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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views Last 30 Days: 74,012 (-6831)
Number of Unique Page Views Last Week: 16,502 (-1686)
*Number of Unique Sessions Last 30 Days: 50,676 (-6637)
Number of Unique Sessions Last Week: 10,370 (-1846)
Number of Active Users Last 30 Days: 34,393 (-6464)
Number of Active Users Last Week: 6688 8257 (-1569)
TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. Get Them Out of That Building Now. Councilors Demand Safe Workplace for DPW by Maura Keene
2. It’s Not Too Late to Save Hampshire College. Here’s Why by Jonathon Podolsky
3. Review: “Finding Our Place in the Connecticut River (Kwinitekw) Valley: Beginning to Heal 400 Years of Settler Colonialism” by Hetty Startup
4. Indy Rewind: Amherst Ranks Last in Massachusetts in Public Works Spending Per Capita by Jeff Lee
5. Public Presentation Scheduled on Beacon’s Proposed North Amherst Development by Maura Keene
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
BUDGET
- Town Engineer Explains How Road Repairs are Prioritized by Art Keene
- Indy Rewind: Amherst Ranks Last in Massachusetts in Public Works Spending Per Capita by Jeff Lee
- Letter: School Committee Rejects Notion That Amherst’s Most Vulnerable Students Should Be the Most Impacted by Budget Cuts by Allegra Clark
CAMPUS
- FlixBus to Launch First Direct Amherst–Boston Service on April 16
- New UMass Poll Finds Continued Partisan Division and Erosion of Support for President Trump’s Immigration Policies
- UMass Receives $1.5 Million Gift to Endow Professorship in Mediterranean Archaeology
- Opinion: The UMass Death Spiral by Peter M. Haas
- In Amherst, a Short Errand Can Take Hours Without a Car by Kinjal Pandey
DEMOCRACY
- New UMass Poll Finds Continued Partisan Division and Erosion of Support for President Trump’s Immigration Policies
- Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- Public Comment: The Government Belongs to the People by Laura Jane Hiunter
EVENTS
- Western Mass Resistance Calendar and Supplemental Reading List by Art Keene
- Cuppa Joe With Paul and Town Engineer Jason Skeels
- 18th Annual Empty Bowls at the Amherst Survival Center
- Signup Deadline for Amherst Rubbish Roundup is April 19
- Mobile Dental Clinic Returns on May 7
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
FEATURES
- In Amherst, a Short Errand Can Take Hours Without a Car by Kinjal Pandey
- Photo of the Week: Defiance! by Meg Gage
HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
HOUSING
- Planning Board: Downtown Design Standards and Clean Energy Bylaw Are Too Restrictive by Maura Keene
- Letter: Here Are Some Key Questions for Beacon’s Proposed Housing Development by Robin Jaffin
ISSUES & ANALYSES
LIBRARY
- Controversy over Additional CPA Funding for Jones Library Continues by Maura Keene
- Finance Committee Wants More Information about Jones Library CPA Request by Maura Keene
- Challenges Remain in Finding Temporary Space for DPW by Maura Keene
- Letter: Reserve CPA Funds for Their True Purpose by Maria Kopicki
\OPINION
- Public Comment: Residents Demand Assurances That Town Will Protect Its Residents from ICE Violations of the Law by John Bonifaz, Jeff Conant, Josna Rege and Margaret Smith
- Public Comment: The Government Belongs to the People by Laura Jane Hunter
- Letter: The Importance and Excitement of Amherst’s Global Village Festival This Saturday by Michael Greenebaum
- Letter: Reserve CPA Funds for Their True Purpose by Maria Kopicki
- Letter: Here Are Some Key Questions for Beacon’s Proposed Housing Development by Robin Jaffin
- Letter: School Committee Rejects Notion That Amherst’s Most Vulnerable Students Should Be the Most Impacted by Budget Cuts by Allegra Clark
- Opinion: The UMass Death Spiral by Peter M. Haas
- Indy Rewind: Opinion: Why Won’t the Town Research Options for New DPW and Fire Station? by Terence Masterson
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
- Search Begins for Temporary Space for DPW by Maura Keene
- Mobile Dental Clinic Returns on May 7
- Public Comment: Residents Demand Assurances That Town Will Protect Its Residents from ICE Violations of the Law by John Bonifaz, Jeff Conant, Josna Rege and Margaret Smith
- Indy Rewind: Opinion: Why Won’t the Town Research Options for New DPW and Fire Station? by Terence Masterson
RECREATION
- Working Group Seeks Public Input on Cherry Hill’s Future by Maura Keene
RESOURCES
SCHOOLS
- Letter: School Committee Rejects Notion That Amherst’s Most Vulnerable Students Should Be the Most Impacted by Budget Cuts by Allegra Clark
SENIORS
- New Appointments to Community Safety and Social Justice Committee and Council on Aging by Maura Keene
- Mobile Dental Clinic Returns on May 7
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
- Local Jewish Residents Gather to Protest Israeli Violence by Mattea Kramer
- New Appointments to Community Safety and Social Justice Committee and Council on Aging by Maura Keene
- New UMass Poll Finds Continued Partisan Division and Erosion of Support for President Trump’s Immigration Policies
TOWN GOVERNMENT
- Controversy over Additional CPA Funding for Jones Library Continues by Maura Keene
- Finance Committee Wants More Information about Jones Library CPA Request by Maura Keene
- Search Begins for Temporary Space for DPW by Maura Keene
- Challenges Remain in Finding Temporary Space for DPW by Maura Keene
- Town Engineer Explains How Road Repairs are Prioritized by Art Keene
- Planning Board: Downtown Design Standards and Clean Energy Bylaw Are Too Restrictive by Maura Keene
- Tilted Orbit Pinball Arcade Coming to Mill District by Maura Keene
- Working Group Seeks Public Input on Cherry Hill’s Future by Maura Keene
- New Appointments to Community Safety and Social Justice Committee and Council on Aging by Maura Keene
- Cuppa Joe With Paul and Town Engineer Jason Skeels
- Indy Rewind: Amherst Ranks Last in Massachusetts in Public Works Spending Per Capita by Jeff Lee
- Public Comment: Residents Demand Assurances That Town Will Protect Its Residents from ICE Violations of the Law by John Bonifaz, Jeff Conant, Josna Rege and Margaret Smith
- Public Comment: The Government Belongs to the People by Laura Jane Hunter
- Letter: Reserve CPA Funds for Their True Purpose by Maria Kopicki
- Letter: School Committee Rejects Notion That Amherst’s Most Vulnerable Students Should Be the Most Impacted by Budget Cuts by Allegra Clark
- Indy Rewind: Opinion: Why Won’t the Town Research Options for New DPW and Fire Station? by Terence Masterson
TRANSPORTATION