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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 23,822 (+1513)
Last Week: 5972 (-243)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 Days: 11,496 (+758)
Last Week: 2884 (-21)
TOP FIVE MOST READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Library Trustees Trim Budget and Reduce Contingency Funds To Contain Library Project Costs by Toni Cunningham
2. Town Councilors Propose 180 Day Moratorium On New Construction Of Multi-Unit Buildings by Art Keene
3. Up to 75% Of Amherst Elementary School Pupils Will Be On-Site In April by Marla Goldberg Jamate
4. Letter: Jones Expansion Would Destroy Kinsey Garden – by Carol Pope
5. UMass Takes Next Steps to Build Undergraduate, Graduate, And Student Family Housing – Amherst Indy
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS AND CULTURE
Cultural Council Awards Grants For Local Programs
Photo Of The Week: In The Shadow Of Tall Buildings By Kitty Axelson-Berry And Cathy Schoen
CAPITAL PROJECTS
First Steps Taken To Build New DPW Facility And South Amherst Fire Station
Public Forum On Pomeroy Village Intersection Today (SAT). Town Officials Seeking Public Feedback by Tracy Zafian
Residents Raise Concerns About Pedestrian Safety At Public Forums On Pomeroy Village Project by Tracy Zafian
CLIMATE / ENERGY
ECAC Readies Climate Action And Resiliency Plan by Annalise Peterson
Opinion: Love, Justice, And Climate Change. Doughnut Economics by Russ Vernon-Jones
COVID-19
COVID-19 Daily Update by Art and Maura Keene
DOWNTOWN
Letter: Please Sign Petition To Support Temporary Moratorium On Downtown Building Permits by Ira Bryck
Council Refers Proposal For Temporary Moratorium On New Downtown Buildings To Planning Board, GOL, and CRC by Maura Keene
Town Council Approves Plan For Redesign Of North Common And Community Preservation Act Allocations by Maura Keene
Public Comment: Moratorium Will Enable Judicious Planning For A Successful Downtown Design by Janet Keller
Letter: Moratorium Would Enable Consideration Of Unanswered Questions About Zoning by Martha and Irwin Spiegelman
Letter: Corrections To Gazette Article On Proposed Construction Moratorium by Ira Bryck
Photo Of The Week: In The Shadow Of Tall Buildings By Kitty Axelson-Berry And Cathy Schoen
EVENTS
Public Forum On Pomeroy Village Intersection Today (SAT). Town Officials Seeking Public Feedback by Tracy Zafian
Forum On Affordable Home Ownership Scheduled For March 30
League Of Women Voters Offers Workshops On Running For Elective Office
A Primer On Juneteenth by Amilcar and Demetria Shabazz
FEATURES
A Primer On Juneteenth by Amilcar and Demetria Shabazz
Almanac: Vernal Chorus by Stephen Braun
Town Manager Report for March 22, 2021
Photo Of The Week: In The Shadow Of Tall Buildings By Kitty Axelson-Berry And Cathy Schoen
HISTORY
Historical Commission OKs Work On North Amherst Library And 37/41 North Pleasant Street, Discusses Civil War Tablets by Maura Keene
A Primer On Juneteenth by Amilcar and Demetria Shabazz
LETTERS /OPINION / COMMENT
Letter: Please Sign Petition To Support Temporary Moratorium On Downtown Building Permits by Ira Bryck
Public Comment: Reject Cuts To Art And Technology Education by Kathleen Traphagen
Public Comment: Proposed Budget Cuts Disproportionately Harm English Language Learners by Jennifer Page
Public Comment: Amherst Could Become The Second City In The Nation To Offer Reparations To Black Residents by Michele Miller
Public Comment: Moratorium Will Enable Judicious Planning For A Successful Downtown Design by Janet Keller
Letter: Jones Library Has Thousands Fewer Books Than Ten Years Ago by Sarah McKee
Letter: Councilors’ Resistance To Anti-Racism Training Reflects Unwillingness To Examine Their Own Privilege by Ana Devlin-Gauthier
Letter: Moratorium Would Enable Consideration Of Unanswered Questions About Zoning by Martha and Irwin Spiegelman
Letter: Corrections To Gazette Article On Proposed Construction Moratorium by Ira Bryck
Letter: Removing Parking Spaces On North Common Is Unjustified by Judith Williams
Letter: Amherst Residents Risk Losing Access To Amherst Media And Government Productions by Jim Lescault
Opinion: Love, Justice, And Climate Change. Doughnut Economics by Russ Vernon-Jones
LIBRARY
Letter: Jones Library Has Thousands Fewer Books Than Ten Years Ago by Sarah McKee
MEDIA
Dear Readers: The Indy Seeks Additional Editors
Letter: Corrections To Gazette Article On Proposed Construction Moratorium by Ira Bryck
Letter: Amherst Residents Risk Losing Access To Amherst Media And Government Productions by Jim Lescault
NATURE
Bear Sightings On Dennis Drive by Art Keene
Almanac: Vernal Chorus by Stephen Braun
PARKING AND ROADS
Public Forum On Pomeroy Village Intersection Today (SAT). Town Officials Seeking Public Feedback by Tracy Zafian
Residents Raise Concerns About Pedestrian Safety At Public Forums On Pomeroy Village Project by Tracy Zafian
Town Council Approves Plan For Redesign Of North Common And Community Preservation Act Allocations by Maura Keen
Letter: Removing Parking Spaces On North Common Is Unjustified by Judith Williams
SCHOOLS
Public Comment: Reject Cuts To Art And Technology Education by Kathleen Traphagen
Public Comment: Proposed Budget Cuts Disproportionately Harm English Language Learners by Jennifer Page
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Amherst Groups Seeking Racial Equity And Reparations Meet To Share Work by Marla Goldberg Jamate
Public Comment: Amherst Could Become The Second City In The Nation To Offer Reparations To Black Residents by Michele Miller
Letter: Councilors’ Resistance To Anti-Racism Training Reflects Unwillingness To Examine Their Own Privilege by Ana Devlin Gauthier
TOWN GOVERNMENT
Public Forum On Pomeroy Village Intersection Today (SAT). Town Officials Seeking Public Feedback by Tracy Zafian
Council Refers Proposal For Temporary Moratorium On New Downtown Buildings To Planning Board, GOL, and CRC by Maura Keene
Town Council Approves Plan For Redesign Of North Common And Community Preservation Act Allocations by Maura Keene
First Steps Taken To Build New DPW Facility And South Amherst Fire Station
Historical Commission OKs Work On North Amherst Library And 37/41 North Pleasant Street, Discusses Civil War Tablets by Maura Keene
Proposal For Garage Conversion At Strong and East Pleasant Streets Withdrawn by Maura Keene
ECAC Readies Climate Action And Resiliency Plan by Annalise Peterson
Town Council Declares April Child Abuse Awareness And Prevention Month
Cultural Council Awards Grants For Local Programs
Letter: Moratorium Would Enable Consideration Of Unanswered Questions About Zoning by Martha and Irwin Spiegelman
Town Manager Report for March 22, 2021