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BUDGET
Public Hearing and Council Vote on Regional School Budget Canceled. Bockelman to Submit Recommendation for Schools as Part of Town Budget by. Maura Keene
Interim School Superintendent Refuses to Share Info on Budget Cuts Amherst Pelham Education Association
Lone Library Project Bid Soars $7 Million over Budget by Maria Kopicki
Library Fundraisers Woo Wealthy Prospects while Awaiting ‘Shovels in the Ground’ by Jeff Lee
Library Construction Docs in Disarray as Town Payments Pass $2M by Jeff Lee
Letter: Speak Up In Support of School Budget by Amber Cano-Marin
Indy Rewind – Opinion: Does the Town of Amherst Still Value K-12 Education. Some Thoughts on the School Budget Crisis by Art and Maura Keene

CAMPUS
UMass Student Government Endorses Enrollment Cap
UMass Amherst Inaugurates Chancellor Javier Reyes as 31st Leader of State’s Flagship Campus

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT/ NATURE
Opinion: Amherst To Seek DOER Climate Leader Designation, Funding, and Benefits by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: Solving Humanity’s Shared Climate Crisis by Russ Vernon-Jones
Jumping Worms! The Worm That Is Taking Over Gardens Everywhere And How To Control Them In Yours by Dede Wilson (from The Queen Zone)

EVENTS
Annual Town-wide Cleanup Day April 27
National Prescription Drug Takeback Day, April 27
North Amherst Library Grand Opening May 2
Song and Story Swap Featuring Doc Hollister on May 4
Senior Center Offers Mobile Dental Clinic Appointments
What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES
From Other Sources: News for and About Amherst:  This Week, Catching Up by Art Keene
Jumping Worms! The Worm That Is Taking Over Gardens Everywhere And How To Control Them In Yours by Dede Wilson (from The Queen Zone)
Photo of the Week: Jeffery Amherst Bookstore Is No More by Rob Kusner and Ira Bryck by Rob Kusner and Ira Bryck

ISSUES & ANALYSES
The War on Protest by Adam Federman (from Portside)

LIBRARY
Lone Library Project Bid Soars $7 Million over Budget by Maria Kopicki
Town Paying Library Project Bills Without Public Oversight by Maria Kopicki
Library Fundraisers Woo Wealthy Prospects while Awaiting ‘Shovels in the Ground’ by Jeff Lee
Library Construction Docs in Disarray as Town Payments Pass $2M by Jeff Lee
North Amherst Library Grand Opening May 2
Public Comment: Who’s Watching the Books? by Maria Kopicki

OPINION
Public Comment: Who’s Watching the Books? by Maria Kopicki
Letter: Speak Up In Support of School Budget by Amber Cano-Martin
Opinion: Dangerous Resolution Pins Aggression on Iran by Rudy Perkins
Opinion: Amherst To Seek DOER Climate Leader Designation, Funding, and Benefits by Darcy DuMont
Opinion: Solving Humanity’s Shared Climate Crisis by Russ Vernon-Jones
Indy Rewind – Opinion: Does the Town of Amherst Still Value K-12 Education. Some Thoughts on the School Budget Crisis by Art and Maura Keene

PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
Amherst Welcomes New CRESS Director by Allegra Clark
Gabe Ting Named Amherst’s New Police Chief
Fire Chief Tim Nelson Announces Retirement
National Prescription Drug Takeback Day, April 27
Senior Center Offers Mobile Dental Clinic Appointments

SCHOOLS
Public Hearing and Council Vote on Regional School Budget Canceled. Bockelman to Submit Recommendation for Schools as Part of Town Budget by Maura Keene
Interim School Superintendent Refuses to Share Info on Budget Cuts Amherst Pelham Education Association
Search for ARMS Principal Curtailed. Finalist Charges Discrimination by Art Keene
School Committee Seeks Input from Public on Superintendent Candidates by Maura Keene
School Committee Interviews Superintendent Candidate E. Xiomara Herman by Maura Keene
School Committee Interviews Superintendent Candidate Joanne Menard by Maura Keene
School Committee Interviews Superintendent Candidate Susan Gilson by Maura Keene
Amherst 6th Graders to Attend “6th Grade Academy” at ARMS Beginning in Fall 26 by Jennifer Shiao
Letter: Speak Up In Support of School Budget by Amber Cano-Martin
Indy Rewind – Opinion: Does the Town of Amherst Still Value K-12 Education. Some Thoughts on the School Budget Crisis by Art and Maura Keene

SENIORS
Senior Center Offers Mobile Dental Clinic Appointments

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Public Hearing and Council Vote on Regional School Budget Canceled. Bockelman to Submit Recommendation for Schools as Part of Town Budget by Maura Keene
Interim School Superintendent Refuses to Share Info on Budget Cuts Amherst Pelham Education Association
Search for ARMS Principal Curtailed. Finalist Charges Discrimination by Art Keene
Lone Library Project Bid Soars $7 Million over Budget by Maria Kopicki
Town Paying Library Project Bills Without Public Oversight by Maria Kopicki
Library Fundraisers Woo Wealthy Prospects while Awaiting ‘Shovels in the Ground’ by Jeff Lee
Library Construction Docs in Disarray as Town Payments Pass $2M by Jeff Lee
Gabe Ting Named Amherst’s New Police Chief
Indy Seeks Respondents to Survey on Town Committee Appointments
Public Comment: Who’s Watching the Books? by Maria Kopicki
Letter: Speak Up In Support of School Budget by Amber Cano-Martin
Opinion: Amherst To Seek DOER Climate Leader Designation, Funding, and Benefits by Darcy DuMont

WAR AND PEACE
Opinion: Dangerous Resolution Pins Aggression on Iran by Rudy Perkins