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TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST
1. GOL Committee Recommends Removing Councilors From Climate Action Committee By Art Keene
2. Planning Board Delays Recommendation On Rezoning CVS Lot For Parking Garage by Maura Keene
3. Council Places Library Projec t On November Ballot And Approves New Polling Place by Art Keene
4. Boards Weigh In On Designs For Garcia’s Restaurant And Pomeroy Lane Intersection by Hilda Greenbaum
5. Planning Board Approves Plans For Five-Story Mixed-use Building At 11 East Pleasant Street by Maura Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

NEW / BREAKING
Issues & Analyses: Illinois City’s Reparations Plan Was Heralded – But Locals Say It’s A Cautionary Tale
by Kiran Misra

Letter: When It Comes To Zoning, Town Government Appears To Reject Public Input And The Concept of Planning by Ira Bryck

Kendrick Park Ribbon Cutting On August 24

COVID 19 Update For The Week Of August 18, 2021 by Art and Maura Keene

ARTS
New Photography Exhibit By Larry Rankin

Photos Of The Week: Great Black Wasps by Robin Jaffin

CAMPUS
Town Of Amherst And UMass Adopt Indoor Mask Requirements

New UMass Report Explores How Local Food Systems Responded To Meet Local Needs During COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19
COVID 19 Update For The Week Of August 18, 2021 by Art and Maura Keene

Town Of Amherst And UMass Adopt Indoor Mask Requirements

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

DOWNTOWN
Letter: When It Comes To Zoning, Town Government Appears To Reject Public Input And The Concept of Planning by Ira Bryck

Letter: Too Many Unanswered Questions About Rezoning Lot Behind CVS For A Parking Garage by Jennifer Taub

ELECTIONS
Town Council Seeks Residents To Serve On Districting Advisory Board

ENVIRONMENT /CLIMATE / NATURE
Issues & Analyses: Major Climate Changes Inevitable And Irreversible – IPCC’s Starkest Warning Yet By Fiona Harvey

Letter: Fort River Watershed Needs Retention Dams With Navigable Spillways by John Boothroyd

Opinion: Local And Green (#27): Our Biggest Enemy Is No Longer Climate Denial But Climate Delay by Darcy DuMont

Opinion: The Threats Caused By “Pure Trash” Lies by Marty Nathan

Almanac: Spreadwings by Stephen Braun

Photos Of The Week: Great Black Wasps by Robin Jaffin

EVENTS
Kendrick Park Ribbon Cutting On August 24

New Photography Exhibit By Larry Rankin

FEATURES
Almanac: Spreadwings by Stephen Braun

Photos Of The Week: Great Black Wasps by Robin Jaffin

Town Manager Report For August 2, 2021

FOOD
New UMass Report Explores How Local Food Systems Responded To Meet Local Needs During COVID-19 Pandemic