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ANALYTICS
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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Jones Library Expansion Project on Hold. Town Manager and Public Respond to High Cost Estimate by Maura Keene
2. Opinion: Sunrise Amherst Finds Proposed Town Budget Errors Topping $2 Million by Amherst Sunrise Movement
3. Opinion: I Was Present at the UMass Police Action and It Was Disgraceful by Amber Cano-Martin
4. E. Xiomara Herman Selected as New School Superintendent by Maura Keene
4.. Photos of the Week: Town Celebrates Improvements to North Amherst Library by Maura Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

BUDGET
Library Project Fibs of the Week by Jeff Lee
Town Manager to Explore Moving $53M Library Project Forward by Jeff Lee
Budget Deliberation Month Begins. Town Manager’s Budget Shorts Schools by Maura Keene
Letter: No More Money for Jones Expansion! by Peggy Matthews Nilsen and Sigurd Nilsen
Opinion: Sunrise Amherst Finds Proposed Town Budget Errors Topping $2 Million   by Amherst Sunrise Movement

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT
State Approves Valley Green Energy

CAMPUS
Report on the Meeting Between Student Negotiators and UMass Amherst Administration, May 7, 2024 by Kevin Young
UMass Student Government Votes No Confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes by Art Keene
Colson Whitehead Withdraws as UMass Commencement Speaker by Art Keene
UMass Amherst Unions Condemn Crackdown on Peaceful Campus Protest 
ACLU Statement on Arrests of UMass Amherst Protestors
Updated: Many Arrested at UMass as Police Dismantle Second Pro-Palestinian Encampment by Art Keene
Flavors From UMass’ Annual Ice Cream Flavor Competition Will Be Produced by Herrell’s
UMass Students Advocate for Insects at Amherst Farmers’ Market
Opinion: I Was Present at the UMass Police Action and It Was Disgraceful by Amber Cano Martin
Opinion: “Be Revolutionary” But Don’t Set up Tents in Protest of Genocide by Tyler Poisson
Opinion: Why I Am Not Calling the Police on My Students’ Encampment by Michael S. Roth (via Portside)

EVENTS
UMass Students Advocate for Insects at Amherst Farmers’ Market
What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES
Town Manager Report for May 6, 2024
Photo of the Week: The State of ARMS Emergency Exits by Chris Hockman

ISSUES & ANALYSES
Library Project Fibs of the Week by Jeff Lee

LIBRARY
Library Project Fibs of the Week by Jeff Lee
Cuppa Joe: Public Asks About Jones Library and Wildwood.  New CRESS Director Offers Update  by Maura Keene
Town Manager to Explore Moving $53M Library Project Forward by Jeff Lee
Letter: No More Money for Jones Expansion! by Peggy Matthews Nilsen and Sigurd Nilsen

OPINION
Letter: CSSJC Demands Social Justice Commitment from Amherst Police Chief by the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee
Letter: No More Money for Jones Expansion! by Peggy Matthews Nilsen and Sigurd Nilsen
Letter: Amherst Seniors Grateful for Planned Renovations to Bangs Center by Jeanne Horrigan
Opinion: I Was Present at the UMass Police Action and It Was Disgraceful by Amber Cano Martin
Opinion: “Be Revolutionary” But Don’t Set up Tents in Protest of Genocide by Tyler Poisson
Opinion: Fight Back! by Art Keene
Opinion: Why I Am Not Calling the Police on My Students’ Encampment by Michael S. Roth (via Portside)

PROTEST
Report on the Meeting Between Student Negotiators and UMass Amherst Administration, May 7, 2024 by Kevin Young
UMass Student Government Votes No Confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes by Art Keene
Colson Whitehead Withdraws as UMass Commencement Speaker by Art Keene
UMass Amherst Unions Condemn Crackdown on Peaceful Campus Protest 
ACLU Statement on Arrests of UMass Amherst Protestors
Updated: Many Arrested at UMass as Police Dismantle Second Pro-Palestinian Encampment by Art Keene
Opinion: I Was Present at the UMass Police Action and It Was Disgraceful by Amber Cano.Martin
Opinion: “Be Revolutionary” But Don’t Set up Tents in Protest of Genocide by Tyler Poisson
Opinion: Fight Back! by Art Keene
Opinion: Why I Am Not Calling the Police on My Students’ Encampment by Michael S. Roth (via Portside)

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
Cuppa Joe: Public Asks About Jones Library and Wildwood.  New CRESS Director Offers Update  by Maura Keene
Letter: CSSJC Demands Social Justice Commitment from Amherst Police Chief by the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee
Opinion: I Was Present at the UMass Police Action and It Was Disgraceful by Amber Cano Martin
Photo of the Week: The State of ARMS Emergency Exits by Chris Hockman

RECREATION
War Memorial Pool Redesign: A First Look by Art Keene

SENIORS
Cuppa Joe: Public Asks About Jones Library and Wildwood.  New CRESS Director Offers Update  by Maura Keene
Letter: Amherst Seniors Grateful for Planned Renovations to Bangs Center by Jeanne Horrigan

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Letter: CSSJC Demands Social Justice Commitment from Amherst Police Chief by the Community Safety and Social Justice Committee
Opinion: I Was Present at the UMass Police Action and It Was Disgraceful by Amber Cano Martin
Opinion: “Be Revolutionary” But Don’t Set up Tents in Protest of Genocide by Tyler Poisson

SCHOOLS
Budget Deliberation Month Begins. Town Manager’s Budget Shorts Schools by Maura Keene
Opinion: Sunrise Amherst Finds Proposed Town Budget Errors Topping $2 Million   by Amherst Sunrise Movement
Photo of the Week: The State of ARMS Emergency Exits by Chris Hockman

TOWN GOVERNMENT
Library Project Fibs of the Week by Jeff Lee
Cuppa Joe: Public Asks About Jones Library and Wildwood.  New CRESS Director Offers Update  by Maura Keene
Town Manager to Explore Moving $53M Library Project Forward by Jeff Lee
Budget Deliberation Month Begins. Town Manager’s Budget Shorts Schools by Maura Keene
War Memorial Pool Redesign: A First Look by Art Keene
Town Council Accepting Applications for Planning Board by Maura Keene
Last Chance to Apply for a Seat on Charter Review Committee by Maura Keene
League Task Force Prepares to Make Charter Amendment Recommendations by Art and Maura Keene
State Approves Valley Green Energy
Letter: Amherst Seniors Grateful for Planned Renovations to Bangs Center by Jeanne Horrigan
Opinion: Sunrise Amherst Finds Proposed Town Budget Errors Topping $2 Million   by Amherst Sunrise Movement
Town Manager Report for May 6, 2024