What’s in This Issue?

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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK

1. Ignoring HUD Advice, Town Puts Library Plan Out for Bid by Jeff Lee
2. School Superintendent Floats Grade 7-12 Consolidation to Solve Chronic Budget Woes by Maria Kopicki
3. Town Acknowledges Adverse Effects of Jones Expansion Project on Historic Character of the Building by Art Keene
4. Rally Against the War in Gaza and Lebanon, Saturday October 5 by Amherst Indy
5. How Should Annual Budgets Be Determined? by Maura Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS

• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

CAMPUS

• Dear Reader by Art Keene
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
• Letter: Rescind Campus Ban on Peaceful Amherst Protestors by Josna Rege and 16 others
• Indy Rewind Opinion: UMass Chancellor Reyes’ Police Action Was Unnecessary and Unprecedented. A Brief History of Dissent At UMass Amherst by Art Keene

ELECTIONS & VOTING

• Regional School Committee Supports MCAS Ballot Question by Maura Keene
• Amherst General Election Reminders
• Opinion: Against MCAS by Michael Greenebaum
• Opinion: To Progressives Who Are Not Supporting Kamala by Russ Vernon-Jones

EVENTS

• Amherst Offers Rise Youth Leadership Program
• What’s Happening in Amherst?
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES

• Dear Reader by Art Keene
• A Better World is Possible: Neighbors as Lifelines – The Power of Mutual Aid in Asheville by Kelley Hayes (for the Blog, Organizing My Thoughts)
• The Native History of Indigenous People’s Day by Melinda Maynor Lowry (for The Conversation)
• Town Manager Report for October 7, 2024
• Photos of the Week: Amherst Celebrates International Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day by Tracy Zafian

HISTORY/HISTORICAL PRESERVATION

• Opinion: The Jones Library Question No One Asks by Jeff Lee
• Indy Rewind Opinion: UMass Chancellor Reyes’ Police Action Was Unnecessary and Unprecedented. A Brief History of Dissent At UMass Amherst by Art Keene
• The Native History of Indigenous People’s Day by Melinda Maynor Lowry (for The Conversation)

HOUSING

• Council Passes Nuisance Property Bylaw by Maura Keene

LIBRARY

• Consulting Parties Disagree on How Much Historic Preservation Is Needed for the 1928 Jones Library by Art Keene
• Public Comment: A Better Plan Is Possible for Protecting the Historic Jones Library by Maria Kopicki
• Public Comment: Re-envisioning the Jones Library Expansion Project by Sarah McKee
• Opinion: The Jones Library Question No One Asks by Jeff Lee
  

MEDIA

• Dear Reader by Art Keene
• Opinion: Where Did Jim Lescault Go? by Jim Lescault

OPINION

• Public Comment: A Better Plan Is Possible for Protecting the Historic Jones Library by Maria Kopicki
• Public Comment: Re-envisioning the Jones Library Expansion Project by Sarah McKee
• Letter: Rescind Campus Ban on Peaceful Amherst Protestors by Josna Rege and 16 others
• Opinion: The Jones Library Question No One Asks by Jeff Lee
• Opinion: Against MCAS by Michael Greenebaum
• Opinion: Coop Deshelving Campaign Is Part of Global Anti-apartheid Movement by Molly Merrett
• Opinion: Where Did Jim Lescault Go? by Jim Lescault
• Opinion: To Progressives Who Are Not Supporting Kamala by Russ Vernon-Jones
• Indy Rewind Opinion: UMass Chancellor Reyes’ Police Action Was Unnecessary and Unprecedented. A Brief History of Dissent At UMass Amherst by Art Keene

RECREATION

• Amherst Offers Rise Youth Leadership Program

ROADS & SIDEWALKS

• TSO Proposes Alternatives to Four Roundabouts on South East Street by Maura Keene
• Photos of the Week: Amherst Celebrates International Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day by Tracy Zafian

SCHOOLS

• Regional School Committee Supports MCAS Ballot Question by Maura Keene
• Amherst Offers Rise Youth Leadership Program
• Opinion: Against MCAS by Michael Greenebaum
• Photos of the Week: Amherst Celebrates International Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day by Tracy Zafian

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

• Hanneke Stalls Creation of Reparations Committee by Maura Keene
• Letter: Rescind Campus Ban on Peaceful Amherst Protestors by Josna Rege and 16 others
• Opinion: Coop Deshelving Campaign Is Part of Global Anti-apartheid Movement by Molly Merrett
• A Better World is Possible: Neighbors as Lifelines – The Power of Mutual Aid in Asheville by Kelley Hayes (for the Blog, Organizing My Thoughts)

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• Consulting Parties Disagree on How Much Historic Preservation Is Needed for the 1928 Jones Library by Art Keene
• Hanneke Stalls Creation of Reparations Committee by Maura Keene
• TSO Proposes Alternatives to Four Roundabouts on South East Street by Maura Keene
• Council Passes Nuisance Property Bylaw by Maura Keene
• Regional School Committee Supports MCAS Ballot Question by Maura Keene
• Town Awarded Design Grant for Puffer’s Pond Dam and Dike Repairs
• Amherst General Election Reminders
• Public Comment: A Better Plan Is Possible for Protecting the Historic Jones Library by Maria Kopicki
• Opinion: The Jones Library Question No One Asks by Jeff Lee
• Town Manager Report for October 7, 2024