New Planning & Economic Development Director Jeff Bagg
• Amherst Will Celebrate Universal Declaration of Human Rights Day December 10
• Opinion: LGBTQIA+ Caucus Plans Standout in Support of Queer and Trans Families by The LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst