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ANALYTICS
(numbers in parentheses reflect the + or – change compared with the previous week.
Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 26,844 (-5929)
Last Week: 4710 (-1439).
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 Days: 11,550(-2078)
Last Week: 2056 (-561)
TOP FIVE MOST READ STORIES IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER
1. Library Referendum Passes By Nearly 2-1 Margin. Walker Wins Most Votes in Council Elections by Art Keene
2.Additional Ballots To Be Counted by Art Keene
3.Tempers Flare Over Calls For CRC To Provide Data And Analysis by Kitty Axelson-Berry
4. Council To Meet Seven Weeks In A Row For Zoning Change Votes Before New Councilors Are Seated by Maura Keene
5. Rooney Wins Councilor Seat by Five Votes; Ross Calls For Recount by Toni Cunningham
TOP FIVE MOST READ STORIES LAST WEEK
1. Letter: Planning Board Process Circumvented In Rush To Adopt Zoning Changes Before New Town Council Is Seated by Janet McGowan
2.Council Refers Solar Moratorium Proposal To Community Resources Committee – Again by Maura Keene
3. Letter: Proposed Parking Garage Moving Forward Without Necessary Facts, Data, Analysis, Debate, Or Respect For The Public by Rani Parker
4.Public Hearing Slated On Changes To North Pleasant Street Near Kendrick Park
5. Council To Meet Seven Weeks In A Row For Zoning Change Votes Before New Councilors Are Seated by Maura Keene
WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
New Exhibits by Kegeles And Krifka At Gallery A3 in January
AWARDS
Carlie and Gary Tartakov Honored For Service To The Community
BUDGET
Library Leaders Foresee Need For More Town Funds by Jeff Lee
Are Town Hall Staff Over-tasked And Overworked? by Kitty Axelson-Berry
CAMPUS
UMass Requires COVID Boosters For Spring Term
CLIMATE /ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Opinion: Love, Justice And Climate Change. Problems with “Net-Zero by 2050” by Russ Vernon-Jones
A Cold Day In Hell by Stephen Braun
EVENTS
Carlie and Gary Tartakov Honored For Service To The Community
Mark Human Rights Day With Speakers From Amnesty International
International Human Rights Day Celebration
New Exhibits by Kegeles And Krifka At Gallery A3 in January
FEATURES
A Cold Day In Hell by Stephen Braun
Poll Shows Strong Support For Covid Mandates by Jeff Lee
Pandemic Losses And Lessons by Kai Fortier
Photo Of The Week. Save Historic Amherst Neighborhoods And Plan Before Zoning. A Photo Essay by Janet Keller
LIBRARY
Library Leaders Foresee Need For More Town Funds by Jeff Lee
Court Hears Additional Oral Argument in Amherst Voting Rights Case by Sarah McKee
OPINION
Letter: Trump Is Gone, Yet Trumpism Remains To Harm Us by Dinah Kudatsky
Letter: Support For Southbound Counter-Flow Bike Lane Near Kendrick Park by Rob Kusner
Letter: The Mitch McConnell School Of Undemocracy by Steve Bloom
Letter: Rushed, Sloppy Approach To Zoning Changes Is Unjustifiable by Suzannah Muspratt
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
Opinion: Council Must Slow Down And Give Proposed Parking Garage Proper Review And Public Debate by Jennifer Taub
Opinion: Amherst’s Own “Phantom Tollbooth” by Ken Rosenthal
Opinion: Love, Justice And Climate Change. Problems with “Net-Zero by 2050” by Russ Vernon-Jones
PARKING
One-Way Traffic Mulled For Part Of North Pleasant Street; Performance Shell On Town Common Endorsed by Maura Keene
Patience Wears Thin At Fifth Consecutive Weekly Town Council Meeting by Maura Keene
Letter: Proposed Parking Garage Moving Forward Without Necessary Facts, Data, Analysis, Debate, Or Respect For The Public by Rani Parker
Opinion: Council Must Slow Down And Give Proposed Parking Garage Proper Review And Public Debate by Jennifer Taub
Opinion: Amherst’s Own “Phantom Tollbooth” by Ken Rosenthal
Photo Of The Week. Save Historic Amherst Neighborhoods And Plan Before Zoning. A Photo Essay by Janet Keller
PUBLIC HEALTH
UMass Requires COVID Boosters For Spring Term
COVID-19 Update For The Week Of December 1, 2021 by Art and Maura Keene
Poll Shows Strong Support For Covid Mandates by Jeff Lee
Pandemic Losses And Lessons by Kai Fortier
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Carlie and Gary Tartakov Honored For Service To The Community
Town Seeks First Director Of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Rally For Women’s Reproductive Rights
Mark Human Rights Day With Speakers From Amnesty International
International Human Rights Day Celebration
Letter: Trump Is Gone, Yet Trumpism Remains To Harm Us by Dinah Kudatsky
SCHOOLS
Rally For Women’s Reproductive Rights
Pandemic Losses And Lessons by Kai Fortier
SOLAR
Temporary Solar Moratorium Gets Mixed Reception At Planning Board by Maura Keene
ROADS AND SIDEWALKS
One-Way Traffic Mulled For Part Of North Pleasant Street; Performance Shell On Town Common Endorsed by Maura Keene
Letter: Support For Southbound Counter-Flow Bike Lane Near Kendrick Park by Rob Kusner
TOWN GOVERNMENT
Temporary Solar Moratorium Gets Mixed Reception At Planning Board by Maura Keene
Court Hears Additional Oral Argument in Amherst Voting Rights Case by Sarah McKee
Patience Wears Thin At Fifth Consecutive Weekly Town Council Meeting by Maura Keene
Town Seeks First Director Of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Are Town Hall Staff Over-tasked And Overworked? by Kitty Axelson-Berry
Volunteers Sought To Serve On Key Committees
Letter: The Mitch McConnell School Of Undemocracy by Steve Bloom
Letter: Rushed, Sloppy Approach To Zoning Changes Is Unjustifiable by Suzannah Muspratt
Letter: Planning Board Process Circumvented In Rush To Adopt Zoning Changes Before New Town Council Is Seated by Janet McGowan