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ANALYTICS
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Last 30 days: 20,670 (-1013)
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Last Week: 2509 (-294)
TOP FIVE MOST READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Building Plan Would Squeeze Budgets And Force Staff Cuts by Toni Cunningham
2. Finance Director Introduces New Plan To Complete Four Major Building Projects Over Next Five Years – by Art Keene
3. Elementary School Families Must Tell District By Wednesday If Children Will Stay Remote Or Return To Buildings In April by Marla Goldberg Jamate
4. UMass Amherst Notes Uptick In COVID-19 Cases – Amherst Indy
5. 110 Participate In Second Public Forum On Capital Projects – by Art Keene
WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?
BUDGET / CAPITAL SPENDING
Committee Weighs Potholes vs. Building Projects by Toni Cunningham
Opinion: Frequently Unanswered Questions. What Will The Proposed Jones Library Demolition/Expansion Project Really Cost The Town? by Art and Maura Keene
CAMPUS
UMass Sunwheel Live Broadcasts To Welcome The Spring Equinox On March 20
UMass Lecture Series On A Planet In Crisis Continues
UMass Students And Elders Connect Through The Stories Project by Linda Terry
UMass Evicting More Graduate Student Workers On April 1
CLIMATE / ENVRONMENT
ECAC Nears Completion Of Climate Action Resiliency Plan by Annalise Peterson
UMass Lecture Series On A Planet In Crisis Continues
Opinion: Love, Justice, and Climate Change. Living Lightly on the Earth
Opinion: Local and Green (#22). Towns Moving From Planning To Acting On Climate by Darcy DuMont
Almanac: Black Squirrels by Stephen Braun
Photo Of The Week: Making Good Use Of Stream Ice Before It’s Gone By John Root
COVID-19
Amherst Public Schools Shift Focus As State Directs Districts To Resume On-Site, Full-Time Classes For All Grades by Marla Goldberg Jamate
Juvenescence: ARHS Students Reflect On A Year Of Remote Learning by Annalise Peterson
COVID-19 Daily Update by Art and Maura Keene
DOWNTOWN
New Mixed-Use Building Planned For Downtown by Maura Keene
CRC Meets With Planning Department To Discuss Downtown Zoning Priorities by Pam Rooney
Residents Decry Proposal To Increase Density Of Downtown Neighborhoods (Town Council Meeting Report) by Maura Keene
Letter: Downtown Needs Affordable Retail Space by Laura Green
Letter: We Do Not Need More Student Dorms Downtown by Tobias Baskin
Opinion: Build Baby Build by Steve Bloom
Opinion: Zoning Plans That Are Out Of Whack by Elizabeth Vierling
Town Councilors Propose 180 Day Moratorium on New Construction of Multi- Unit Buildings by Art Keene
EVENTS
Lucio Perez To End Sanctuary Stay
LWVA Amherst Plans Roundtable And Dialogue On Working Toward Racial Equality
Classes Offered For First Time Home Buyers
UMass Sunwheel Live Broadcasts To Welcome The Spring Equinox On March 20
UMass Lecture Series On A Planet In Crisis Continues
FEATURES
Juvenescence: ARHS Students Reflect On A Year Of Remote Learning by Annalise Peterson
UMass Students And Elders Connect Through The Stories Project by Linda Terry
Almanac: Black Squirrels by Stephen Braun
Town Manager Report For March 8, 2021
Photo Of The Week: Making Good Use Of Stream Ice Before It’s Gone By John Root
HOUSING
New Mixed-Use Building Planned For Downtown by Maura Keene
Classes Offered For First Time Home Buyers
Letter: We Do Not Need More Student Dorms Downtown by Tobias Baskin
Opinion: Build Baby Build by Steve Bloom
Town Councilors Propose 180 Day Moratorium on New Construction of Multi- Unit Buildings by Art Keene
UMass Evicting More Graduate Student Workers On April 1
LIBRARY
Opinion: Frequently Unanswered Questions. What Will The Proposed Jones Library Demolition/Expansion Project Really Cost The Town? by Art and Maura Keene
Second Jones Library Forum Mirrors The First by Terry S. Johnson
LETTERS / OPINION
Letter: Downtown Needs Affordable Retail Space by Laura Green
Letter: We Do Not Need More Student Dorms Downtown by Tobias Baskin
Letter: Those Who Serve Well On Town Committees Are Entitled To A Second Term by Ira Bryck
Letter: No Zoning Changes During The Pandemic by Stephanie Kraft
Opinion: Frequently Unanswered Questions. What Will The Proposed Jones Library Demolition/Expansion Project Really Cost The Town? by Art and Maura Keene
Opinion: Build Baby Build by Steve Bloom
Opinion: Zoning Plans That Are Out Of Whack by Elizabeth Vierling
Opinion: Love, Justice, and Climate Change. Living Lightly on the Earth by Russ Vernon-Jones
Opinion: Local and Green (#22). Towns Moving From Planning To Acting On Climate by Darcy DuMont
SCHOOLS
Amherst Public Schools Shift Focus As State Directs Districts To Resume On-Site, Full-Time Classes For All Grades by Marla Goldberg Jamate
Juvenescence: ARHS Students Reflect On A Year Of Remote Learning by Annalise Peterson
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Lucio Perez To End Sanctuary Stay
Progress Report From Reparations For Amherst by Michele Miller
2021 Tibet Day Proclamation
LWVA Amherst Plans Roundtable And Dialogue On Working Toward Racial Equality
UMass Evicting More Graduate Student Workers On April 1
TOWN GOVERNMENT
Committee Weighs Potholes vs. Building Projects by Toni Cunningham
ECAC Nears Completion Of Climate Action Resiliency Plan by Annalise Peterson
CRC Meets With Planning Department To Discuss Downtown Zoning Priorities by Pam Rooney
Residents Decry Proposal To Increase Density Of Downtown Neighborhoods (Town Council Meeting Report) by Maura Keene
Amherst Awarded Cybersecurity Grant
2021 Tibet Day Proclamation
Letter: Those Who Serve Well On Town Committees Are Entitled To A Second Term by Ira Bryck
Letter: No Zoning Changes During The Pandemic by Stephanie Kraft
Opinion: Zoning Plans That Are Out Of Whack by Elizabeth Vierling
Opinion: Local and Green (#22). Towns Moving From Planning To Acting On Climate by Darcy DuMont
Town Manager Report For March 8, 2021
Town Councilors Propose 180 Day Moratorium on New Construction of Multi- Unit Buildings by Art Keene