Year in Review. The Indy by the Numbers. Most Read Articles in 2025

Below you will find listings of our most-read articles in 2025 by category.

Since its inception on February 25, 2019, the Indy has published 7311 articles by 468 unique contributors producing 9,552 accepted reader comments. All of this supports our aspiration to be a project of, by, and for the Amherst community.

The most-read article in 2025, was my piece, No Kings #2 Expected to Be Largest Protest in US History, which received 10,116 page views. The Indy received 819,906 page views in 2025 (an increase of almost 128,000 from 2024) in 486,493 unique sessions (an increase of almost 148,000 from 2024). Indy readership averaged just over 68,000 page views per month in 2025, an increase of over 10,000 average page views per month from 2024. We recorded a low readership of just over 47,00 page views for a 30 day interval in early January of 2025 and a high of 114,643 page views (an all-time high) for the 30 day period ending November 14, 2025.

Look here to check out Indy by the numbers for 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021.

Top 16 News Stories

1.No Kings #2 Expected to Be Largest Protest in US History by Art Keene
2. Two Buildings at Olympia Place Deemed Total Loss Following Weekend Fire by Amherst Indy (c/o Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgern)
3. I-91 Overpass Standouts Planned Across Three States by Amherst Indy (c/o Indivisible West Quabbin)
4. Proposed Development at Atkins Corner Raises Concerns About Size and Traffic by Maura Keene
5. Nation Mobilizes for No Kings Day. Events Planned Throughout WMASS by Art Keene
6. Judge Orders Reinstatement of Counselor Fired for Discrimination Against LGBTQ Students by Art Keene
7. Little Relief in Sight for Amherst’s Roads by Jeff Lee
8. We’re Doing It Again: Coordinated I-91 Overpass Standouts from Connecticut to Vermont by Art Keene
9. Residents File Zoning Bylaw Changes for Balanced, Liveable Neighborhoods and Downtown by Amherst Indy (c/o) Kitty Axelson Berry
10. Shakeup at the Amherst Town Council by Maria Kopiclki
11, Parents Decry Chaotic Classroom at Fort River by Art Keene
12. A Warm Welcome in Amherst for LGBTQIA+ Middle School Students on First Day by Art Keene
13. Updated: Hands Off Massachusetts – Mobilization Against the Trump Musk Agendas, Saturday April 5 by Art Keene
14. Traffic Advisory for UMass Student Move-in by Amherst Indy (c/o UMass News and Media)
15. Police Intervene to Quell Altercation at Amherst Middle School by Art Keene
16, Leverett, Amherst Neighbors Oppose Massive Development by Nick Grabbe

Top 15 Opinion Pieces

1. Opinion: In Amherst Town Elections It’s Progressives vs. Neoliberals by Darcy DuMont
2. Opinion: Mitchell Farm -The Wrong Site for the Right Goal by Robin Jaffin
3. Opinion: Hampshire College at a Crossroads, Part 1 by Jonathon Podolsky
4. Amherst Has Got Financial Trouble. We Deserve Full Disclosure
5. Letter: Hannah Moushabeck’s Homeland Tells Only One Side of a Complex Story by Andrea Newman
6. Opinion: Out of the Ashes Let’s Build Back Better by Robin Jaffin
7. Opinion: Amherst’s New Government: Checks and Balances by Michael Greenebaum
8. Opinion: Construction-Phase Fire Risks Demand Regional Action by Matt Hoey
9. Opinion: Parking Wars: Out-of-State Plates and Amherst’s Identity Crisis by Rizwana Khan
10. Letter: Planning Board Chair Has a Conflict of Interest by Vincent O’Connor
11. Public Comment: Amherst Can No Longer Sustain a Year-round Population by Janet McGowan
12. Opinion: Pediatricians Warn That Synthetic Turf Is Especially Dangerous For Children And Teens  by Maura Keene
13. Letter: In Support of Author Hannah Moushabeck’s Visit to Fort River School by Drew Egan and 173 additional signatories
14. Letter: Retired? Kids Grown? Did Your Children Benefit from Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools? We Need Your Help!  by Rachel Hall
15, Letter: Amherst’s High Rents Necessitate Changes to Inclusionary Zoning Requirement by Janet McGowan
16. Letter: Proposed Archipelago Development is Inappropriate for Atkins Corner by Maria Kopicki

Top 16 Features

1. Almanac: Mind Of A Squirrel by Stephen Braun
2. Orchard Valley, Amherst: Reprising Social Housing and Its Histories by Hetty Startup
3. Photos of the Week: Tesla Takedown in Hadley by Kitty Axelson-Berry
4. Rewind: Almanac – Black Squirrels by Stephen Braun
5. Photos of the Week: In Memoriam | The Jones Library’s Trees by Amherst Indy
6. Photos from No Kings 2.0 Amherst by Art Keene
7. The Mills and Industrial History of North Amherst, Part 2 by Hetty Startup
8. Adventures of a Native Plant Gardener: Scilla in the Spring by Laura Quilter
9. Paving over Historic Beauty: A History of the White House Rose Garden that Trump Plans to Rip Up by Mickey Rathbun
10. Portland’s Quiet Housing Revolution Is Starting to Pay Off by Strong Towns
11. A Better World is Possible: Cohousing Offers Community and a Different Way to Live by Strong Towns
12. Jumping Worms! The Worm That Is Taking Over Gardens Everywhere And How To Control Them In Yours by Dede Wilson
13. Spotted Lanternflies Have Arrived in Amherst by Amherst Indy (c/o Perplexity AI)
14. Cartoon: Jonesing for All We Need by Ira Bryck
15. Views on Views: Amherst’s Public Parks by Hetty Startup
16. Photo of the Week: No King at Any Time by Rob Kusner

Top Five Resources

1. What Are Your Rights if ICE Comes Calling?  A Guide by Maura Keene
2. The Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List (for 4/18/25). by Art Keene
3. What to Do if the Insurrection Act Is Invoked by Daniel Hunter
4 Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List (for 10/10/25) by Art Keene
5.  Yes, You Have a Right to Film ICE by Saira Hussain, Sophia Cope, and Matthew Guariglia

Top 10 Issues & Analyses

1.Large Overtime Payments to Amherst Police Raise Concerns about Budget Priorities and Oversight by Art Keene
2. Amherst Ranks Last in Massachusetts in Public Works Spending Per Capita by Jeff Lee
3..Amherst Has Got Financial Trouble. We Deserve Full Disclosure by Jeff Lee
4. Debunking the Jones Library Banner by Maria Kopicki
5. As Library Project Funding Details Emerge, Concerns Grow by Jeff Lee
6. Opinion: Not One Penny More? Jones Library is Back, Asking the Town for Even More Money by Mickey Rathbun and Maria Kopicki
7. What to Do if the Insurrection Act Is Invoked by Daniel Hunter
8. By This Measure Amherst Has the Least Affordable Property Taxes in the State by Jeff Lee
9. Public Housing: A Moral Case for Its Dignified Revival by Richard Kirk (c/o Shelterforce)
10.  Opinion: The Common Share Food Co-op: Reflections on a Failure to Launch 

Top 16 Articles Receiving Reader Comments

1.Little Relief in Sight for Amherst’s Roads by Jeff Lee
2. Half Million Dollar Jump in Library Project Costs by Mickey Rathbun
2.Residents File Zoning Bylaw Changes for Balanced, Liveable Neighborhoods and Downtown by Amherst Indy
2.Amherst Police Object to Creation of Resident Oversight Board by Maura Keene
5.Letter: Hannah Moushabeck’s Homeland Tells Only One Side of a Complex Story by Andrea Newman
6.Opinion: In Amherst Town Elections It’s Progressives vs. Neoliberals by Darcy DuMont
7.Opinion: There’s Still Plenty of Potential for Retail in Downtown Amherst by Ira Bryck
8.Letter: We Disavow Jeff Lee’s Letter to NEH/DOGE by Mickey Rathbun, Maria Kopicki, Ken Rosenthal, Anita Sarro, Peggy Matthews-Nilsen, and Arthur Keene
8.Letter: Amherst’s High Rents Necessitate Changes to Inclusionary Zoning Requirement by Janet McGowan
10. Opinion: Parking Wars: Out-of-State Plates and Amherst’s Identity Crisis by Rizwana Khan
10.Town Manager Offers Vague Reassurances on Viability of Jones Library Expansion by Maura Keene
10.Amherst Fire Department Responds to Fire on Pondview Drive by Amherst Indy
13.Councilor Taub Raises Concerns Over ConCom Appointment Process by Maura Keene
13.Large Overtime Payments to Amherst Police Raise Concerns about Budget Priorities and Oversight by Art Keene
15,Photos of the Week: In Memoriam | The Jones Library’s Trees by Amherst Indy
16 The State of Amherst’s Roads is Fair.  Town Faces $42 Million Repair Backlog by Maura Keene (10)
16. Letter: Reappoint Karin Winter to the Planning Board by Ira Bryck
16. Town Council Candidates Weigh in on Legislative Priorities, Housing, Zoning, Schools, and Jones Library Borrowing by Art Keene (10)
16. Town Council Candidates Weigh in on Legislative Priorities, Jones Borrowing, Affordable Housing, and Public Participation in Government by Amherst Indy