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ANALYTICS
(numbers in parentheses reflect the + or – change since last week)
Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 21,780 (+1568)
Last Week: 5815 (+889)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 Days: 10,304 (+768)
Last Week: 2827 (+504)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES IN THE MONTH OF JULY
1. New Political Action Committee Forms In Amherst
2. Will The Town Build A Parking Garage Behind CVS? by Maura Keene
3. Planning Board Considers Changes To Archipelago’s Next 5-Story Building Downtown. Rushed Public Hearings On Zoning Bylaw Amendments by Maura Keene
4. Lawsuit Over Disqualified Signatures For Jones Borrowing Referendum Appears To Move Forward by Art Keene
5. Town’s Legal Fees Mount As Amherst Fails To Set Date For Referendum On Library Project by Art Keene

TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. Grand Reopening For Black Sheep Deli On Saturday July 24 by Art Keene
2. Letter: New Apartment Buildings Are Creating A Dead Zone Downtown by Nina Weyl
3.Packed Agenda For Public Hearing On Zoning Prohibits Full Discussion by Maura Keene
4. Hampshire Superior Court Judge Agrees To Speed Up Lawsuit Over Referendum On Jones Library Project. Sets Hearing For August 23 by Art Keene
5. Off The Cuff: Verbatim by Hilda Greenbaum

WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?

NEW / BREAKING
COVID 19 Update For The Week Of August 11, 2021 by Art and Maura Keene

Planning Board Delays Recommendation On Rezoning CVS Lot For Parking Garage by Maura Keene

Council Places Library Project Placed On November Ballot And Approves New Polling Place by Maura Keene

Amherst Town Council Votes To Put Jones Library Project On November Ballot

Almanac: Lilies Of The Lake ny Stephen Braun

ARTS
Photo Of The Week. An Indy July Gallery. by Art Keene

CAMPUS
Historic Student Library Banished By UMass After Nearly 60 Years Of Operation

COVID-19
COVID 19 Update For The Week Of August 11, 2021 by Art and Maura Keene

COVID-19 Update For The Week Of July 28, 2021 by Art and Maura Keene

DOWNTOWN / DEVELOPMENT
Planning Board Delays Recommendation On Rezoning CVS Lot For Parking Garage by Maura Keene

Planning Board Approves Plans For Five-Story Mixed-use Building At 11 East Pleasant Street by Maura Keene

Letter: Town’s Rush To Change Zoning Unlikely To End Well by Ira Bryck

ELECTIONS
Town Council May Set Referendum On Jones Library Expansion Borrowing by Art Keene

Letter: Voters Encouraged To Check Their Registration With Fall Election and Possible Library Referendum Looming by Mary Hoyer

ENVIRONMENT / CLIMATE / NATURE
Almanac: Lilies Of The Lake by Stephen Braun

GOL Committee Recommends Removing Councilors From Climate Action Committee by Art Keene

Public Invited To Statewide Rally To Protect Forests and Water, July 31

Issues & Analysis: The Current School Building Project: Smaller, Greener, Better by Toni Cunningham

Opinion: Love, Justice, And Climate Change. Local Climate Action Drives The Movement Forward by Russ Vernon-Jones

Almanac: Giants – by Stephen Braun

Photo Of The Week. An Indy July Gallery. by Art Keene

EVENTS
Reuse/Recycling Rally In Northampton, July 31

Public Invited To Statewide Rally To Protect Forests and Water, July 31

FEATURES
Almanac: Lilies Of The Lake by Stephen Braun

Almanac: Giants by Stephen Braun

Photo Of The Week. An Indy July Gallery. by Art Keene