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ANALYTICS
Good News!!! Our analytics plug-in is up and counting again after going down in a malware attack on July 6. We now have a full week’s worth of numbers for you and the reporting will become more comprehensive as we accumulate a full month’s worth of data.

Numbers in parentheses indicate change from the previous week/month.

Number of Unique Page Views:
Month of June (the last time we had a full 30 days count) : 41,492 (+732)
Last Week: 17,111 (+4020)
Number of Unique Sessions
Month of June (the last time we had a full 30 days count): 19,256 (+185)
Last Week: 10,138 (+4403)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1.Massachusetts Bans Purchase of Single Use Plastic Bottles by Art Keene
2. Social Justice Committee Voices Dismay At The State Of CRESS by Maura Keene
3. How A Strip Mall In Hadley Became The Center Of The Modern Day Labor Movement by Diti Kohli (for Portside and the Boston Globe)
4. Jones Library Plans Celebrity Fundraising Event While Measuring Capital Campaign Progress by Jeff Lee
5. Indy Rewind: Got Invasive Jumping Worms In Your Garden? UMass Extension Has Solutions by Amherst Indy

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE
ARTS
Cultural Council Seeks Respondents to Community Survey
October Exhibition At Gallery A3 -REGENERATION: Things That Fall at Our Feet

CAMPUS
UMass Amherst-UT Austin Team Awarded $27.5 Million by CDC to Help Establish Nation’s First Disease Outbreak Response Network
Becoming Human: In Search of  Post-Capitalist Belonging at the University by The Mutual Aid Project

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Massachusetts Bans Purchase of Single Use Plastic Bottles by Art Keene
Northampton Names First Director of New Climate Action And Project Administration Department
Solar Bylaw Working Group Invites Public Comment on the Protection of Forests and Farms by Michael Lipinski
California Energy Democracy Organizer Addresses Local Energy Advocates by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: March to End Fossil Fuels by Russ Vernon-Jones

DOWNTOWN
Respondents Sought for Survey on Downtown Area Non-Student Housing by Art Keene
Photo of the Week: Block Party 2023 Gallery by Art Keene

EVENTS
League of Women Voters Candidate Forums
October Exhibition At Gallery A3 -REGENERATION: Things That Fall at Our Feet
What’s Happening In Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

ELECTIONS
Ballot Set For November Town Election by Art Keene
League of Women Voters Candidate Forums

FEATURES
Becoming Human: In Search of  Post-Capitalist Belonging at the University by The Mutual Aid Project
California Energy Democracy Organizer Addresses Local Energy Advocates by Darcy DuMont
Photo of the Week: As Nice Inside as Outside, East Gables on Northampton Road by Kitty Axelson-Berry
Photo of the Week: Block Party 2023 Gallery by Art Keene

HISTORY / HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Historic Library Building Protections Limited at Historical Commission Review by Jeff Lee

HOUSING
Respondents Sought for Survey on Downtown Area Non-Student Housing by Art Keene
Photo of the Week: As Nice Inside as Outside, East Gables on Northampton Road by Kitty Axelson-Berry

IN MEMORIAM
In Memoriam: Demetria “Dee” Shabazz

LIBRARY
Historic Library Building Protections Limited at Historical Commission Review by Jeff Lee

OPINION
Public Comment: CSWG Proposes Actions to Protect Integrity of CRESS by The Community Safety Working Group
Indy Rewind: Opinion: Toward a Better Understanding of Official Fragility in Amherst by Michael Burkart
Opinion: Language! Live Should Perish. Curriculum’s Racist Content Conflicts with District’s Social Justice and Multicultural Mission by Katie Lazdowski
Opinion: Can School Committees Place Superintendents on Administrative Leave? by Megan D. Lambert St. Marie
Opinion: March to End Fossil Fuels by Russ Vernon-Jones

PUBLIC HEALTH
UMass Amherst-UT Austin Team Awarded $27.5 Million by CDC to Help Establish Nation’s First Disease Outbreak Response Network
Council Passes Resolution on Suicide Prevention and Proclamation for Puerto Rican Heritage Day by Maura Keene
Becoming Human: In Search of  Post-Capitalist Belonging at the University by The Mutual Aid Project

PUBLIC SAFETY
Public Comment: CSWG Proposes Actions to Protect Integrity of CRESS by The Community Safety Working Group

SCHOOLS
Little of Title IX Report Expected to be Shared with Public by Maura Keene
Twelve Apply for Three Vacant School Committee Seats by Maura Keene
Town Council Finalizes Plan for Interview and Selection of Interim School Committee Members by Maura Keene
Ballot Set For November Town Election by Art Keene
Indy Rewind: Opinion: Toward a Better Understanding of Official Fragility in Amherst by Michael Burkart
Opinion: Language! Live Should Perish. Curriculum’s Racist Content Conflicts with District’s Social Justice and Multicultural Mission by Katie Lazdowski
Opinion: Can School Committees Place Superintendents on Administrative Leave? by Megan D. Lambert St. Marie

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
In Memoriam: Demetria “Dee” Shabazz
Little of Title IX Report Expected to be Shared with Public by Maura Keene
Public Comment: CSWG Proposes Actions to Protect Integrity of CRESS by The Community Safety Working Group
Indy Rewind: Opinion: Toward a Better Understanding of Official Fragility in Amherst by Michael Burkart
Opinion: Language! Live Should Perish. Curriculum’s Racist Content Conflicts with District’s Social Justice and Multicultural Mission by Katie Lazdowski
Opinion: Can School Committees Place Superintendents on Administrative Leave? by Megan D. Lambert St. Marie
Becoming Human: In Search of  Post-Capitalist Belonging at the University by The Mutual Aid Project

SURVEYS
Respondents Sought for Survey on Downtown Area Non-Student Housing by Art Keene
Cultural Council Seeks Respondents to Community Survey

TOWN GOVERNMENT
In Memoriam: Demetria “Dee” Shabazz
Little of Title IX Report Expected to be Shared with Public by Maura Keene
Historic Library Building Protections Limited at Historical Commission Review by Jeff Lee
Twelve Apply for Three Vacant School Committee Seats by Maura Keene
Town Council Finalizes Plan for Interview and Selection of Interim School Committee Members by Maura Keene
Ballot Set For November Town Election by Art Keene
Solar Bylaw Working Group Invites Public Comment on the Protection of Forests and Farms by Michael Lipinski
Primer and Public Forum on the Master Plan by Maura Keene
Council Passes Resolution on Suicide Prevention and Proclamation for Puerto Rican Heritage Day by Maura Keene
Cultural Council Seeks Respondents to Community Survey
Public Comment: CSWG Proposes Actions to Protect Integrity of CRESS by The Community Safety Working Group
Indy Rewind: Opinion: Toward a Better Understanding of Official Fragility in Amherst by MIchael Burkart
Opinion: Can School Committees Place Superintendents on Administrative Leave? by Megan D. Lambert St. Marie