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Last 30 days: 25,972 (+601)
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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Major Discrepancies Emerge In Library Project Timeline by Toni Cunningham
2. Amherst Petitioners Denied The Right To Collect Signatures Electronically During Covid-19
3. Amherst Residents Seek Referendum On Borrowing For Jones Library Expansion by Art Keene
4. Town Disqualifies More Than One In Five Signatures On Library Borrowing Petition. Voter Rights Case Pending In Hampshire Superior Court
5. Letter: Jones Library Veto Petition A Foolish Bet by Kent Faerber and Lee Edwards

WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
Bach In Amherst: Free Downtown Concerts Scheduled

Photo Of The Week. Spring On The Rail Trail by Sigurd Nilsen.

COVID-19
Virtual Gathering On May 1 To Support Global Vaccine Equity

COVID-19 Daily Update by Art and Maura Keene

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The Eruptor Project Moves Forward In North Amherst

Virtual Discussion On Pandemic’s Impact On Working Women

Letter: Downtown Needs Interesting, Family-friendly Businesses by Kristie Stauch-White

Letter: Town Must Plan Now For The Coming Decline In College Enrollments by Steve Bloom

ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Letter: Reducing Light Pollution Protects Pollinators by Jessica Ryan and John Root

Opinion: Love, Justice And Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Racism by Russ Vernon-Jones

Photo Of The Week. Spring On The Rail Trail by Sigurd Nilsen.

Almanac: Return Of The Goddess by Stephen Braun

EVENTS
Bach In Amherst: Free Downtown Concerts Scheduled

Virtual Discussion On Pandemic’s Impact On Working Women

Virtual Gathering On May 1 To Support Global Vaccine Equity

What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art Keene

FEATURES
Talib Sadiq Offered Principal’s Job At ARHS. Reflects On Year As Interim Principal by Maya Weilerstein

Photo Of The Week. Spring On The Rail Trail by Sigurd Nilsen.

What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art Keene

Almanac: Return Of The Goddess by Stephen Braun

HOUSING
Forum Explores Challenges To Racial Equity In Housing by Maura Keene

LIBRARY
Town Disqualifies More Than One In Five Signatures On Library Borrowing Petition. Voter Rights Case Pending In Hampshire Superior Court

Amherst Petitioners Denied The Right To Collect Signatures Electronically During Covid-19

Planning Board Approves North Amherst Library Addition. Hearing Scheduled For Proposed Downtown Construction Moratorium by Maura Keene

Opinion: Social Justice And The Jones Library by Art Keene

MEDIA
Letter: The Indispensable Indy by Michael Greenebaum

MORATORIUM
Planning Board Approves North Amherst Library Addition. Hearing Scheduled For Proposed Downtown Construction Moratorium by Maura Keene

Letter: Downtown Needs Interesting, Family-friendly Businesses by Kristie Stauch-White

Letter: Moratorium Necessary To Complete Revision Of Zoning Bylaws by Alex Kent

Letter: Moratorium Will Give Council Space To Focus On Preserving Quality of Life In Amherst by Robert Quinn

Opinion: What Does The Proposed Building Moratorium Mean For Amherst? by Maura Keene

Opinion: Mr. Density and Mr. Infill by Michael Greenebaum

OPINION
Letter: Downtown Needs Interesting, Family-friendly Businesses by Kristie Stauch-White

Letter: Moratorium Necessary To Complete Revision Of Zoning Bylaws by Alex Kent

Letter: Moratorium Will Give Council Space To Focus On Preserving Quality of Life In Amherst by Robert Quinn

Letter: Shift Funding From Police To Public Schools by Julian Hynes and Marisol Pierce Bonifaz

Letter: Reducing Light Pollution Protects Pollinators by Jessica Ryan and John Root

Letter: Town Must Plan Now For The Coming Decline In College Enrollments by Steve Bloom

Letter: Capital Plan Will Require Increase In Property Taxes by Mary Hoyer

Letter: The Indispensable Indy by Michael Greenebaum

Opinion: MCAS Standardized Tests: You Have Options by Katie Lazdowski

Opinion: What Does The Proposed Building Moratorium Mean For Amherst? by Maura Keene

Opinion: Mr. Density and Mr. Infill by Michael Greenebaum

Opinion: Love, Justice And Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Racism by Russ Vernon-Jones

Opinion: Social Justice And The Jones Library by Art Keene

SCHOOLS
Letter: Shift Funding From Police To Public Schools by Julian Hines and Marisol Pierce Bonifaz

Opinion: MCAS Standardized Tests: You Have Options by Katie Lazdowski

Talib Sadiq Offered Principal’s Job At ARHS. Reflects On Year As Interim Principal by Maya Weilerstein

SOCIAL JUSTICE
Town Disqualifies More Than One In Five Signatures On Library Borrowing Petition. Voter Rights Case Pending In Hampshire Superior Court

Amherst Petitioners Denied The Right To Collect Signatures Electronically During Covid-19

Forum Explores Challenges To Racial Equity In Housing by Maura Keene

Virtual Gathering On May 1 To Support Global Vaccine Equity

Letter: Shift Funding From Police To Public Schools by Julian Hynes and Marisol Pierce Bonifaz

Opinion: Love, Justice And Climate Change – Fossil Fuel Racism by Russ Vernon-Jones

Opinion: Social Justice And The Jones Library by Art Keene

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Town Disqualifies More Than One In Five Signatures On Library Borrowing Petition. Voter Rights Case Pending In Hampshire Superior Court

Amherst Petitioners Denied The Right To Collect Signatures Electronically During Covid-19

Planning Board Approves North Amherst Library Addition. Hearing Scheduled For Proposed Downtown Construction Moratorium by Maura Keene

TSO Votes To Support Roundabout At Pomeroy. Village Intersection by Tracy Zafian

Town Manager Announces Appointments To Affordable Housing Trust and Human Rights Commission Art Keene

Town Manager Seeks Volunteers To Serve On Town Boards and Committees

Letter: Capital Plan Will Require Increase In Property Taxes by Mary Hoyer

Opinion: What Does The Proposed Building Moratorium Mean For Amherst? by Maura Keene