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ANALYTICS
Numbers in parentheses indicate change from the previous week.

Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 36,219 (+1023)
Last Week: 9,940(-1051)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 Days: 17,214 (+492)
Last Week: 4644 (-435)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Opinion: Amherst/Pelham Educators And Staff Are Valued by Ben Herrington
2. Opinion: What It Means When Amherst Teachers Work To Rule by Sara Barber-Just
3. Amherst Educators Rally For Resumption Of  Contract Negotiations by Art Keene
4. Regional Schools Facing A Difficult Budget Year by Maura Keene
5. ZBA Approves Construction Of Two Family Home On West Street by Hilda Greenbaum
5. Hitchcock Center Guide To Annual Spotted Salamander Migration

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
UMass To Host Fifth Biennial Bach Festival And Symposium  

BUDGET
School Committee Hears Robust Public Comment On FY24 Budget. Strong Opposition To Staffing Cuts by Maura Keene
Shiao Leads Effort To Retain Library Paraeducators by Toni Cunningham
Athletic Fields Subject Of New Funding Requests In Public Works Budget by Maria Kopicki
Issues & Analyses: Generation Ratify Amherst Explores Town’s Gender Pay Gap By Julian Hynes, with Kaz Andrews, Cameron Baird, Marisol Pierce Bonifaz, Ada Paessel and Cady Reiken
Letter: Part-time Residents Should Pay Fair Share To Maintain Amherst’s Roads by Steven Kurtz

CAMPUS
Hampshire College Offers Admission To All Students At New College Of Florida
‘Hostile Takeover’: The Tiny Florida University Targeted By Ron DeSantis by Joseph Contreras (for The Guardian)
UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School Of Management Receives Record $20 Million Gift
Mark The Spring Equinox On March 20 At The UMass Amherst Sunwheel
Panel: Resisting Imperial Memory. Confronting The History Of US Aggression In Iraq
UMass To Host Fifth Biennial Bach Festival And Symposium  

CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Opinion: Precious Farmland In Peril by John Varner
Opinion: How To Talk About Climate Change by Russ Vernon-Jones

DEMOCRACY
Hanneke Continues To Seek Limits On Public Discussion by Art Keene
Hampshire College Offers Admission To All Students At New College Of Florida
‘Hostile Takeover’: The Tiny Florida University Targeted By Ron DeSantis by Joseph Contreras (for The Guardian)
Letter: Council’s Pro-developer Majority Moves Government Toward Oligarchy by John Varner

EVENTS
Kindergarten Information Session Rescheduled To March 28
COVID-19 Remembrance Planned For March 26 In Amherst
Mark The Spring Equinox On March 20 At The UMass Amherst Sunwheel
Panel: Resisting Imperial Memory. Confronting The History Of US Aggression In Iraq
Amherst Reparations Town Hall: Building And Sustaining A Local Reparations Movement
UMass To Host Fifth Biennial Bach Festival And Symposium  
What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES
Principal Nick Yaffe Will Retire At End Of School Year by Mackenzie Schreyer (for The Graphic)
Photo Of The Week: After The Nor’easter. A Gallery By Sara Barber-Just

HISTORY / HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Planning Board Ponders Historic Preservation by Maura Keene

INDY
Indy Adopts New Policies On Attribution by the editors

ISSUES & ANALYSES
Issues & Analyses: Generation Ratify Amherst Explores Town’s Gender Pay Gap By Julian Hynes, with Kaz Andrews, Cameron Baird, Marisol Pierce Bonifaz, Ada Paessel and Cady Reiken

LIBRARY
Library Leaders Disagree On Aiding Schools, Viability Of Building Project by Jeff Lee

OPINION
Letter: Police Chief’s Retirement Is A Moment Of Opportunity For Amherst by. William Stewart
Letter: Council’s Pro-developer Majority Moves Government Toward Oligarchy by John Varner
Letter: Part-time Residents Should Pay Fair Share To Maintain Amherst’s Roads by Steven Kurtz
Opinion: Precious Farmland In Peril by John Varner
Opinion: How To Talk About Climate Change by Russ Vernon-Jones

PUBLIC HEALTH
The Final COVID-19 Weekly Update. Report For The Week Of March 15, 2023 by Art and Maura Keene
COVID-19 Remembrance Planned For March 26 In Amherst

PUBLIC SAFETY
Letter: Police Chief’s Retirement Is A Moment Of Opportunity For Amherst by William Stewart

SCHOOLS
Library Leaders Disagree On Aiding Schools, Viability Of Building Project by Jeff Lee
School Committee Hears Robust Public Comment On FY24 Budget. Strong Opposition To Staffing Cuts by Maura Keene
Shiao Leads Effort To Retain Library Paraeducators by Toni Cunningham
Athletic Fields Subject Of New Funding Requests In Public Works Budget by Maria Kopicki
Kindergarten Information Session Rescheduled To March 28
Principal Nick Yaffe Will Retire At End Of School Year by Mackenzie Schreyer (for The Graphic)

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Panel: Resisting Imperial Memory. Confronting The History Of US Aggression In Iraq
Amherst Reparations Town Hall: Building And Sustaining A Local Reparations Movement

SOLAR
GZA Study: One Third Of Land In Amherst Can Support Solar Development by Maura Keene

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Library Leaders Disagree On Aiding Schools, Viability Of Building Project by Jeff Lee
Hanneke Continues To Seek Limits On Public Discussion by Art Keene
Athletic Fields Subject Of New Funding Requests In Public Works Budget by Maria Kopicki
Planning Board Ponders Historic Preservation by Maura Keene
League of Women Voters Seeks Respondents For Survey On Town Charter
GZA Study: One Third Of Land In Amherst Can Support Solar Development by Maura Keene
Issues & Analyses: Generation Ratify Amherst Explores Town’s Gender Pay Gap By Julian Hynes, with Kaz Andrews, Cameron Baird, Marisol Pierce Bonifaz, Ada Paessel and Cady Reiken
Letter: Police Chief’s Retirement Is A Moment Of Opportunity For Amherst by William Stewart
Letter: Council’s Pro-developer Majority Moves Government Toward Oligarchy by John Varner
Letter: Part-time Residents Should Pay Fair Share To Maintain Amherst’s Roads by Steven Kurtz
Opinion: Precious Farmland In Peril by John Varner

US NEWS
Hampshire College Offers Admission To All Students At New College Of Florida
‘Hostile Takeover’: The Tiny Florida University Targeted By Ron DeSantis by Joseph Contreras (for The Guardian)