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TOP FIVE MOST READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. Council To Meet Seven Weeks In A Row For Zoning Change Votes Before New Councilors Are Seated by Maura Keene
2. DiNisco Selected As Designer For Elementary School Project by Toni Cunningham
3. Public Comment: Better Funding Of Amherst Fire Department Urgently Needed To Address Dangerous Conditions by Ben Graham
4. CRC To Town Council: Quick, Clear The Path For A Parking Garage by Art Keene
5. Unanticipated Expenditures For Special Education Raise Concern by Toni Cunningham
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
NEW /BREAKING
COVID-19 Update For The Week Of December 1, 2021 by Art and Maura Keene
Letter: Rushed, Sloppy Approach To Zoning Changes Likely To Yield Bad Laws by Suzannah Muspratt
Letter: Council’s Effort To Push Through New Zoning Without Customary Review Is Improper by Ira Bryck
Letter: Proposed Parking Garage Moving Forward Without Necessary Facts, Data, Analysis, Debate, Or Respect For The Public by Rani Parker
Letter: Planning Board Process Circumvented In Rush To Adopt Zoning Changes Before New Town Council Is Seated by Janet McGowan
Rally For Women’s Reproductive Rights
CAMPUS
Town to Test New Public Participation Tools by Chand Raiendra-Nicolucci
CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Council Refers Solar Moratorium Proposal To Community Resources Committee – Again by Maura Keene
Almanac: Flash Powder by Stephen Braun
Photo Of The Week. A November Gallery By Annique Boomsma
ELECTIONS
Rooney’s Victory In District 4 Council Race Affirmed By Recount by Maria Kopicki
EVENTS
Saturday Banner Drop For Reproductive Rights
Public Hearing Slated On Changes To North Pleasant Street Near Kendrick Park
FEATURES
Almanac: Flash Powder by Stephen Braun
Speak Up: Respond to Covid Mandate Survey by 11/28 by Jeff Lee
Photo Of The Week. A November Gallery By Annique Boomsma
LIBRARY
Library Trustees Report Record-Setting Endowment by Maura Keene
OPINION
Letter: Rushed, Sloppy Approach To Zoning Changes Likely To Yield Bad Laws by Suzannah Muspratt
Letter: Council’s Effort To Push Through New Zoning Without Customary Review Is Improper by Ira Bryck
Letter: Proposed Parking Garage Moving Forward Without Necessary Facts, Data, Analysis, Debate, Or Respect For The Public by Rani Parker
Letter: Planning Board Process Circumvented In Rush To Adopt Zoning Changes Before New Town Council Is Seated by Janet McGowan
PARKING
Letter: Proposed Parking Garage Moving Forward Without Necessary Facts, Data, Analysis, Debate, Or Respect For The Public by Rani Parker
Letter: Planning Board Process Circumvented In Rush To Adopt Zoning Changes Before New Town Council Is Seated by Janet McGowan
PUBLIC HEALTH
COVID-19 Update For The Week Of December 1, 2021 by Art and Maura Keene
COVID-19 Update For The Week Of November 24, 2021 by Art and Maura Keene
Speak Up: Respond to Covid Mandate Survey by 11/28 by Jeff Lee
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Rally For Women’s Reproductive Rights
Saturday Banner Drop For Reproductive Rights
TOWN GOVERNMENT
Letter: Rushed, Sloppy Approach To Zoning Changes Likely To Yield Bad Laws by Suzannah Muspratt
Letter: Council’s Effort To Push Through New Zoning Without Customary Review Is Improper by Ira Bryck
Letter: Proposed Parking Garage Moving Forward Without Necessary Facts, Data, Analysis, Debate, Or Respect For The Public by Rani Parker
Letter: Planning Board Process Circumvented In Rush To Adopt Zoning Changes Before New Town Council Is Seated by Janet McGowan
Council Refers Solar Moratorium Proposal To Community Resources Committee – Again by Maura Keene
Rooney’s Victory In District 4 Council Race Affirmed By Recount by Maria Kopicki
Town to Test New Public Participation Tools by Chand Raiendra-Nicolucci
Public Hearing Slated On Changes To North Pleasant Street Near Kendrick Park