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ANALYTICS
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Last 30 days: 23,413 (+184)
Last Week: 5740 (-363).
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 Days: 11,162 (+616)
Last Week: 2871 (+30)
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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Amherst Schools To Require KN95 Masks
2. Opinion: Petition Seeks To Force Revote On Parking Lot Rezoning by Ira Bryck
3.. New Town Council Elects Officers, Votes To Meet In-Person Henceforth. Hanneke Proposes Changes To Council’s Rules by Maura Keene
4. Letter: Why Not Sustainable Planning For Downtown? by Ira Bryck
5. Planning Board Begins Consideration Of Solar Bylaw by Maura Keene
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
NEW / BREAKING
A Better World Is Possible: Baking Homemade Bread Becomes A Public Good
by Lynne Frehill-Maye (for Yes Magazine)
Trustee Finds Jones Library Historic Structures Report ‘Incredibly Restrictive’ by Jeff Lee
Almanac: Zero by Stephen Braun
Public Forum On Amherst’s Community Responder Program Planned For Saturday, January 22
Letter: Local Jewish Activists Call On Biden To Restore Decency and Fairness To Asylum And Immigration Process by Jewish Activists For Immigration Justice
Amherst Aims To Become An Age And Dementia Friendly Community. Seeks Residents To Join Working Group
COVID-19 Update For The Week Of January 19, 2022 by Art and Maura Keene
ARTS
The Drake Sponsors New On-line Music Series
Photo Of The Week: From The Base Of The Waterfall by Sally Greenebaum
CAMPUS
UMass Poll Examines Americans’ Views of Race Issues Including Critical Race Theory, Systemic Racism And Reparations
UMass Amherst Poll Details Increasing Dissatisfaction With President Biden’s First Year in Office
CAPITAL PROJECTS
High School Track And Field Improvements Back On Agenda by Toni Cunningham
Court Dismisses Amherst Residents’ Suit Over Jones Library Expansion Project by Maura Keene
Jones Library’s Overdue Historic Structure Report Identifies Irreplaceable Details To Preserve by Sarah McKee
Jones Library Building Committee Takes Shape. Meetings Will Be Recorded And Posted by Jeff Lee
CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Almanac: Zero by Stephen Braun
Fire Department Acquires Its First Hybrid Ambulance
Opinion: Love, Justice, And Climate Change. Climate Anxiety And Having A Good Life by Russ Vernon-Jones
Speak Up! Climate Action How? by Jeff Lee
Photo Of The Week: From The Base Of The Waterfall by Sally Greenebaum
DEMOCRACY
From Other Sources: New For And About Amherst (#43). This Week – January 6 And The Future Of Democracy by Art Keene
DEVELOPMENT
A Better World Is Possible: How To Make An Attractive City by School of Life
EVENT
Public Forum On Amherst’s Community Responder Program Planned For Saturday, January 22
Amherst Aims To Become An Age And Dementia Friendly Community. Seeks Residents To Join Working Group
Amherst Plans Virtual Celebration Of Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Town Offers COVID Vaccine Clinic Every Thursday
Workshops On New Elementary School
The Drake Sponsors New On-line Music Series
FEATURES
A Better World Is Possible: Baking Homemade Bread Becomes A Public Good
by Lynne Frehill-Maye (for Yes Magazine)
Almanac: Zero by Stephen Braun
A Better World Is Possible: How To Make An Attractive City by School of Life
Speak Up! Climate Action How? by Jeff Lee
Photo Of The Week: From The Base Of The Waterfall by Sally Greenebaum
From Other Sources: New For And About Amherst (#43). This Week – January 6 And The Future Of Democracy by Art Keene
HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
Trustee Finds Jones Library Historic Structures Report ‘Incredibly Restrictive’ by Jeff Lee
Jones Library’s Overdue Historic Structure Report Identifies Irreplaceable Details To Preserve by Sarah McKee
Historical Commission Approves Demolition Of Chi Omega House by Hilda Greenbaum
Opinion: Photo Essay -The Jones Library Historic Structures Report, An Obit Or A Celebration? b y Hilda Greenbaum
LIBRARIES
Trustee Finds Jones Library Historic Structures Report ‘Incredibly Restrictive’ by Jeff Lee
Court Dismisses Amherst Residents’ Suit Over Jones Library Expansion Project by Maura Keene
Jones Library’s Overdue Historic Structure Report Identifies Irreplaceable Details To Preserve by Sarah McKee
Jones Library Building Committee Takes Shape. Meetings Will Be Recorded And Posted by Jeff Lee
Opinion: Photo Essay -The Jones Library Historic Structures Report, An Obit Or A Celebration? by Hilda Greenbaum
OPINION
Letter: New District 4 Councilors Encourage Constituents To Be In Touch by Pamela Rooney and Anika Lopes
Opinion: Photo Essay -The Jones Library Historic Structures Report, An Obit Or A Celebration? by Hilda Greenbaum
Opinion: Reflections Of A Former Town Councilor. What A Difference A Year Makes For Two Zoning Proposals by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: Love, Justice, And Climate Change. Climate Anxiety And Having A Good Life by Russ Vernon-Jones
Opinion: Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog. My Second First Metting by Jennifer Shiao
POLITICS
UMass Amherst Poll Details Increasing Dissatisfaction With President Biden’s First Year in Office
From Other Sources: New For And About Amherst (#43). This Week – January 6 And The Future Of Democracy by Art Keene
PUBLIC HEALTH
Amherst Aims To Become An Age And Dementia Friendly Community. Seeks Residents To Join Working Group
COVID-19 Update For The Week Of January 19, 2022 by Art and Maura Keene
Board Of Health Adopts Substitute Motion In Support Of Trash Hauler Reform by Art Keene
COVID-19 Update For The Week Of January 12, 2022 by Art and Maura Keene
Town Offers COVID Vaccine Clinic Every Thursday
PUBLIC SAFETY
Fire Department Acquires Its First Hybrid Ambulance
Amherst Fire Department Receives Two Grants For Safety Equipment
SCHOOLS
“Major Equity Issue” May Not Be Resolved In New School Building Project by Toni Cunningham
High School Track And Field Improvements Back On Agenda by Toni Cunningham
Workshops On New Elementary School
Opinion: Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog. My Second First Metting by Jennifer Shiao
SOCIAL JUSTICE
Public Forum On Amherst’s Community Responder Program Planned For Saturday, January 22
Letter: Local Jewish Activists Call On Biden To Restore Decency and Fairness To Asylum And Immigration Process by Jewish Activists For Immigration Justice
Western Massachusetts Area Labor Federation Calls On President Biden to Cancel All Student Debt
UMass Poll Examines Americans’ Views of Race Issues Including Critical Race Theory, Systemic Racism And Reparations
Amherst Plans Virtual Celebration Of Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
SENIORS
Senior Survey Planned To Assess Needs Of Amherst’s Elders by Maura Keene
SOLAR
Public Voices Enthusiasm For A Temporary Moratorium On Large Solar Arrays by Maura Keene
SOLID WASTE
Board Of Health Adopts Substitute Motion In Support Of Trash Hauler Reform by Art Keene
TOWN GOVERNMENT
“Major Equity Issue” May Not Be Resolved In New School Building Project by Toni Cunningham
Conservation Commission Approves Plans To Extend Multi-Use Path To Groff Park by Maura Keene
Letter: New District 4 Councilors Encourage Constituents To Be In Touch by Pamela Rooney and Anika Lopes
Opinion: Reflections Of A Former Town Councilor. What A Difference A Year Makes For Two Zoning Proposals by Darcy DuMont