What’s in This Issue?

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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 93,961 (-9771)
Last Week: 16,503 (-2635)

Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 60,846 (-6567)
Last Week 10,899 (-563)

Number of Active Users
Last 30 Days: 41,064 (-5176)
Last Week: 7524 6,894 (+630)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK

1. Firefighters and Parents Decry Understaffed Fire Stations and Schools by Maura Keene
2. As Library Project Funding Details Emerge, Concerns Grow by Jeff Lee
3. New Arrangements to Address Turmoil at Fort River School. School Committee Selects Finalists for New School Names, Debates Reconsidering Sixth Grade Move to Middle School by Art Keene
4. What Kinds of Housing Could Be Built at the Old South Amherst School Site? by Maura Keene
5. Revised Accessory Dwelling Unit Bylaw Approved. More Questions Raised About Public Urination Bylaw by Maura Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS

• Singer-Songwriter Adam Sweet Headlines PVFS December Song and Story Swap
• December Holiday Show at Gallery A3
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
   

CAMPUS

• Journalists at UMass Event Address the Challenges of Reporting During the Second Trump Administration by Kiera McLaughlin 

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE

• Hundreds of Thousands of Bay Staters Have Switched to Clean Energy. Report Suggests How More Can Join Them
• Letter: Clearcutting in Amethyst and Buffam Brooks Is Unnecessary by Diana Peters-Ross
• Views on Views: Amherst’s Public Parks by Hetty Startup

DEMOCRACY

• The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History by Jesse Hagopian (c/o Truthout)
• National Black Friday Boycott of Companies Enabling Trump’s Assault on Democracy, Now Through December 1. by Art Keene
• Public Has One Last Chance to Offer Input on Charter Review by Meg Gage
• Journalists at UMass Event Address the Challenges of Reporting During the Second Trump Administration by Kiera McLaughlin
• Let ICE Know They Are Not Welcome in Massachusetts
• Opinion: Envisioning the U.S. We Want by Russ Vernon-Jones

EVENTS

•  Let ICE Know They Are Not Welcome in Massachusetts
• Singer-Songwriter Adam Sweet Headlines PVFS December Song and Story Swap
• December Holiday Show at Gallery A3
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
  

FEATURES

• Views on Views: Amherst’s Public Parks by Hetty Startup
• Town Manager Report for November 24, 2025
• Photo of the Week: Holiday Parade by Art Keene

HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

• The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History by Jesse Hagopian (c/o Truthout)
• Views on Views: Amherst’s Public Parks by Hetty Startup

ISSUES & ANALYSES

• The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History by Jesse Hagopian (c/o Truthout)

JOURNALISM

• Journalists at UMass Event Address the Challenges of Reporting During the Second Trump Administration by Kiera McLaughlin

OPINION

•  Letter: None of Us Is Safe Until We Are All Safe by Michael Greernebaum
• Letter: Clearcutting in Amethyst and Buffam Brooks Is Unnecessary by Diana Peters-Ross
• Opinion: Envisioning the U.S. We Want by Russ Vernon-Jones

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

• Town Council Adopts Public Urination Bylaw by Maura Keene

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

• The Thanksgiving Myth Hides the US’s Inability to Reckon With Its Own History by Jesse Hagopian (c/o Truthout)
• Town Receives Perfect Score on 2025 Muncipal Equality Index. Activists Say Much Work Remains by Art Keene
• Common Share Food Coop Comes to a Quiet End by Art Keene
• Let ICE Know They Are Not Welcome in Massachusetts
• Letter: None of Us Is Safe Until We Are All Safe by MIchael Greenebaum
• Opinion: Envisioning the U.S. We Want by Russ Vernon-Jones

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• Town Receives Perfect Score on 2025 Muncipal Equality Index. Activists Say Much Work Remains by Art Keene
• Public Has One Last Chance to Offer Input on Charter Review by Meg Gage
• Town Council Adopts Public Urination Bylaw by Maura Keene
• Letter: None of Us Is Safe Until We Are All Safe by MIchael Greenebaum
• Town Manager Report for November 24, 2025

TRANSPORTATION

• Town Council Adopts Public Urination Bylaw by Maura Keene