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ANALYTICS
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Last 30 days: 52,838 (-4072)
Last Week: 10,922 (-2839)
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Last 30 days: 30,765 (-3096)
Last Week 6150 (-2426)
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Last 30 Days: 15,650 (-2666)
Last Week: 3228 (-1848)
TOP FIVE MOST READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1.Nation Mobilizes for No Kings Day. Events Planned Throughout WMASS by Art Keene
2. Plans for North Amherst Overlay District Advance by Maura Keene
3. Amherst Turns Out For No Kings Dance Party by Audrey Falkner
4.Educators Report That Racism Against BIPOC Staff Is Still Prevalent in Regional Schools by Amy Cronin DiCaprio
5..Public Comment: Practical Policing Suggestions for Curbing ICE Abuses in Amherst by David Detmold
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- New Appointments to Energy and Climate Action Committee, Public Art Commission, and Recreation Commission by Art Keene
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
- Sounds of Music to Fill Downtown Amherst Throughout the Summer
BUDGET
- Little Relief in Sight for Amherst’s Roads by Jeff Lee
CAMPUS
- UMass Amherst Named to Princeton Review’s Top 50 Best Value Colleges List for Public Schools for Fifth Straight Year
- From Other Sources: News for and About Amherst. This Week, Catching Up by Art Keene
CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
- New Appointments to Energy and Climate Action Committee, Public Art Commission, and Recreation Commission by Art Keene
- Opinion: It’s Time for Reusable Takeout Containers by Darcy DuMont
DEMOCRACY
- The Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- Meet Your Apartheid Free Community on July 4
- Photos of the Week: No Kings Day Dance Party Gallery by Audrey Falkner
- From Other Sources: News for and About Amherst. This Week, Catching Up by Art Keene
- A Better World is Possible: Grassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda by Ella Fassler (for Truthout)
- Overpasses for Democracy Now a Monthly Event
EVENTS
- Charter Listening Session To Be Held June 30
- Town of Amherst Annual Independence Day Celebration and Fireworks
- Meet Your Apartheid Free Community on July 4
- Reading Frederick Douglass Together: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
- Collection for League of Women Voters Book Sale Begins July 5
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
- Sounds of Music to Fill Downtown Amherst Throughout the Summer
- Overpasses for Democracy Now a Monthly Event
FEATURES
- Photos of the Week: No Kings Day Dance Party Gallery by Audrey Falkner
- A Better World is Possible: Grassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda by Ella Fassler (for Truthout)
HISTORY / HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- Reading Frederick Douglass Together: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
- Historical Commission Can’t Muster a Quorum: Only Two Members Remain by Hilda Greenbaum
HOUSING
- Conservation Commission Still Not Satisfied with Archipelago Plans by Maura Keene
- Donors to Amherst Community Land Trust Are Eligible for Tax Rebate. by Maura Keene
ISSUES & ANALYSES
- Little Relief in Sight for Amherst’s Roads by Jeff Lee
MEDIA
OPINION
- Letter: Reappoint Karin Winter to the Planning Board by Ira Bryck
- The Two Most Important Things to Know About Antisemitism by Gary Michael Tartakov
- Opinion: It’s Time for Reusable Takeout Containers by Darcy DuMont
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
RESOURCES
SCHOOLS
- Diane Chamberlain Appointed New Principal at Summit Academy
- APEA Charges District with Failing to Follow Legal Requirements for Hiring Licensed Staff
- Amherst Regional High School Celebrates the Class of 2025
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
- Meet Your Apartheid Free Community on July 4
- Reading Frederick Douglass Together: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
- From Other Sources: News for and About Amherst. This Week, Catching Up by Art Keene
- The Two Most Important Things to Know About Antisemitism by Gary Michael Tartakov
SOLID WASTE
- Opinion: It’s Time for Reusable Takeout Containers by Darcy DuMont
TOWN GOVERNMENT
- Little Relief in Sight for Amherst’s Roads by Jeff Lee
- Conservation Commission Still Not Satisfied with Archipelago Plans by Maura Keene
- TSO Contemplates Action on Heatherstone Road Roundabouts and Public Urination Bylaw by Art Keene
- New Appointments to Energy and Climate Action Committee, Public Art Commission, and Recreation Commission by Art Keene
- CRC Recommends David Sloviter and David Ahlfeld for Zoning Board of Appeals Vacancies by Marua Keene
- Letter: Reappoint Karin Winter to the Planning Board by Ira Bryck
- Nomination Papers Available for the 2025 Amherst Town Election
- Historical Commission Can’t Muster a Quorum: Only Two Members Remain by Hilda Greenbaum
TRANSPORTATION / ROADS & SIDEWALKS
- Little Relief in Sight for Amherst’s Roads by Jeff Lee
- TSO Contemplates Action on Heatherstone Road Roundabouts and Public Urination Bylaw by Art Keene