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ANALYTICS
Numbers in parentheses indicate change from the previous week.

Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 64,143 (-92)
Last Week: 16,144 (-1,202)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 25,067 (-1124)
Last Week: 6129 (-35)

TOP FIVE MOST READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. School Committee Had Access to Only One of Five Investigation Reports by Jennifer Shiao
2. Title IX Reports to Be Made Public by Jennifer Shiao
3. Here Is the Link to ARMS Discrimination Investigation Reports by Art Keene
4. Columbia University Honors Amherst Regional High School Student Reporters by Art Keene
5. Letter: Student Rental Industry Should Pay Its Fair Share of Taxes by Ira Bryck

WHAT’S IN THIS iSSUE?
ARTS
Small Wonders: Annual Holiday Show and Sale at Gallery A3

AWARDS
Columbia University Honors Amherst Regional High School Student Reporters by Art Keene
Amherst Regional High School Students Receive Exclusive Engineering Grant to Improve Search and Rescue Efficiency

CAMPUS
UMass Researchers Contribute To European Space Agency’s Euclid Mission

CLIMATE /ENERGY/ ENVIRONMENT/ NATURE
Public Comment: Direct Town Manager to Prioritize Climate Goals by Darcy DuMont

EVENTS
Small Wonders: Annual Holiday Show and Sale at Gallery A3
What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES
Verbatim: Excerpts from the Public Forum on Authorizing Deeper Jones Library Debt by Kitty Axelson-Berry
From Other Sources: News for and About Amherst.  This Week: Local News Roundup by Art Keene
UMass Researchers Contribute To European Space Agency’s Euclid Mission
Photo of the Week: Widening of Rail Trail Nearly Complete by Rob Kusner

HISTORY / HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
Building Code Versus Aesthetics: Economics Rule by Hilda Greenbaum

HOUSING
Streetlight Policy Continues to Befuddle Council by Maura Keene
Opinion: One Solution to the Proliferation of Student Housing in Family Neighborhoods by John Varner

ISSUES & ANALYSES
Issues & Analyses: Mental Health Service Provider Faces Uncertain Future in Amherst by Art Keene

LIBRARY
Public Forums: Public Has Much to Say About Jones Library Expansion. Budget Forum Brings out Support for CRESS by Maura Keene
Opinion: Political Cartoon by Ira Bryck
Verbatim: Excerpts from the Public Forum on Authorizing Deeper Jones Library Debt by Kitty Axelson-Berry

MEDIA
Victoria Silva, Vladimir Morales, and Dee Shabazz Honored At Amherst Media Gala by Kitty Axelson-Berry

OPINION
Public Comment: Direct Town Manager to Prioritize Climate Goals by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: Political Cartoon by Ira Bryck
Opinion: One Solution to the Proliferation of Student Housing in Family Neighborhoods by John Varner
Opinion: Bernie Sanders – Justice for the Palestinians and Security for Israel by Bernie Sanders (in Portside)

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Public Forums: Public Has Much to Say About Jones Library Expansion. Budget Forum Brings out Support for CRESS by Maura Keene
Streetlight Policy Continues to Befuddle Council by Maura Keene
Issues & Analyses: Mental Health Service Provider Faces Uncertain Future in Amherst by Art Keene

SCHOOLS
Columbia University Honors Amherst Regional High School Student Reporters by Art Keene
Amherst Regional High School Students Receive Exclusive Engineering Grant to Improve Search and Rescue Efficiency
From Other Sources: News for and About Amherst.  This Week: Local News Roundup by Art Keene

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Victoria Silva, Vladimir Morales, and Dee Shabazz Honored At Amherst Media Gala by Kitty Axelson-Berry
Opinion: Bernie Sanders – Justice for the Palestinians and Security for Israel by Bernie Sanders (in Portside)

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Public Forums: Public Has Much to Say About Jones Library Expansion. Budget Forum Brings out Support for CRESS by Maura Keene
Streetlight Policy Continues to Befuddle Council by Maura Keene
Building Code Versus Aesthetics: Economics Rule by Hilda Greenbaum
Public Comment: Direct Town Manager to Prioritize Climate Goals by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: Political Cartoon by Ira Bryck
Opinion: One Solution to the Proliferation of Student Housing in Family Neighborhoods by John Varner
Verbatim: Excerpts from the Public Forum on Authorizing Deeper Jones Library Debt by Kitty Axelson-Berry
From Other Sources: News for and About Amherst.  This Week: Local News Roundup by Art Keene
Issues & Analyses: Mental Health Service Provider Faces Uncertain Future in Amherst by Art Keenew