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Last 30 days: 47,455 (+855)
Last Week: 12,126 (-883)
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Last 30 days: 24,703 (+840)
Last Week : 6448 (-494)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST
1. Petition Urges Town Council To Pivot to Affordable Alternative to Costly Jones Library Demolition/Expansion Project by Maura Keene
2. The Selling of the Jones Library Project in 12 Quotes by Jeff Lee
3. ‘The Building is Crumbling Around Us’ says Library Director by Jeff Lee
4. Amherst Historic Commission Rejects State Guidance on Jones Expansion by Art Keene
5. Letter: Amherst Zoning Restrictions on Accessory Dwellings Are Now Illegal by Michael Pill

TOP FIVE MOST READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Photos of the Week: A Gallery of Amherst’s Decaying Infrastructure by Amherst Indy
2. What’s Law Got to Do With It? How Amherst’s Disregard of Historic Preservation Law Has Already Forfeited $1,800,000 and Jeopardizes Millions More in Federal Grants  by Sarah McKee
3. Library Project Gets by Historical Review with a Little Help from Its Friends by Jeff Lee
4. Regional School Committee Hears ABCs of Budgeting by Maura Keene
5. Letter: Don’t Mourn, Organize to Stop Tenants from Hell Ruining Amherst Neighborhoods by Michael Pill

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS
Monthly Song and Story Swap Featuring Pete Nelson
Black Roots Folk Festival Coming to the Common Saturday
What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
Letter: Celebrating a Decade of Building Community Music by Judith Gutlerner

CAMPUS
UMass History Department 2024-2025 Feinberg Series: What Are Universities For?
UMass Task Force on Campus Demonstrations Publishes Recommendations by Art Keene

CLIMATE /ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
Amherst Awarded Grant for Dredging of Atkins Reservoir Sedimentation Basins
Photos of the Week: Dahlias! by Deborah Keisch

CONSERVATION
Amherst Awarded Grant for Dredging of Atkins Reservoir Sedimentation Basins

EVENTS
Monthly Song and Story Swap Featuring Pete Nelson
Black Roots Folk Festival Coming to the Common Saturday
Police Chief Gabe Ting Joins Town Manager at Cuppa Joe Next Friday at Atkins
What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES
Dear Reader by Art Keene
Photos of the Week: Dahlias! by Deborah Keisch

HISTORY / HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Emily Dickinson Museum’s Evergreens’ Barn Comes to Life by Hetty Startup
Applications for CPA Grants Due this Month by Maura Keene
UMass History Department 2024-2025 Feinberg Series: What Are Universities For?

HOUSING
Applications for CPA Grants Due this Month by. Maura Keene
Letter: Don’t Mourn, Organize to Stop Tenants from Hell Ruining Amherst Neighborhoods by Michael Pill

LIBRARY
In The Face of Public Criticism, Trustees Praise and Defend Jones Library Director by Jeff Lee
Library Representatives Are No Shows at Finance Committee Meeting by Art and Maura Keene
Letter: Jones Library Building Committee A.W.O.L While Building Project Spirals by Maria Kopicki

MEDIA
Dear Reader by Art Keene

OPINION
Letter: Jones Library Building Committee A.W.O.L While Building Project Spirals by Maria Kopicki
Letter: Celebrating a Decade of Building Community Music by Judith Gutlerner
Letter: Board of Health Has Been Seeking Trash Hauler Reform Since 2021 by Nancy Gilbert
Letter: Planning for a New Fire Station Should Begin Right Now by Terence Masterson
Letter: Don’t Mourn, Organize to Stop Tenants from Hell Ruining Amherst Neighborhoods by Michael Pill
Letter: US Must Enforce the Leahy Laws and End Weapons Shipments to Israel by Arlie Gould
Opinion: Calling for an End to Killing Palestinians with Our Help by Gary Michael Tartakov

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
High Call Volume for Amherst Fire/EMS over Labor Day Weekend
Police Chief Gabe Ting Joins Town Manager at Cuppa Joe Next Friday at Atkins
Letter: Board of Health Has Been Seeking Trash Hauler Reform Since 2021 by Nancy Gilbert
Letter: Planning for a New Fire Station Should Begin Rigt ht Now by Terence Masterson


SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
UMass History Department 2024-2025 Feinberg Series: What Are Universities For?
Letter: US Must Enforce the Leahy Laws and End Weapons Shipments to Israel by Arlie Gould
Opinion: Calling for an End to Killing Palestinians with Our Help by Gary Michael Tartakov
UMass Task Force on Campus Demonstrations Publishes Recommendations by Art Keene

SOLAR
Planning Board Approves “Never To Be Built” Subdivision by Maura Keene

SOLID WASTE
Letter: Board of Health Has Been Seeking Trash Hauler Reform Since 2021 by Nancy Gilbert

RECREATION
Planning Board Approves “Never To Be Built” Subdivision by. Maura Keene
Applications for CPA Grants Due this Month by Maura Keene

TOWN GOVERNMENT
In The Face of Public Criticism, Trustees Praise and Defend Jones Library Director by Jeff Lee
Library Representatives Are No Shows at Finance Committee Meeting by Art and Maura Keene
Planning Board Approves “Never To Be Built” Subdivision by Maura Keene
Applications for CPA Grants Due this Month
Police Chief Gabe Ting Joins Town Manager at Cuppa Joe Next Friday at Atkins
Letter: Jones Library Building Committee A.W.O.L While Building Project Spirals by Maria Kopicki
Letter: Board of Health Has Been Seeking Trash Hauler Reform Since 2021 by Nancy Gilbert
Letter: Planning for a New Fire Station Should Begin Right Now by Terence Masterson
Letter: Don’t Mourn, Organize to Stop Tenants from Hell Ruining Amherst Neighborhoods by MIchael Pill

WAR & PEACE
Letter: US Must Enforce the Leahy Laws and End Weapons Shipments to Israel by Arlie Gould
Opinion: Calling for an End to Killing Palestinians with Our Help by Gary Michael Tartakov
UMass Task Force on Campus Demonstrations Publishes Recommendations by Art Keene