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WEEKLY ANALYTICS
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MOST READ: TOP FIVE MOST READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. In Memoriam: Maurianne Adams, Local Scholar And Community Advocate – by her friends.
2. Amherst Regional Schools’ Partial Reopening Called A Success – by Marla Goldbeerg Jamate
3.More Than 50 Residents Attend Forum on Proposed “Smart Growth Plan” For Downtown Amherst – by Maura Keene
4. Amherst Residents See Solutions Beneath Their Feet At Outdoor Film Screenings Of “ Kiss the Ground” – by Mina Liang
5. Opinion: How We Stop the Coming Trump Coup – by Shel Horowitz
WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?
BUSINESSES
COVID Grants for Amherst Small Businesses
CAMPUSES / SCHOOLS
School Committee Seeks New Negotiations With Teachers’ Union Over COVID-19 Closures by Marla Goldberg Jamate
Wildwood Librarian Distributes Backpacks With One Month Supply Of Books For Students by Toni Cunningham
Families Urged To Take Free Meals For Kids by Jennifer Page
UMass Invites Additional Students To Return To Campus For Spring 2021 Semester
UMass Again on ‘Green College’ List
Amherst Regional Schools To Close Again On Monday – Marla Goldberg Jamate
Opinion: School Decisions Are Failing Our Children, Our Community, and Our Women – by Laura Draucker
COVID-19
School Committee Seeks New Negotiations With Teachers’ Union Over COVID-19 Closures by Marla Goldberg Jamate
Mass Hockey Rinks Closed for At Least Two Weeks by Art Keene
Amherst’s COVID-19 Risk Downgraded to Moderate
COVID Grants for Amherst Small Businesses
Safety Tips And Special Events For Amherst’s COVID-19 Halloween
Amherst Regional Schools To Close Again On Monday – Marla Goldberg Jamate
COVID-19 Daily Update by Art and Maura Keene
FEATURES
Petua Mukimba, the Youngest Member of Amherst Town Government, Reflects on the Work of the Human Rights Commission – by Annalise Peterson
Town Manager’s Report For October 19, 2020
Photo Of the Week. Into The Fall Mists By Monica Cage by Monica Cage
HOUSING
Craig’s Doors To Open New 24-Hour Shelter In Amherst
HUMAN SERVICES
Craig’s Doors To Open New 24-Hour Shelter In Amherst
Families Urged To Take Free Meals For Kids by Jennifer Page
LETTERS / OPINIONS
Opinion: Is The Jones Library Director’s Yearly Evaluation Transparent? – by Terry S. Johnson
Opinion: School Decisions Are Failing Our Children, Our Community, and Our Women – by Laura Draucker
Opinion: Connection, A Balm in Troubled Times – by Russ Vernon Jones
LIBRARIES
Wildwood Librarian Distributes Backpacks With One Month Supply Of Books For Students by Toni Cunningham
Opinion: Is The Jones Library Director’s Yearly Evaluation Transparent? – by Terry S. Johnson
TOWN GOVERNMENT
Dickinson Museum Improvements Reviewed. Maurianne Adams Remembered – by Maura Keene
Historical Commission Hears Proposals for CPA Funding -by Hilda Greenbaum
Public Speaks In Support Of Wage Theft Bylaws At Council’s First Reading Of The New Legislation by Maura Keene
Safety Tips And Special Events For Amherst’s COVID-19 Halloween
Petua Mukimba, the Youngest Member of Amherst Town Government, Reflects on the Work of the Human Rights Commission – by Annalise Peterson
Town Manager’s Report For October 19, 2020
VOTING / ELECTIONS
Election FAQ: In-Person Early Voting Continues Until October 26