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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views Last 30 Days: 80,843 (-1621)
Number of Unique Page Views Last Week: 18,188 (1425)

*Number of Unique Sessions Last 30 Days: 57,313 (-2061)
Number of Unique Sessions Last Week: 12,216 (788)

Number of Active Users Last 30 Days: 40,857 (-2865)
Number of Active Users Last Week: 8257 (307)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES IN THE MONTH OF MARCH
1. Town Council President’s Attempt to Silence DPW Workers Fails. Union Condemns Deplorable Working Conditions and Low Wages by Art Keene
2. More Than 3000 No Kings Events are Planned for March 28, Including One in Downtown Amherst by Art Keene
3. Planning Board Chair to Housing Trust: Relax Zoning to Create More Housing by Maura Keene
4. Finance Committee Gets Briefing on Library Project Finances: Big Questions Remain by Maria Kopicki
5. Amherst May Soon Lose its Only Remaining Bookstore by Josna Rege

TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. President Trump’s Approval Sinks to 33% in New UMass Poll by Amherst Indy (c/o UMass News and Media)
2. Opinion: There Are Plenty of Reasons for Accreditors to Continue to Support Hampshire College by Ken Rosenthal
3. More Than 3000 No Kings Events are Planned for March 28, Including One in Downtown Amherst by Art Keene
4. Town Council Raises Concerns over More CPA Funding for the Jones Library, Requests Increased School Funding from Legislature by Maura Keene
5.De-ICE Hadley and Amherst Protest to Follow No Kings by Art Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS

•  What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
• Songs for Good: The Sudden Resurgence of the Protest Song by Zac Johnson (c/o Portside)

CAMPUS

• President Trump’s Approval Sinks to 33% in New UMass Poll
• Be Seriously Scared! UMass Event Will Explore Dangers of Nuclear Weapons
• It’s Not Too Late to Save Hampshire College. Here’s Why by Jonathon Podolsky

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE

• Public Meeting on Eversource’s Local Clear-cutting Plans
• Amherst Arbor Spotlight: American Sycamore by the Amherst Public Shade Tree Committee

DEMOCRACY

• Large Turnout in Amherst for National No Kings Day of Protest by Bella Astrofsky 
• Town Council Refers Possible Charter Amendments to GOL and State Legislature by Anita Sarro
• President Trump’s Approval Sinks to 33% in New UMass Poll
• Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
• Opinion: Solidarity at No Kings by Russ Vernon-Jones

EVENTS

• Celebrate Literature Downtown with the Amherst Lit Walk
• Public Meeting on Eversource’s Local Clear-cutting Plans
• Be Seriously Scared! UMass Event Will Explore Dangers of Nuclear Weapons
• Amherst Global Village Festival Returns for a Second Year
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES

• Review: “Finding Our Place in the Connecticut River (Kwinitekw) Valley: Beginning to Heal 400 Years of Settler Colonialism” by Hetty Startuo
• Amherst Arbor Spotlight: American Sycamore by the Amherst Public Shade Tree Committee
• A Better World is Possible: The Year Cuba Taught Itself to Read by Art Keene
• Photos of the Week: No Kings 3 in Amherst and Beyond

HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

•  Review: “Finding Our Place in the Connecticut River (Kwinitekw) Valley: Beginning to Heal 400 Years of Settler Colonialism” by Hetty Startup
• A Better World is Possible: The Year Cuba Taught Itself to Read by Art Keene

HOUSING

•  Public Presentation on Beacon’s Proposed North Amherst Development by Maura Keene

ISSUES & ANALYSES

• It’s Not Too Late to Save Hampshire College. Here’s Why by Jonathon Podolsky

LIBRARY

• Letter: Three Reasons Why the Jones Library is Ineligible for More CPA Dollars by Maria Kopicki 
• Opinion: Honor the Promise – Not a Penny More by Ira Bryck

OPINION

• Letter: Three Reasons Why the Jones Library is Ineligible for More CPA Dollars by Maria Kopicki
• Opinion: Honor the Promise – Not a Penny More by Ira Bryck
• Opinion: Solidarity at No Kings by Russ Vernon-Jones

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

• Get Them Out of That Building Now. Councilors Demand Safe Workplace for DPW by Maura Keene

RESOURCES

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

SCHOOLS

• Update on the Sixth Grade Move to the Middle SchoolAmherst School Committee Approves FY27 Budget with 5.87% Increase by Maura Keene
• Update on the Sixth Grade Move to the Middle School by Maura Keene
• Three ARHS Students Testify Before Joint Ways and Means Committee by Maura Keene

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

• Get Them Out of That Building Now. Councilors Demand Safe Workplace for DPW by Maura Keene
• Review: “Finding Our Place in the Connecticut River (Kwinitekw) Valley: Beginning to Heal 400 Years of Settler Colonialism” by Hetty Startup

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• Get Them Out of That Building Now. Councilors Demand Safe Workplace for DPW by Maura Keene 
• Amherst School Committee Approves FY27 Budget with 5.87% Increase by Maura Keene
• Update on the Sixth Grade Move to the Middle School by Maura Keene
• Town Council Refers Possible Charter Amendments to GOL and State Legislature by Anita Sarro
• Amherst Global Village Festival Returns for a Second Year
• Letter: Three Reasons Why the Jones Library is Ineligible for More CPA Dollars by Maria Kopicki
• Opinion: Honor the Promise – Not a Penny More by Ira Bryck