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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Breaking The Silence: Staff Members Come Forward With Claims Of Negligence, Misuse Of Power By School District Leadership by  Talvin Dhingra, Tae Weiss, Jacob Laney, and Amara Cheng
2. Letter: Town Discriminates Against Black Owned Businesses by Vira Cage
3. Opinion: Now Is The Time To Act On Middle School Debacle by Art Keene
3. Opinion: Is Amherst Redeemable?  by John Varner
5. Solar Construction At Hickory Ridge Comes To A Halt by Michael Lipinski

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
Amherst Cinema Presents Free Juneteeth Screening And Community Discussion

AWARDS
Sixty-seven Honored As Young Heroes At Annual Human Rights Commission Ceremony by Vivian Jacobs-Townsley
State Champions!  Girls Middle School Track Tops 38-Team Field by Becky Miller

CAMPUS
UMass Economist: Gender-affirming Care Can Save Lives Of Transgender Youth
Mark The Summer Solstice At The UMass Sunwheel 

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT/ NATURE
Agrivolatics: Solar Energy And The Future Of Farming In Massachusetts by Art Keene
Mark The Summer Solstice At The UMass Sunwheel 
Opinion: Full Steam Ahead For Green Electricity Aggregation by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: Changing The Language Of Climate Change by Russ Vernon-Jones
Opinion: Seeking A New Law To Grant Rights To The Connecticut River by Sarah Matthews
Almanac: Idyll Interrupted by Stephen Braun

EVENTS
Mill River and War Memorial Pools Will Open June 17
Amherst Will Celebrate Juneteenth With A Full Weekend Of Events (Updated With New Alternate Rainy Day Locations) by Maura Keene
Amherst Cinema Presents Free Juneteeth Screening And Community Discussion
Mark The Summer Solstice At The UMass Sunwheel 
What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES
A Better World Is Possible: Social Housing. How A New Generation Of Activists Are Reinventing Housing by H. Jacob Carlson and Gianpaolo Baiocchi (for Portside and Nonprofit Quarterly)
Almanac: Idyll Interrupted by Stephen Braun
Photo Of The Week: Moonrise by Susan Panlilio

HISTORY / HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Should There Be A Local Historic District In East Amherst? by Hilda Greenbaum

HOUSING
A New Model For Services For The Unhoused  by Maura Keene
A Better World Is Possible: Social Housing. How A New Generation Of Activists Are Reinventing Housing by H. Jacob Carlson and Gianpaolo Baiocchi (for Portside and Nonprofit Quarterly)

LIBRARY
Library Finds Good News In Building Project Cost Estimate But Funding Remains Millions Short by Jeff Lee

OPINION
Letter: An Open Letter To The Regional School Committee – What’s Next? by Jena Schwartz
Letter: Fort River Parents Raise Concerns About Future Of Dual Language Caminantes Program by Marialuisa DiStefano and 61 others
Letter: Town Discriminates Against Black Owned Businesses by Vira Cage
Opinion: Full Steam Ahead For Green Electricity Aggregation by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: Changing The Language Of Climate Change by Russ Vernon-Jones
Opinion: Seeking A New Law To Grant Rights To The Connecticut River by Sarah Matthews

PUBLIC HEALTH
UMass Economist: Gender-affirming Care Can Save Lives Of Transgender Youth

RECREATION
Mill River and War Memorial Pools Will Open June 17

SCHOOLS
Breaking The Silence: Staff Members Come Forward With Claims Of Negligence, Misuse Of Power By School District Leadership by  Talvin Dhingra, Tae Weiss, Jacob Laney, and Amara Cheng
Sixty-seven Honored As Young Heroes At Annual Human Rights Commission Ceremony by Vivian Jacobs-Townsley
State Champions!  Girls Middle School Track Tops 38-Team Field by Becky Miller
Letter: An Open Letter To The Regional School Committee – What’s Next? by Jena Schwartz
Letter: Fort River Parents Raise Concerns About Future Of Dual Language Caminantes Program by Marialuisa DiStefano and 61 others

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Breaking The Silence: Staff Members Come Forward With Claims Of Negligence, Misuse Of Power By School District Leadership by  Talvin Dhingra, Tae Weiss, Jacob Laney, and Amara Cheng
Community Safety Committee Voices Concerns About The Future Of Social Justice Work In Amherst by Art Keene
A New Model For Services For The Unhoused  by Maura Keene
UMass Economist: Gender-affirming Care Can Save Lives Of Transgender Youth
Letter: An Open Letter To The Regional School Committee – What’s Next? by Jena Schwartz
Letter: Fort River Parents Raise Concerns About Future Of Dual Language Caminantes Program by Marialuisa DiStefano and 61 others
Letter: Town Discriminates Against Black Owned Businesses by Vira Cage

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Breaking The Silence: Staff Members Come Forward With Claims Of Negligence, Misuse Of Power By School District Leadership by  Talvin Dhingra, Tae Weiss, Jacob Laney, and Amara Cheng
Community Safety Committee Voices Concerns About The Future Of Social Justice Work In Amherst by Art Keene
Library Finds Good News In Building Project Cost Estimate But Funding Remains Millions Short by Jeff Lee
Petition Asks Council To Stop Wasting Time On Widely Criticized Zoning Proposal by Kitty Axelson-Berry
Neumann Not Recommended For Reappointment To Planning Board  by Maura Keene
New Members Recommended For Zoning Board Of Appeals by Maura Keene
A New Model For Services For The Unhoused  by Maura Keene
Should There Be A Local Historic District In East Amherst? by Hilda Greenbaum
Council Unanimously Approves Series Of Budget Measures  by Maura Keene
Sixty-seven Honored As Young Heroes At Annual Human Rights Commission Ceremony by Vivian Jacobs-Townsley
Amherst Will Celebrate Juneteenth With A Full Weekend Of Events (Updated With New Alternate Rainy Day Locations) by Maura Keene
Letter: An Open Letter To The Regional School Committee – What’s Next? by Jena Schwartz
Letter: Fort River Parents Raise Concerns About Future Of Dual Language Caminantes Program by Marialuisa DiStefano and 61 others
Letter: Town Discriminates Against Black Owned Businesses by Vira Cage
Opinion: Full Steam Ahead For Green Electricity Aggregation by Darcy DuMont