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The Five Most-Read Stories From Last Week
1. Letter: ARPS & APEA Are Erecting Barriers To Education – Stephanie Hockman
2. Planning Board Selects New Officers And Liaisons. Continues To Track Amherst Hills Roads Dispute by Maura Keene
3.CRC Discusses Priorities For Revising Zoning Bylaws by Art Keene
4. UMass, Amherst and Hampshire Colleges Post Promising COVID-19 Numbers by Art Keene
5. Photo Of The Week. Social Distancing With Panache By Richard Sclove

WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?

CAMPUS & SCHOOLS
COVID-19 Cluster Recorded Among UMass Off-Campus Students by Toni Cunningham

Phase 1 of School Reopening to Begin October 1 by Marla Goldberg Jamate

COVID-19
COVID-19 Daily Update by Art and Maura Keene

COVID-19 Cluster Recorded Among UMass Off-Campus Students by Toni Cunningham

Phase 1 of School Reopening to Begin October 1 by Marla Goldberg Jamate

ELECTIONS
Election FAQ: In Person Early Voting For November Election To Begin October 17

Letter: Please Join Me In Voting Yes On Question 1 by Laura Quilter

Opinion: A Vote For Ranked Choice Voting Is a Vote For Good Governance by Stan Rosenberg and Evan Falchuk

Opinion: 39 Days To Stop A Coup by Art Keene

Opinion: A Movement Voter Project For Amherst? by Michael Greenebaum

FEATURES
Fact Check: This Week at the Jones Library September 20–26 by Terry S. Johnson

From Other Sources: News and Features For And About Amherst (#28) by Art Keene

Photo Of The Week: Celebrating The Serano Peppers From My Garden With Simple Gifts Tomatillos By Copper Giloth

HOUSING
Zoning Board of Appeals Continues Hearing on Supportive Housing at 132 Northampton Road (9/24/20) by Maura Keene and Hilda Greenbaum

Town Opens Second Round of Emergency Rental Assistance Funding

LIBRARIES
Fact Check: This Week at the Jones Library September 20–26 by Terry S. Johnson

OPINION/LETTERS
Letter: Please Join Me In Voting Yes On Question 1 by Laura Quilter

Opinion: A Vote For Ranked Choice Voting Is a Vote For Good Governance by Stan Rosenberg and Evan Falchuk

Opinion: 39 Days To Stop A Coup by Art Keene

Opinion: A Movement Voter Project For Amherst? by Michael Greenebaum

Opinion: Our Recent Loss by Russ Vernon-Jones

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Zoning Board of Appeals Continues Hearing on Supportive Housing at 132 Northampton Road (9/24/20) by Maura Keene and Hilda Greenbaum

Report on the Local Historic District Commission Meeting, September 21, 2020 by Hilda Greenbaum

Town Opens Second Round of Emergency Rental Assistance Funding

Election FAQ: In Person Early Voting For November Election To Begin October 17