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WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS

• Photography of Stephen Texiera at Amherst Town Hall Art Gallery
• Performance Slots Are Open for Acoustic Songs of the Sixties Benefit for PVFS
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
• Photo of the Week: Amherst Arts Night Plus Returns by Art Keene

BUDGET

• Letter: Some Recommendations for Review of the CRESS Budget by Martha Hanner
• Opinion: What’s the Color of Your Money? by Maria Kopicki

CAMPUS

• Community Rallies to Support Hampshire College Refugees by Art Keene 
• Emergency Relief Fund Started to Support Laid-Off Staff and Faculty at Hampshire College
• Public Invited to UMass Celebration of Founder’s Day, April 29, a Full Day of Free Activities on UMass Campus
• Updated: Hampshire College Alumni Reflect on an Education That Changes Lives by Evangeline Weiss, Kristen Harbeson, Anthony Thomas, Dani Slabaugh, Gillian Parent, and Roger Sherman
• Opinion: When Five Is Better Than Four: Can Hampshire College Still Be Saved? by Jonathon Podolsky
• Opinion: Some Questions About Hampshire College by Michael Greenebaum

CAPITAL PROJECTS

• Finance Committee Recommends $330,000 for Library Project on Split Vote by Maura Keene
• Controversy Over Reflection Rooms in New Elementary School Continues by Maria Kopicki

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE

• Valley Green Energy to Lower Electricity Prices for Most Participants Beginning in May
• Opinion: Local and Green: Let’s Own Our Power by Darcy DuMont

DEMOCRACY

• Opinion: Governor Healy’s Social Media Ban is Even Worse Than You Think by Brooks Ballenger 
• Opinion:  Come Celebrate Amherst Media’s 50th Anniversary and the Contribution of Independent Media to Sustaining Democracy by Art Keene
• Bearing Witness to Immigrant Suffering at Burlington ICE by Margaret Smith

EVENTS

• Photography of Stephen Texiera at Amherst Town Hall Art Gallery
• Public Invited to UMass Celebration of Founder’s Day, April 29, a Full Day of Free Activities on UMass Campus
• Performance Slots Are Open for Acoustic Songs of the Sixties Benefit for PVFS
• Mass Kids Lit Fest Returns with Four Events in Amherst
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
• Opinion:  Come Celebrate Amherst Media’s 50th Anniversary and the Contribution of Independent Media to Sustaining Democracy. by Art Keene

FEATURES

• Bearing Witness to Immigrant Suffering at Burlington ICE by Margaret Smith
• Why I Love Local Small Country Stores by Hetty Startup
• Photo of the Week: Amherst Arts Night Plus Returns by Art Keene

HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

• Planning Board Opposes Creation of East Amherst Historic District by Maura Keene
• Why I Love Local Small Country Stores by Hetty Startup

HOUSING

• Conservation Commission Approves Wetlands Mitigation Plan for Amity Street Multi-Family Affordable Housing Project by Maura Keene
• Letter: Proposed Design Standards Will Yield a Better Downtown for All by Ira Bryck

LIBRARY

• Finance Committee Recommends $330,000 for Library Project on Split Vote by Maura Keene
• New Accessible Walkway for Munson Library to Be Completed by June 30 by Maura Keene
• Opinion: What’s the Color of Your Money? by Maria Kopicki

MEDIA

• Opinion: Governor Healy’s Social Media Ban is Even Worse Than You Think by Brooks Ballenger
• Opinion:  Come Celebrate Amherst Media’s 50th Anniversary and the Contribution of Independent Media to Sustaining Democracy by Art Keene

MUTUAL AID

• Emergency Relief Fund Started to Support Laid-Off Staff and Faculty at Hampshire College

OPINION

• Letter: Some Recommendations for Review of the CRESS Budget by Martha Hanner
• Updated: Hampshire College Alumni Reflect on an Education That Changes Lives by Evangeline Weiss, Kristen Harbeson, Anthony Thomas, Dani Slabaugh, Gillian Parent, and Roger Sherman
• Opinion: When Five Is Better Than Four: Can Hampshire College Still Be Saved? by Jonathon Podolsky
• Opinion: Some Questions About Hampshire College by Michael Greenebaum
• Opinion: What’s the Color of Your Money? by Maria Kopicki
• Opinion: Governor Healy’s Social Media Ban is Even Worse Than You Think by Brooks Ballenger
• Opinion:  Come Celebrate Amherst Media’s 50th Anniversary and the Contribution of Independent Media to Sustaining Democracy by Art Keene
• Opinion: Local and Green: Let’s Own Our Power by Darcy DuMont

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

• Letter: Some Recommendations for Review of the CRESS Budget by. Martha Hanner

RECREATION

• DPW’s Amy Rusiecki Completes Her 20th Boston Marathon by Maura Keene

SCHOOLS

• Controversy Over Reflection Rooms in New Elementary School Continues by Maria Kopicki 

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

•  Bearing Witness to Immigrant Suffering at Burlington ICE by Margaret Smith

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• Finance Committee Recommends $330,000 for Library Project on Split Vote by Maura Keene
• Controversy Over Reflection Rooms in New Elementary School Continues by Maria Kopicki
• Planning Board Opposes Creation of East Amherst Historic District by Maura Keene
• Conservation Commission Approves Wetlands Mitigation Plan for Amity Street Multi-Family Affordable Housing Project by Maura Keene
• New Accessible Walkway for Munson Library to Be Completed by June 30 by Maura Keene
• Letter: Some Recommendations for Review of the CRESS Budget by Martha Hanner
• Letter: Proposed Design Standards Will Yield a Better Downtown for All by Ira Bryck
• Opinion: What’s the Color of Your Money? by Maria Kopicki