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ANALYTICS
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Last 30 days: 69,361 (-13,592)
Last Week: 15,299 (-508)
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Last 30 days: 45,025 (-10,954)
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Last 30 Days: 28,981 (-9034)
Last Week: 6246 8065 (-1819)
THE TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. UMass Amherst Staff Votes No Confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes by Amherst Indy (c/o UMass Amherst Professional Staff Union)
2. Bockelman Reports The State of the Town Is Strong. Councilors Halt Discussions of Housing Plan and Town Manager Evaluation by Maura Keene
3. Opinion: LGBTQIA+ Caucus Plans Standout in Support of Queer and Trans Families Amherst Indy (c/o the LGBTQIA+ caucus of Amherst)
4. Debunking the Jones Library Banner by Maria Kopicki
5. We’re Entering a New Phase of the Resistance by Daniel Hunter (c/o Waging Nonviolence)
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- Art and Healing: A Gallery A3 Art Forum
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
BUDGET
- Debunking the Jones Library Banner by Maria Kopicki
- Project Schedule Eludes Jones Library Building Committee by Jeff Lee
- School Committee Discusses FY27 Budget Draft and Possible Time Change for School Day Start by Kiera McLaughlin
- There’s a Budget Surplus at UMass. But Austerity Provides A Pretense to Cut Unfavored Programs by Art Keene
CAMPUS
- Activists Condemn Assault on Academic Freedom at UMass by Art Keene
- There’s a Budget Surplus at UMass. But Austerity Provides A Pretense to Cut Unfavored Programs.by Art Keene
- Opinion: Thrive or Perish: Transforming Admissions Will Dictate Whether Hampshire College Prospers. by Jonathon Podolsky
- Photo of the Week: The Pavilion at Orchard Hill by Hetty Startup
CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
- Photos from the Philippines by Russ Vernon Jones
DEMOCRACY
- Upcoming Forum is the Last Chance for Public to Hear Proposed Changes to Town Charter by Anita Sarro
- Activists Condemn Assault on Academic Freedom at UMass by Art Keene
- Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
EVENTS
- Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- Orchard Valley Gathering #4: The Orchard Valley Lantern Festival by. Hetty Startup
- Art and Healing: A Gallery A3 Art Forum
- What’s Happening in Amherst?. by Art ad Maura Keene
FEATURES
- Orchard Valley Gathering #4: The Orchard Valley Lantern Festival by Hetty Startup
- Review: At a Time When African American History is Under Attack, Netflix’s The Abandons Softens the Realities of Historical Oppression by Brooklyn Demme
- Photos from the Philippines by Russ Vernon-Jones
- Photo of the Week: The Pavilion at Orchard Hill by Hetty Startup
HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
- Design Guidelines in the Works for Local Historic District Commission by Maura Keene
- Opinion: The Merry Maple and Dickinson’s Ghost by Rizwana Khan
HOUSING
- Town Council Defeats Proposals to Promote Housing for Non-Student Residents by Maura Keene
- Housing Trust Mulls Support of Public Bank; Moves Forward on Amherst Community Land Trust Plan for Amity Street by Maura Keene
ISSUES & ANALYSES
- Debunking the Jones Library Banner by Maria Kopicki
- Opinion: Thrive or Perish: Transforming Admissions Will Dictate Whether Hampshire College Prospers by Jonathon Podolsky
LIBRARY
- Debunking the Jones Library Banner by Maria Kopicki
- Project Schedule Eludes Jones Library Building Committee by Jeff Lee
MEDIA
- Review: At a Time When African American History is Under Attack, Netflix’s The Abandons Softens the Realities of Historical Oppression by Brooklyn Demme
OPINION
- Letter: Please Support Middle School Athletics by Renata Shepard
- Opinion: Thrive or Perish: Transforming Admissions Will Dictate Whether Hampshire College Prospers by Jonathon Podolsky
- Opinion: The Merry Maple and Dickinson’s Ghost by Rizwana Khan
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
RESOURCES
SCHOOLS
- Community Turns out to Demand Safety for LGBTQIA+ Students by Art Keene
- Heated Discussion at School Committee Meeting over Treatment of LGBTQ Concerns in District Strategic Plan
by Kiera McLaughlin - School Committee Discusses FY27 Budget Draft and Possible Time Change for School Day Start by Kiera McLaughlin
- Elementary School Building Project Update by Maria Kopicki
- Letter: Please Support Middle School Athletics by Renata Shepard
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
- Community Turns out to Demand Safety for LGBTQIA+ Students by Art Keene
- Heated Discussion at School Committee Meeting over Treatment of LGBTQ Concerns in District Strategic Plan
by Keira McLaughlin - School Committee Discusses FY27 Budget Draft and Possible Time Change for School Day Start by Kiera McLaughlin
- Activists Condemn Assault on Academic Freedom at UMass by Art Keene
- Review: At a Time When African American History is Under Attack, Netflix’s The Abandons Softens the Realities of Historical Oppression by Brooklyn Demme
- Photos from the Philippines by Russ Vernon-Jones
TOWN GOVERNMENT
- Debunking the Jones Library Banner by Maria Kopicki
- Project Schedule Eludes Jones Library Building Committee by Jeff Lee
- Heated Discussion at School Committee Meeting over Treatment of LGBTQ Concerns in District Strategic Plan
by Keira McLaughlin - School Committee Discusses FY27 Budget Draft and Possible Time Change for School Day Start by Kiera McLaughlin
- Upcoming Forum is the Last Chance for Public to Hear Proposed Changes to Town Charter by Anita Sarro
- Town Council Defeats Proposals to Promote Housing for Non-Student Residents by Maura Keene
- Housing Trust Mulls Support of Public Bank; Moves Forward on Amherst Community Land Trust Plan for Amity Street by Maura Keene
- Elementary School Building Project Update by Maria Kopicki
- Design Guidelines in the Works for Local Historic District Commission by Maura Keene
- New Appointments to DPW, Jones Library Building Committee, CDBG Advisory Committee, Community Preservation Act Committee by Maura Keene
TRANSPORTATION /ROADS & TRAFFIC