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ANALYTICS
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TOP FIVE MOST-READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. Additional Ballots To Be Counted by Art Keene
2. Planning Board Recommends “Flexible” Regulations For Mixed-Use Buildings And Parking by Maura Keene
3. Rooney Still Leads Ross By Three Votes In District 4 Councilor Race After Missed Ballots Are Counted by Toni Cunningham
4. Three Design Firms Shortlisted For Elementary School Building Project by Toni Cunningham
5. Forty-five Acre Solar Farm Pitched For Northeast Amherst by Maura Keene
WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?
NEW / BREAKING
Public Comment: Better Funding Of Amherst Fire Department Urgently Needed To Address Dangerous Conditions
by Ben Graham
Public Comment: Sunrise Movement Calls For Increased Funding of Schools, CRESS, And Green Infrastructure In FY23 Town Budget by Marisol Pierce Bonifaz, Levi Gibson, Julian Hynes and Amrita Rutter
DiNisco Selected As Designer For Elementary School Project by Toni Cunningham
Holyoke Rally Calls On ISO To Fix The Grid In New England
ARTS
Council Reviews Community Safety Committee Recommendations by Maura Keene
Holiday Show and Sale At Gallery A3
BUDGET
Public Comment: Better Funding Of Amherst Fire Department Urgently Needed To Address Dangerous Conditions by Ben Graham
Public Comment: Sunrise Movement Calls For Increased Funding of Schools, CRESS, And Green Infrastructure In FY23 Town Budget by Marisol Pierce Bonifaz, Levi Gibson, Julian Hynes and Amrita Rutter
Public Forum On The FY 23 Budget
Cuppa Joe With Paul Bockelman – The Town Budget
CAMPUS
UMass Transit Receives First All-Electric Bus From PVTA
CLIMATE /ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Holyoke Rally Calls On ISO To Fix The Grid In New England
Conservation Commission Deems Application For Large Scale Solar Project Incomplete by Maura Keene
Moratorium Proposed For Large-Scale Solar Installations by Maura Keene
UMass Transit Receives First All-Electric Bus From PVTA
Saturday Rally Will Support Wind And Solar Energy
Opinion: Local and Green (#29). Amherst Zero Waste Proposal Gains Traction by Darcy DuMont, John Root, and Christina Platt
Opinion: A Reflection On Cars, Garages, And Community by Rani Parker
Almanac: A Furry Friend by Stephen Braun
From Other Sources (#41): News For And About Amherst. This Week: Solar Energy and Forests by Art Keene
Photo Of The Week: The Road To Skinner Mountain by Deborah Keisch
ELECTIONS
District Four Council Recount Set For Tuesday. All Other Election Results Have Been Certified by Art Keene
Rooney Wins Councilor Seat by Five Votes; Ross Calls For Recount by Toni Cunningham
EVENTS
Vaccine Deadline For Amherst Schools Is December 1 by Art Keene
Saturday Rally Will Support Wind And Solar Energy
Public Forum On The FY 23 Budget
Cuppa Joe With Paul Bockelman – The Town Budget
Holiday Show and Sale At Gallery A3
FEATURES
Speak Up! Are Covid Mandates Good or Bad? by Jeff Lee
Almanac: A Furry Friend by Stephen Braun
From Other Sources (#41): News For And About Amherst. This Week: Solar Energy and Forests by Art Keene
Photo Of The Week: The Road To Skinner Mountain by Deborah Keisch
Town Manager Report For November 8, 2021
HOUSING
Housing Trust Recommends Using COVID Relief Funds To Support Affordable Housing by Maura Keene
Letter: Mixed-Use Buildings With Inadequate Space For Business And Parking Garages In Inappropriate Locations Are Closer Than They Appear by Ira Bryck
OPINION
Public Comment: Better Funding Of Amherst Fire Department Urgently Needed To Address Dangerous Conditions by Ben Graham
Public Comment: Sunrise Movement Calls For Increased Funding of Schools, CRESS, And Green Infrastructure In FY23 Town Budget by Marisol Pierce Bonifaz, Levi Gibson, Julian Hynes and Amrita Rutter
Public Comment: Clearcutting Forests For Solar Is Not Environmentally Sound by Lenore Bryck
Letter: Garage Proposal Characterized By Poor Planning And Contempt For The Public by Rani Parker
Letter: Weak Justifications Offered For Rezoning Lot For Parking Garage by Jennifer Taub
Letter: Mixed-Use Buildings With Inadequate Space For Business And Parking Garages In Inappropriate Locations Are Closer Than They Appear by Ira Bryck
Opinion: Local and Green (#29). Amherst Zero Waste Proposal Gains Traction by Darcy DuMont, John Root, and Christina Platt
Opinion: A Reflection On Cars, Garages, And Community by Rani Parker
Opinion: White Supremacists Declare War On Democracy And Walk Away Unscathed by Carol Anderson
PARKING
Tempers Flare Over Calls For Data And Analysis From CRC by Kitty Axelson-Berry
Letter: Garage Proposal Characterized By Poor Planning And Contempt For The Public by Rani Parker
Letter: Weak Justifications Offered For Rezoning Lot For Parking Garage by Jennifer Taub
Opinion: A Reflection On Cars, Garages, And Community by Rani Parker
PUBLIC HEALTH
Holyoke Rally Calls On ISO To Fix The Grid In New England
Jennifer Brown Is Town’s New Health Director
COVID-19 Update For The Week Of November 10, 2021 by Art and Maura Keene
Vaccine Deadline For Amherst Schools Is December 1 by Art Keene
Speak Up! Are Covid Mandates Good or Bad? by Jeff Lee
SOLAR
Holyoke Rally Calls On ISO To Fix The Grid In New England
Conservation Commission Deems Application For Large Scale Solar Project Incomplete by Maura Keene
Moratorium Proposed For Large-Scale Solar Installations by Maura Keene
Saturday Rally Will Support Wind And Solar Energy
Public Comment: Clearcutting Forests For Solar Is Not Environmentally Sound by Lenore Bryck
From Other Sources (#41): News For And About Amherst. This Week: Solar Energy and Forests by Art Keene
SCHOOLS
DiNisco Selected As Designer For Elementary School Project by Toni Cunningham
Vaccine Deadline For Amherst Schools Is December 1 by Art Keene
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Council Reviews Community Safety Committee Recommendations by Maura Keene
Opinion: White Supremacists Declare War On Democracy And Walk Away Unscathed by Carol Anderson
TOWN GOVERNMENT
District Four Council Recount Set For Tuesday. All Other Election Results Have Been Certified by Art Keene
Public Comment: Sunrise Movement Calls For Increased Funding of Schools, CRESS, And Green Infrastructure In FY23 Town Budget by Marisol Pierce Bonifaz, Levi Gibson, Julian Hynes and Amrita Rutter
Rooney Wins Councilor Seat by Five Votes; Ross Calls For Recount by Toni Cunningham
Tempers Flare Over Calls For Data And Analysis From CRC by Kitty Axelson-Berry
Conservation Commission Deems Application For Large Scale Solar Project Incomplete by Maura Keene
Moratorium Proposed For Large-Scale Solar Installations by Maura Keene
Council Reviews Community Safety Committee Recommendations by Maura Keene
Jennifer Brown Is Town’s New Health Director
Housing Trust Recommends Using COVID Relief Funds To Support Affordable Housing by Maura Keene
Flood Maps Appeal Period Ends December 9
Town Introduces Online Permits and Licenses
Public Forum On The FY 23 Budget
Cuppa Joe With Paul Bockelman – The Town Budget
Letter: Garage Proposal Characterized By Poor Planning And Contempt For The Public by Rani Parker
Letter: Mixed-Use Buildings With Inadequate Space For Business And Parking Garages In Inappropriate Locations Are Closer Than They Appear by Ira Bryck
Town Manager Report For November 8, 2021