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Last 30 days: 16,895 (+38)
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Last 30 Days: 7594 (-173)
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MOST READ: TOP FIVE MOST READ ARTICLES IN JANUARY
1.Editors Brooke Hauser and Mike Moran To Leave Daily Hampshire Gazette – by Jennifer Page
2. Teachers’ Union Officials & School Committee Meet After Long Impasse In Attempt to Rebuild Working Relationship – by Marla Goldberg Jamate
3. School Committee Plan To Open Buildings In February Draws Objections From Teachers’ Union – by Marla Goldberg Jamate
4. MSBA to Amherst: Sixth Grades Must Move If Fort River and Wildwood Are Consolidated – by Toni Cunningham and Maria Kopicki
5. Letter: Zero Waste Amherst Is Exploring Hauler Reform As A Path Towards a Greener Amherst – by Christina Platt, Chad Fuller, Laura Rojo Macleod and Darcy DuMont

MOST READ: TOP FIVE MOST READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Letter: Councilor’s Comment Was Divisive and Disrespectful – by Gaylord Saulsberry
2. Community Chat: Covid Vaccinations in Amherst – by Maura Keene
3. Town Halls Planned On Possible Later Start Time For Amherst Regional Schools’ Secondary Students – by Marla Goldberg Jamate
4. Opinion: Whither Transportation Planning In Amherst – by Eve Vogel
5.. UMass-Amherst Dorms Will Be At 39% Capacity For Spring Term. All Students On “Modified Quarantine” After Arrival – by Marla Goldberg Jamate

WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS /CULTURE
Winterfest Ice Sculptures On The Common

Culture Club: Girls Against God by William Kaizen

Photo Of The Week: The Indy January Gallery by Art Keene

CAMPUS
Internationally Renowned Climate Activists Vanessa Nakate and Varshini Prakash ’15 To Deliver 2021 James Baldwin Lecture on First Day of Classes

UMass Will Provide Additional Vaccination Appointments As State Increases Allocation Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Letter: UMass Tech/Maintenance Workers Must Be Rehired To Ensure Safety Of All Campus Employees by American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and six other local labor unions.

COVID-19
Teachers’ Union, School Committee Commit To “Opportunities For In Person Learning” by Marla Goldberg Jamate

UMass Will Provide Additional Vaccination Appointments As State Increases Allocation Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Amherst To Hold Vaccine Clinic Week Of February 1

Town Plans Call-In Vaccine Information Session

COVID-19 Daily Update by Art and Maura Keene

EVENTS
School Committee Schedules Open Meeting Of Residents February 4

Internationally Renowned Climate Activists Vanessa Nakate and Varshini Prakash ’15 To Deliver 2021 James Baldwin Lecture on First Day of Classes

Amherst To Hold Vaccine Clinic Week Of February 1

Town Plans Call-In Vaccine Information Session

Winterfest Ice Sculptures On The Common