What’s in This Issue?

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ANALYTICS
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Last 30 days: 54,941 (+4698)
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Last Week: 4839 3902 (+937)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Judge Orders Reinstatement of Counselor Fired for Discrimination Against LGBTQ Students by Art Keene
2. A Call to Action from the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst by Amherst Indy
3. Regional School Committee Members Trade Accusations Over Alleged Policy Violations by Maura Keene
4. Mixed-use Building at Amity and University To Be Bigger and Higher by Maura Keene
5. Public Comment: Adults Who Have Bullied Students Have No Place in Our Schools by Emily Pfeiffer

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS

• “A Journey Stiched with Love”: Fiber Art by Pam Ledoux at the Town Hall Art Gallery
• United We Stand: Art for Divided Times at Gallery A3
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE

• New Bill Likely to Weaken Wetlands Protection. Conservation Commission Urges Public Comment by Maura Keene
• Letter: Majestic Norway Spruce is First Casualty of Library Project by Maria Kopicki
• Poetry from “It’s the Trees” by Don Ogden
• Photo of the Week: Double Eagle at Lake Wyola by Eli Keene

DEMOCRACY

• ICE Block, A New App That Allows Users to Share ICE Sitings by Art Keene
• The Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
• Opinion: What Do Voters Want? by MIchael Greenebaum

ELECTIONS

• Opinion: What Do Voters Want? by MIchael Greenebaum

EVENTS

• League of Women Voters Book Sale Continues Through August 4
• “A Journey Stiched with Love”: Fiber Art by Pam Ledoux at the Town Hall Art Gallery
• United We Stand: Art for Divided Times at Gallery A3
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEAUTRES

• A Better World is Possible: What the World Can Learn from Uruguay as the Global Housing Crisis Deepens by Jennifer Duyne Barenstein and Daniela Sanjinés (for The Conversation)
• Photo of the Week: Double Eagle at Lake Wyola by Eli Keene

HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

• First Steps Taken to Create East Amherst Local Historic District by Hilda Greenbaum
• Large North Amherst Barn Demolished After Deemed a Safety Risk by Hilda Greenbaum

HOUSING

• A Better World is Possible: What the World Can Learn from Uruguay as the Global Housing Crisis Deepens by Jennifer Duyne Barenstein and Daniela Sanjinés (for The Conversation)

ISSUES & ANALYSES

• HUD Finds Amherst Library Review Violated Regulations but Lets Earmark Stand by Jeff Lee

LIBRARY

• Half Million Dollar Jump in Library Project Costs by Mickey Rathbun
• HUD Finds Amherst Library Review Violated Regulations but Lets Earmark Stand by Jeff Lee
• Letter: Majestic Norway Spruce is First Casualty of Library Project by Maria Kopicki

OPINION

• Public Comment: Adults Who Have Bullied Students Have No Place in Our Schools by Emily Pfeiffer
• Public Comment: Delinda Dykes Cannot Return to Amherst Schools Without Causing More Harm by the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst
• Letter: Majestic Norway Spruce is First Casualty of Library Project by Maria Kopicki
• Opinion: What Do Voters Want? by Michael Greenebaum

POETRY

• Poetry from “It’s the Trees” by Don Ogden

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

• Puffer’s Pond Open for Swimming

RECREATION

• Puffer’s Pond Open for Swimming

RESOUCES

• ICE Block, A New App That Allows Users to Share ICE Sitings by Art Keene
• The Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List. by Art Keene

SCHOOLS

• Community Protests Reinstatement of Delinda Dykes at Amherst Middle School by Art Keene
• Regional School Committee Again Receives Heart-Wrenching Testimony About Discrimination at Middle School by Art Keene
• School District Scrambles to Address Instructional Hours Shortfall
• New Elementary School Building Taking Shape by Maria Kopicki
• Public Comment: Adults Who Have Bullied Students Have No Place in Our Schools by Emily Pfeiffer
• Public Comment: Delinda Dykes Cannot Return to Amherst Schools Without Causing More Harm by the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

• Community Protests Reinstatement of Delinda Dykes at Amherst Middle School by Art Keene
• Regional School Committee Again Receives Heart-Wrenching Testimony About Discrimination at Middle School by Art Keene
• Amherst “Pots & Pans Protest” Calls Attention to Starvation in Gaza by Rich Karsten
• Town Seeks Volunteers for New Amherst Black Reparations Committee 
• Public Comment: Adults Who Have Bullied Students Have No Place in Our Schools by Emily Pfeiffer
• Public Comment: Delinda Dykes Cannot Return to Amherst Schools Without Causing More Harm by the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst
• A Better World is Possible: What the World Can Learn from Uruguay as the Global Housing Crisis Deepens by Jennifer Duyne Barenstein and Daniela Sanjinés (for The Conversation)

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• Half Million Dollar Jump in Library Project Costs by Mickey Rathbun
• Community Protests Reinstatement of Delinda Dykes at Amherst Middle School by Art Keene
• Regional School Committee Again Receives Heart-Wrenching Testimony About Discrimination at Middle School by Art Keene
• New Elementary School Building Taking Shape by Maria Kopicki
• Divided Council Unable to Choose Representative for DPW Building Committee by Audrey Falkner and Maura Keene
• HUD Finds Amherst Library Review Violated Regulations but Lets Earmark Stand by Jeff Lee
• New Bill Likely to Weaken Wetlands Protection. Conservation Commission Urges Public Comment by Maura Keene
• Plenty of Criticism of Town Government at the Final Charter Review Listening Session by Darcy DuMont
• First Steps Taken to Create East Amherst Local Historic District by Hilda Greenbaum
• Large North Amherst Barn Demolished After Deemed a Safety Risk by HIlda Greenbaum
• Town Seeks Volunteers for New Amherst Black Reparations Committee 
• Sean Mangano Returns as Amherst’s New Finance Director
• Amber Martin is Amherst’s New Town Clerk
• Public Comment: Delinda Dykes Cannot Return to Amherst Schools Without Causing More Harm by the LGBTQIA+ Caucus of Amherst
• Opinion: What Do Voters Want? by Michael Greenebaum