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ANALYTICS ARE BACK AGAIN
Our analytics providers were down from June 12 until the evening of June 14. We have access again, apparently without any data loss during the shutdown.
As of a few weeks ago, we have eliminated from our counts all visits to our site that did not result in a meaningful engagement with the content. While the total number of visits to our site continues to grow (in the last 30 days, it was over 105,000 visits), only about a third of those visits resulted in a meaningful engagement, such as opening an article or clicking on a menu. The other visits are likely bot traffic. From now on, we’ll only tally meaningful engagement.
Number of Engaged Page Views Last 30 Days: 32,537 (- 2045)
Number of Engaged Page Views Last Week: 7121 (-1471)
Number of Engaged Sessions Last 30 Days: 21,117 (-1503)
Number of Engaged Sessions Last Week: 4508 (-1028)
Number of Engaged Users Last 30 Days: 13,681 (-1070)
Number of Engaged Users Last Week: 3119 (-759)
TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Amherst Forward Calls It Quits by Art Keene
2. Regional School Committee Members Lament Superintendent’s Resignation by Maura Keene
3. Opinion: Whither the Hampshire College Campus? by Michael Pill
4.. Letter: A Call for Respect in School Committee Discussions Alison Estes, Alicia Lopez Nieto, and Derek Shea
5. Planning Board Supports Rezoning Professional Research Park to Include Housing by Maura Keene
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
- My Busy Week in Amherst by Hetty Startup
BUDGET
- Under Budget Constraints, Library Building Committee Begins Furniture Shopping by Jeff Lee
- Opinion: Library Trustees Silent on $9 Million Owed to Town by Maria Kopicki
CAMPUS
- Town to Host Information Session About Hampshire College Campus Zoning Study
- Letter: UMass Amherst Should Be Part of the State’s PILOT Reimbursement Program by Ira Bryck
- Opinion: Develop Hampshire Campus as a Technology Incubator by Alex Kent
CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
- Plant Trees with the Shade Tree Committee This Saturday
- Tree Warden Alan Snow on Climate Change and Development by Ben Polletta
- Photo of the Week: Dogbane Beetle by Robin Jaffin
DEMOCRACY
EVENTS
- Town to Host Information Session About Hampshire College Campus Zoning Study
- Plant Trees with the Shade Tree Committee This Saturday
- Celebrate Disability Pride Month With Events in Amherst, Northampton, and Easthampton
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
- My Busy Week in Amherst by Hetty Startup
FEATURES
- Tree Warden Alan Snow on Climate Change and Development by Ben Polletta
- My Busy Week in Amherst by Hetty Startup
- Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives: A Solution for the Affordable Housing Dilema by by Araz Hachadourian and David J. Thompson (c/o Beautiful Solutions by Eli Feghali Rachel Plattus, Nathan Schneider, and Elandria Williams)
- Photo of the Week: Dogbane Beetle by Robin Jaffin
HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
- My Busy Week in Amherst by Hetty Startup
- Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives: A Solution for the Affordable Housing Dilema by by Araz Hachadourian and David J. Thompson (c/o Beautiful Solutions by Eli Feghali Rachel Plattus, Nathan Schneider, and Elandria Williams)
HOUSING
- Opinion: In Beacon’s North Amherst Project, Community Engagement Did What It Was Supposed to Do by Robin Jaffin
- Limited Equity Housing Cooperatives: A Solution for the Affordable Housing Dilema by by Araz Hachadourian and David J. Thompson (c/o Beautiful Solutions by Eli Feghali Rachel Plattus, Nathan Schneider, and Elandria Williams).
LIBRARY
- Under Budget Constraints, Library Building Committee Begins Furniture Shopping by Jeff Lee
- Opinion: Library Trustees Silent on $9 Million Owed to Town by Maria Kopicki
MEDIA
NEIGHBORHOODS
- Opinion: In Beacon’s North Amherst Project, Community Engagement Did What It Was Supposed to Do by Robin Jaffin
OPINION
- Letter: UMass Amherst Should Be Part of the State’s PILOT Reimbursement Program by Ira Bryck
- Opinion: In Beacon’s North Amherst Project, Community Engagement Did What It Was Supposed to Do by. Robin Jaffin
- Opinion: Library Trustees Silent on $9 Million Owed to Town by Maria Kopicki
- Opinion: Develop Hampshire Campus as a Technology Incubator by Alex Kent
- Opinion: Peace Walk: The Practice of Returning by Rizwana Khan
- Opinion: The Cure for Despair is Wonder, Awe, and Humility by Caitlin Johnstone (c/o “Daily Writings on the End of Illusions,” )
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
- ACLU of Massachusetts Releases New Toolkit to Help People Challenge Flock Cameras in Their Communities
- Opinion: Peace Walk: The Practice of Returning by Rizwana Khan
TOWN GOVERNMENT
- Town to Host Information Session About Hampshire College Campus Zoning Study
- Under Budget Constraints, Library Building Committee Begins Furniture Shopping by Jeff Lee
- Town Seeks Community Input About Cable Television
- Letter: UMass Amherst Should Be Part of the State’s PILOT Reimbursement Program by Ira Bryck
- Opinion: In Beacon’s North Amherst Project, Community Engagement Did What It Was Supposed to Do by Robin Jaffin
- Opinion: Library Trustees Silent on $9 Million Owed to Town by Maria Kopicki
- Tree Warden Alan Snow on Climate Change and Development by Ben Polletta