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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views Last 30 Days: 77,339 (-4998)
Number of Unique Page Views Last Week: 15,662 (-3545)
*Number of Unique Sessions Last 30 Days: 56,670 (-3868)
Number of Unique Sessions Last Week: 11,542 (-2448)
Number of Active Users Last 30 Days: 42,680 (-3173)
Number of Active Users Last Week: 8990 10,854 (-1864)
TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
1. Steel Rising, Endowment Falling? Jones Library Leaders Wrestle with Uncertain Future by Jeff Lee
2. Letter: Is Amherst Destined to Become an Extension of the UMass Campus? by Ira Bryck
3. Updated: Amherst DPW Workers Will Rally for a Fair Contract. by Art Keene
4. CPAC Recommends High Spending for FY27 but Pickleball Gets Nothing by Maura Keene
5. Opinion: An Elected Mayor Won’t Fix Everything, but It Might Help by Rizwana Khan
TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. Updated: Amherst DPW Workers Will Rally for a Fair Contract by Art Keene
2. Beacon Development Update: Process, Timeline, and Opportunities for Public Input by Robin Jaffin
3. Hampshire College’s Enrollment Dilemma is a Solvable Problem by Jonathon Podolsky
4. Town Plans Puffer’s Pond Restoration by Maura Keene
5. Integrity Development Takes Over Rise Dispensary Site by Maura Keene
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
BUDGET
- Finance Committee Gets Briefing on Library Project Finances: Big Questions Remain by Maria Kopicki
- Cherry Hill Working Group Recommends Revolving Fund for Golf Course Finances by Maura Keene
- Shutesbury Plans Demonstration to Support Funding of Rural Schools
CAMPUS
CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
- Big Night Amphibian Migration Is at Hand
- New State Solar Permitting Rules Limit Local Control by Maura Keene
- Community Meeting on Flooding and Culverts, March 16 by Maura Keene
- Opinion: Trump’s Undermining of the EPA is Endangering Us All by Russ Vernon-Jones
DEMOCRACY
- Town Council President’s Attempt to Silence DPW Workers Fails. Union Condemns Deplorable Working Conditions and Low Wages by Art Keene
- Trash Hauler Bylaw Stalled by Consultant Change. TSO Will Examine Appointment Process for Town Committees by Art Keene
- Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- Amherst and Pelham Democratic Town Committees Will Meet to Select Delegates to State Convention by Art Keene
ELECTIONS
- Amherst and Pelham Democratic Town Committees Will Meet to Select Delegates to State Convention by Art Keene
EVENTS
- Big Night Amphibian Migration Is at Hand
- Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- Amherst and Pelham Democratic Town Committees Will Meet to Select Delegates to State Convention by Art Keene
- Shutesbury Plans Demonstration to Support Funding of Rural Schools
- Beavers Star in Jones Library Activities for All Ages This Month
- Community Meeting on Flooding and Culverts, March 16 by Maura Keene
- Amherst Downtown Design Standards: Presentation & Open House
- Cuppa Joe with Library Director Sharon Sharry, March 13
- UMass History Department’s Distinguished Annual Lecture Presents Howard W. French: Africa’s Struggle for a Place in the World
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
FEATURES
HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
- UMass History Department’s Distinguished Annual Lecture Presents Howard W. French: Africa’s Struggle for a Place in the World
- Amherst’s East Village: Where History Happened by Hetty Startup
HOUSING
- Town Plans Study on How to Increase Housing in East Amherst by Maura Keene
ISSUES & ANALYSES
- Finance Committee Gets Briefing on Library Project Finances: Big Questions Remain by Maria Kopicki
- Amherst’s East Village: Where History Happened by Hetty Startup
LIBRARY
- Finance Committee Gets Briefing on Library Project Finances: Big Questions Remain by Maria Kopicki
- Beavers Star in Jones Library Activities for All Ages This Month
- Cuppa Joe with Library Director Sharon Sharry, March 13
OPINION
- Amherst’s East Village: Where History Happened by Hetty Startup
- Opinion: Trump’s Undermining of the EPA is Endangering Us All by Russ Vernon-Jones
- Letter: Thanks to Amherst Community for Supporting Goodwill Industries by Joanne Hilferty
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
RECREATION
RESOURCES
SCHOOLS
SENIORS
- Director of Senior Services Resigns by Art Keene
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
TOWN GOVERNMENT
- Finance Committee Gets Briefing on Library Project Finances: Big Questions Remain by Maria Kopicki
- Town Council President’s Attempt to Silence DPW Workers Fails. Union Condemns Deplorable Working Conditions and Low Wages by Art Keene
- Trash Hauler Bylaw Stalled by Consultant Change. TSO Will Examine Appointment Process for Town Committees by Art Keene
- Town Plans Study on How to Increase Housing in East Amherst by Maura Keene
- New State Solar Permitting Rules Limit Local Control. by Maura Keene
- Director of Senior Services Resigns by Art Keene
- Cherry Hill Working Group Recommends Revolving Fund for Golf Course Finances by Maura Keene
- Three Residents Nominated for New Transportation and Parking Commission by Maura Keene
- Integrity Development Takes Over Rise Dispensary Site by Maura Keene
- Community Meeting on Flooding and Culverts, March 16 by Maura Keene
- Amherst Downtown Design Standards: Presentation & Open House
- Cuppa Joe with Library Director Sharon Sharry, March 13
- Amherst’s East Village: Where History Happened by Hetty Startup
TRANSPORTATION