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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art Keene
2. Hundreds Attend Candlelight Vigil For Sayhan Islam by Maura Keene
3. ARHS Students React To New School Policies. by Phoebe Gibson
4. Parklets Arrive In Downtown Amherst
5. UMass Five College Credit Union Plans New Building On Route 9 by Maura Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
Syncopate: Homage to Jazz At Gallery A3 In June
Photo Of The Week: An Indy May Photo Gallery by Art Keene

BUDGET
Finance Committee Discusses Disposition Of Town’s “Surplus Buildings” by Maura Keene

CAMPUS
Amherst’s Max Page Elected President of State Teachers’ Union
New Brood Of Falcon Chicks Gets Banded

CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
New Brood Of Falcon Chicks Gets Banded
Almanac: Forest Orchids by Stephen Braun

COMMUNITY CENTER
Letter: Build A New School At Fort River And A Community Youth Center At Wildwood by The Community Safety Working Group
Letter:  Town Needs To Retain Both School Building Sites by Elissa Rubinstein
Letter:  Fort River Provides Several Distinct Advantages As Site For New School by Michael Greeneabaum
Opinion: A Community Center: If Not At Wildwood, Where? by Kitty Axelson-Berry, Maura Keene, and Art Keene

EVENTS
Free Shoe Spray For Tick Prevention, Saturday May 28 by Art Keene
Veterans Service Organizations Announce Return to Amherst’s Traditional  Memorial Day Events
Syncopate: Homage to Jazz At Gallery A3 In June
What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art Keene

FEATURES
Almanac: Forest Orchids by Stephen Braun
Library Outreach Survey Yields Four Suggestions by Jeff Lee
Photo Of The Week: An Indy May Photo Gallery by Art Keene

HOUSING
Zoning Board Of Appeals Continues Discussion Of Sunset/Fearing Apartments by Hilda Greenbaum

HISTORY
New History Trail To Be Built Along The Mill River by Meg Gage

LIBRARY
North Amherst Library Finds Interim Home In Mill District. Special Collections’ Head Departs To Belchertown by Jeff Lee
Library Outreach Survey Yields Four Suggestions by Jeff Lee

NEIGHBORHOODS
Zoning Board Of Appeals Continues Discussion Of Sunset/Fearing Apartments by Hilda Greenbaum
New History Trail To Be Built Along The Mill River by Meg Gage

NATIONAL POLITICS
by Deb Neubauer
Opinion:  Only Seven States Prohibit The Sale Of Assault Weapons.  This Needs To Change. by Deb Neubauer
Opinion: Ending Roe v Wade Is Just The Beginning by Thomas Zimmer (for The Guardian)

OPINION
Letter: Build A New School At Fort River And A Community Youth Center At Wildwood by The Community Safety Working Group
Letter:  Town Needs To Retain Both School Building Sites by Elissa Rubinstein
Letter:  Fort River Provides Several Distinct Advantages As Site For New School by Michael Greeneabaum
Opinion: A Community Center: If Not At Wildwood, Where? by Kitty Axelson-Berry, Maura Keene, and Art Keene
Opinion: Build Bridges, Not a Wall by Maria Kopicki
Opinion:  Only Seven States Prohibit The Sale Of Assault Weapons.  This Needs To Change. by Deb Neubauer
Opinion: Ending Roe v Wade Is Just The Beginning by Thomas Zimmer (for The Guardian)


PUBLIC HEALTH
COVID-19 Weekly Update For The Week Of May 25, 2022 by Art and Maura Keene
Free Shoe Spray For Tick Prevention, Saturday May 28 by Art Keene

SCHOOLS
Hundreds Attend Candlelight Vigil For Sayhan Islam by Maura Keene
Amherst’s Max Page Elected President of State Teachers’ Union
Letter: Build A New School At Fort River And A Community Youth Center At Wildwood by The Community Safety Working Group
Letter:  Town Needs To Retain Both School Building Sites by Elissa Rubinstein
Letter:  Fort River Provides Several Distinct Advantages As Site For New School by Michael Greenebaum
Opinion: A Community Center: If Not At Wildwood, Where? by Kitty Axelson-Berry, Maura Keene, and Art Keene
Opinion: Build Bridges, Not a Wall by Maria Kopicki

TOWN GOVERNMENT
North Amherst Library Finds Interim Home In Mill District. Special Collections’ Head Departs To Belchertown by Jeff Lee
Finance Committee Discusses Disposition Of Town’s “Surplus Buildings” by Maura Keene
Zoning Board Of Appeals Continues Discussion Of Sunset/Fearing Apartments by Hilda Greenbaum
Town Prepares To Adopt New Flood Maps by Art Keene