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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. New Estimate Sees Library Construction $11.6M Over Budget. Trustees Consider Pledging Endowment To Cover Gap by Jeff Lee
2. New Family Housing Set To Open At UMass
3. Commemoration And Celebration Of Merry Maple Proposed by Art Keene
4. “There’s Still Much Work To Be Done”. Little Agreement As Town Council Considers Complaints About Police Harassment Of BIPOC Youth  by Maura Keene
5. Letter: Amherst’s Trash Handling System Is Too Costly And Harms The Environment by Kathy Meyer

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS
Siddhartha V. Shah Named Director of The Mead Art Museum At Amherst College
Then And Now,  A New Exhibit In September At Gallery A3

CAMPUS
Amherst College Files Amicus Brief With Supreme Court Supporting the Use of a “Race-conscious” Admissions Process
Siddhartha V. Shah Named Director of The Mead Art Museum At Amherst College

CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Trash Hauler Reform Bylaw Moves Forward. Streetlight Bylaw To Be Studied by Maura Keene
Drought Level In Valley Raised To Level 3- Critical
Opinion:  Love, Justice, and Climate Change. A Battle For Your Mind by Russ Vernon-Jones
Photo Of The Week By Susan Panlilio

EVENTS
Jones Library Will Host Stolen Beams Series On Reparations
Then And Now,  A New Exhibit In September At Gallery A3
Online Forum For “Solo Agers”
Forum For Candidates For Hampshire County Sheriff, August 25
What’s Happening In Amherst?

FEATURES
Photo Of The Week By Susan Panlilio
Town Manager Report For August 15, 2022

HISTORY / HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Emily Dickinson Museum Completes Phase 2 Of Restoration Project. Reopens To The Public On August 16
Issues & Analyses: ‘Demolition Is An Act Of Violence’: The Architects Reworking Buildings Instead Of Tearing Them Down by Oliver Wainwright (for The Guardian)

ISSUES & ANALYSES
Issues & Analyses: ‘Demolition Is An Act Of Violence’: The Architects Reworking Buildings Instead Of Tearing Them Down by Oliver Wainwright (for The Guardian)

LIBRARY
Trustees To Decide On Risking Library Endowment To Cover Rising Building Project Costs by Jeff Lee
Jones Library Will Host Stolen Beams Series On Reparations
Opinion: Burgeoning Cost Of Jones Library Demolition/Expansion Requires Serious Community Discussions by Art and Maura Keene

OPINION
Opinion: Burgeoning Cost Of Jones Library Demolition/Expansion Requires Serious Community Discussions by Art and Maura Keene
Opinion:  Love, Justice, and Climate Change. A Battle For Your Mind by Russ Vernon-Jones

PARKING AND ROADS
North Pleasant Street Closed From McLellan To Triangle On August 22

PUBLI.C HEALTH
COVID-19 Weekly Update For The Week Of August 17, 2022. Now With The Latest News On Monkeypox by Art and Maura Keene
Online Forum For “Solo Agers”

PUBLIC SAFETY
“There’s Still Much Work To Be Done”. Little Agreement As Town Council Considers Complaints About Police Harassment Of BIPOC Youth  by Maura Keene

SENIORS
Online Forum For “Solo Agers”

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
“There’s Still Much Work To Be Done”. Little Agreement As Town Council Considers Complaints About Police Harassment Of BIPOC Youth  by Maura Keene
Amherst College Files Amicus Brief With Supreme Court Supporting the Use of a “Race-conscious” Admissions Process
Jones Library Will Host Stolen Beams Series On Reparations

SOLID WASTE / RECYCLING
Trash Hauler Reform Bylaw Moves Forward. Streetlight Bylaw To Be Studied by Maura Keene

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Trustees To Decide On Risking Library Endowment To Cover Rising Building Project Costs by Jeff Lee
Trash Hauler Reform Bylaw Moves Forward. Streetlight Bylaw To Be Studied by Maura Keene
“There’s Still Much Work To Be Done”. Little Agreement As Town Council Considers Complaints About Police Harassment Of BIPOC Youth  by Maura Keene
Planning Board Wants Removal Of Cement Blocks At Marijuana Cultivating Facility by Maura Keene
Drought Level In Valley Raised To Level 3- Critical
North Pleasant Street Closed From McLellan To Triangle On August 22
Opinion: Burgeoning Cost Of Jones Library Demolition/Expansion Requires Serious Community Discussions by Art and Maura Keene
Town Manager Report For August 15, 2022