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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Earl Miller Appointed As Director Of Amherst’s Community Responder Program by Art Keene
2. Building Committee Receives Preliminary Cost Estimates For New Elementary School by Maura Keene
3. Attorney General Reviewing Jones Library Hiring Approach by Jeff Lee
4. Planning Board Recommends Revised Historic Preservation Bylaw. WD Cowls Withdraws Subdivision Plan For Proposed Solar Array by Maura Keene
5. Letter: It’s Time to Repoen Take It Or Leave It At The Transfer Station by Norman Brown

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
NEW / BREAKING
COVID-19 Weekly Update For The Week Of March 16, 2022 by Art and Maura Keene
Opinion: Jennifer Shiao’s School Committee Blog. Regional School Committee Approves High School Track And Field Project by Jennifer Shjao

CAMPUS
UMass Lifts Indoor Mask Mandate
Large Cro w d For UMass Energy Transition Institute Launch by Maura Keene
UMass Amherst College Of Engineering Receives $10 Million Gift For Investment In Atmospheric Research
Photo Of The Week: UMass Women Win A-10 Basketball Tournament by Greg Flume/A10

CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Large Crowd For UMass Energy Transition Institute Launch by Maura Keene
Local Energy Advocates Of Western Massachusetts Offer Presentation On Ithaca’s Green New Deal
Public Comment – Update On Zero Waste Amherst’s Proposal To Reform Town’s Waste Hauler System by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: Local And Green. Can Amherst Be As Bold As Ithaca? by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: Love, Justice, And Climate Change. What’s Needed – Changes In Our Economic System by Russ Vernon-Jones
A Few Questions For Alan Snow, The Guy In Charge Of Trees On Public Land In Amherst by Kitty Axelson-Berry

DOWNTOWN
TSO Endorses Changes For Increase In Downtown Parking Permit Fees by Art Keene

EVENTS
Brown Bag On Reparations
Local Energy Advocates Of Western Massachusetts Offer Presentation On Ithaca’s Green New Deal