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WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE
CAMPUS
UMass Dining Takes Home Gold, Silver Medals At National University Dining Conference

CLIMATE / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Opinion: Is The Town Manager Fiddling While The Planet is Burning? by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: The World Is Burning. Here’s How We Stop It by Bernie Sanders (for Portside)
Photo Of The Week: North American Porcupine by Darya Zelentsova

EVENTS
Grand Opening For Carefree Cakery Saturday August 12 by Maura Keene
Registration Is Open For Amherst’s Hazardous Waste Day
What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES
Amherst History Month By Month: The Outdoor Municipal Swimming Pools of Amherst by Hetty Startup
Photo Of The Week: North American Porcupine by Darya Zelentsova

FOOD
UMass Dining Takes Home Gold, Silver Medals At National University Dining Conference
Grand Opening For Carefree Cakery Saturday August 12 by Maura Keene

HOUSING
Residential Rental Permit Bylaw Needs More Review by Maura Keene
Issues & Analyses: Housing Uncertainty In College Towns by Kitty Axelson-Berry

HISTORY & HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Indy Rewind: A Primer On Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits For Income Producing Buildings by Kitty Axelson-Berry
Amherst History Month By Month: The Outdoor Municipal Swimming Pools of Amherst by Hetty Startup

ISSUES & ANALYSES
Issues & Analysis: Dark Skies And Safe Roads. Can We Have Both? (Part 3) by Eve Vogel
Issues & Analyses: Housing Uncertainty In College Towns by Kitty Axelson-Berry
Indy Rewind: A Primer On Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits For Income Producing Buildings by Kitty Axelson-Berry

LIBRARY
Library Project Failures Expose Cracks In State Grant Program by Jeff Lee
Indy Rewind: A Primer On Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits For Income Producing Buildings by Kitty Axelson-Berry

OPINION
Public Comment: Council Lacks A Good Procedure For Assigning Priority To New Proposals by Darcy DuMont
Public Comment: There’s Still Room To Improve Safety In New Lighting Proposal by Tracy Zafian
Letter: Seeking Tighter Regulation Of Recreational Marijuana by Renata Shepard
Opinion: Amherst School District Needs Independent Probe Into Title IX Complaints by John Bonifaz
Opinion: Morris Continues To Deflect And Duck Responsibility by M.J. Schwartz
Opinion: Is The Town Manager Fiddling While The Planet is Burning? by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: The World Is Burning. Here’s How We Stop It by Bernie Sanders (for Portside)

PUBLIC HEATH & SAFETY
Proposed Sttreetlight Policy Sent Back To Committee. Delays In Adoption Of Ranked Choice Voting Decried. by Maura Keene
Registration Is Open For Amherst’s Hazardous Waste Day
Public Comment: There’s Still Room To Improve Safety In New Lighting Proposal by Tracy Zafian
Issues & Analysis: Dark Skies And Safe Roads. Can We Have Both? (Part 3) by Eve Vogel
Letter: Seeking Tighter Regulation Of Recreational Marijuana by Renata Shepard

SCHOOLS
Second Amherst Middle School Employee Files Discrimination Complaint by Art Keene
Opinion: Amherst School District Needs Independent Probe Into Title IX Complaints by John Bonifaz
Opinion: Morris Continues To Deflect And Duck Responsibility by M.J. Schwartz

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Second Amherst Middle School Employee Files Discrimination Complaint by Art Keene
Social Justice Committee Condemns Marginalization By Town Manager And Town Council by Art Keene
Opinion: Amherst School District Needs Independent Probe Into Title IX Complaints by John Bonifaz
Opinion: Morris Continues To Deflect And Duck Responsibility by M.J.Schwartz

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Library Project Failures Expose Cracks In State Grant Program by Jeff Lee
Social Justice Committee Condemns Marginalization By Town Manager And Town Council by Art Keene
Proposed Streetlight Policy Sent Back To Committee. Delays In Adoption Of Ranked Choice Voting Decried. by Maura Keene
Residential Rental Permit Bylaw Needs More Review by Maura Keene
Public Comment: Council Lacks A Good Procedure For Assigning Priority To New Proposals by Darcy DuMont
Public Comment: There’s Still Room To Improve Safety In New Lighting Proposal by TYracy Zafian
Letter: Seeking Tighter Regulation Of Recreational Marijuana by Renata Shepard
Opinion: Amherst School District Needs Independent Probe Into Title IX Complaints by John Bonifaz
Opinion: Morris Continues To Deflect And Duck Responsibility by M.J. Schwartz
Opinion: Is The Town Manager Fiddling While The Planet is Burning? by Darcy DuMont

TRANSPORTATION
Public Comment: There’s Still Room To Improve Safety In New Lighting Proposal by TYracy Zafian
Issues & Analysis: Dark Skies And Safe Roads. Can We Have Both? (Part 3) by Eve Vogel