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ANALYTICS
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WHAT”S IN THIS ISSUE?
CAMPUS
Opinion: Recent Deal With UMass A Good Start.  Now Keep It Up! by John Varner
40 Local Middle Schoolers Visit Amherst College Campus by Katharine Whittemore

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Opinion: I Don’t Like Bad News by Russ Vernon-Jones
Photo Of The Week: Flowers In My Garden After The Rain by Annique Boomsma

ELECTIONS
Robust Interest Shown For Town Council And School Committee Seats by Maura Keene

EVENTS
What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES
Verbatim: Doug Marshall On The Vacuum Between UMass Planning And Amherst Residents by Kitty Axelson-Berry
From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst.  This Week:  Local News Round Up And A Survey Of Ominous Legislation by Art Keene
40 Local Middle Schoolers Visit Amherst College Campus by Katharine Whittemore
Photo Of The Week: Flowers In My Garden After The Rain by Annique Boomsma

HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
Historical Commission To Examine Historic Preservation Restrictions For Jones Library Expansion In September by Hilda Greenbaum

HOUSING
Housing Trust Explores Options For Affordable Home Ownership In Amherst by Maura Keene
Verbatim: Doug Marshall On The Vacuum Between UMass Planning And Amherst Residents by Kitty Axelson-Berry

ISSUES & ANALYSES
Issues & Analyses: Dark Skies And Safe Roads. Can We Have Both?  (Part 1) by Eve Vogel

LEGISLATION
From Other Sources: News For And About Amherst.  This Week:  Local News Round Up And A Survey Of Ominous Legislation by Art Keene

LIBRARY
Historical Commission To Examine Historic Preservation Restrictions For Jones Library Expansion In September by Hilda Greenbaum

OPINION
Letter: There Will Be No Healing In Our Community Without Transparency And Accountability by Megan D. Lambert St. Marie
Letter: Mike Morris Is Implicated In Harm Done To Children by Kathleen Traphagen
Letter: Mike Morris Must Be Placed On Administrative Leave Until The Charges Against Him Are Fully Investigated by Jena Schwartz
Opinion: Mike Morris’ Return Announcement, Another Lost Opportunity To Solve Problems And Build Trust by Art Keene
Opinion: Distorting the Language of Social Justice by Jena Schwartz
Opinion: Recent Deal With UMass A Good Start.  Now Keep It Up! by John Varner
Opinion: I Don’t Like Bad News by Russ Vernon-Jones

PUBLIC HEALTH
Free Meals For Kids This Summer  by Maura Keene
Ziomek Named Interim Health Director by Maura Keene

PUBLIC SAFETY
Issues & Analyses: Dark Skies And Safe Roads. Can We Have Both?  (Part 1) by Eve Vogel
Letter: Mike Morris Is Implicated In Harm Done To Children by Kathleen Traphagen

SCHOOLS
Mike Morris Returns As School Superintendent by Art Keene
Letter: There Will Be No Healing In Our Community Without Transparency And Accountability by Megan D. Lambert St. Marie
Letter: Mike Morris Is Implicated In Harm Done To Children by Kathleen Traphagen
Letter: Mike Morris Must Be Placed On Administrative Leave Until The Charges Against Him Are Fully Investigated by Jena Schwartz
Opinion: Mike Morris’ Return Announcement, Another Lost Opportunity To Solve Problems And Build Trust by Art Keene
Opinion: Distorting the Language of Social Justice by Jena Schwartz
40 Local Middle Schoolers Visit Amherst College Campus by Katharine Whittemore

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Housing Trust Explores Options For Affordable Home Ownership In Amherst by Maura Keene
The Future Of Reparations In Amherst by Maura Keene
The State Of Human Rights In Amherst
Letter: There Will Be No Healing In Our Community Without Transparency And Accountability by Megan D. Lambert St. Marie
Letter: Mike Morris Is Implicated In Harm Done To Children by Kathleen Traphagen
Letter: Mike Morris Must Be Placed On Administrative Leave Until The Charges Against Him Are Fully Investigated by Jena Schwartz
Opinion: Mike Morris’ Return Announcement, Another Lost Opportunity To Solve Problems And Build Trust by Art Keene
Opinion: Distorting the Language of Social Justice by Jena Scwartz

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Mike Morris Returns As School Superintendent by Art Keene
Robust Interest Shown For Town Council And School Committee Seats by Maura Keene
Historical Commission To Examine Historic Preservation Restrictions For Jones Library Expansion In September by Hilda Greenbaum
Housing Trust Explores Options For Affordable Home Ownership In Amherst by Maura Keene
Free Meals For Kids This Summer  by Maura Keene
The Future Of Reparations In Amherst by Maura Keene
The State Of Human Rights In Amherst
Amherst Schools Announce New Administrative Assignments For Fall 2023. Julio Fernandez Will Remain As Assistant Principal At Fort River
Ziomek Named Interim Health Director by Maura Keene
Town Manager Nominates 14 for Appointments To Boards, Commissions And Committees by Art Keene
Issues & Analyses: Dark Skies And Safe Roads. Can We Have Both?  (Part 1) by Eve Vogel
Opinion: Mike Morris’ Return Announcement, Another Lost Opportunity To Solve Problems And Build Trust by Art Keene
Opinion: Distorting the Language of Social Justice by Jena Schwartz
Opinion: Recent Deal With UMass A Good Start.  Now Keep It Up! by John Varner
Verbatim: Doug Marshall On The Vacuum Between UMass Planning And Amherst Residents by Kitty Axelson-Berry

TRANSPORTATION
Issues & Analyses: Dark Skies And Safe Roads. Can We Have Both?  (Part 1) by Eve Vogel