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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. School Construction Delayed Due to Complaint Against Construction Firm by Maura Keene
2. New Downtown Housing Development to Become an Amherst College Dorm by Maura Keene
3. Take the Survey: What Should Downtown Amherst Look Like? by Amherst Indy
4. Favorable Response from School Committee to Proposal for Private Elementary School
by Maura Keene
5. Common Share Food Coop: What’s New? by Madeleine Charney, Monica Garcia, Lisa Depiano, and Mick Mandeau

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS

• Four Centennial Concerts Will Honor the Work of French Composer Gabriel Fauré
• New at Gallery A3 in November: Works by Keith Hollingworth and Ron Maggio
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

BUSINESS (LOCAL)

• New Bakery Coming to Downtown. Plans for New High School Track and Field Approved by Design Review Board by Maura Keene

CAMPUS

• Women Overwhelmingly Want to Replace Electoral College with Popular Vote, New Poll Finds
• Four Centennial Concerts Will Honor the Work of French Composer Gabriel Fauré
• Opinion: Response to UMass Chancellor Reyes’s Statement on Not Making Statements by Jennifer Shiao

COOPERATIVES

• Becoming Human: Celebrating Massachusetts Cooperatives by Boone Shear

DEMOCRACY

• Women Overwhelmingly Want to Replace Electoral College with Popular Vote, New Poll Finds
• Opinion: Response to UMass Chancellor Reyes’s Statement on Not Making Statements by Jennifer Shiao
• What Really Happens If Trump Wins? Hitler Then and Now. by Heather Cox Richardson (from Portside)

ELECTIONS / VOTING

• Women Overwhelmingly Want to Replace Electoral College with Popular Vote, New Poll Finds
• Letter: Healey Opposes Question 2. Why? by Annette Pfannebecker and Rick Last
• Opinion: Phone Bank Now! by Russ Vernon-Jones
• What Really Happens If Trump Wins? Hitler Then and Now. by Heather Cox Richardson (from Portside)

EVENTS

• Portion of Lincoln Avenue Will Close to Traffic for Halloween by Art Keene
• Four Centennial Concerts Will Honor the Work of French Composer Gabriel Fauré
• New at Gallery A3 in November: Works by Keith Hollingworth and Ron Maggio
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES

• Amherst’s Neighboring Towns: Hadley, Amherst’s Mother Town by Hetty Startup
• Becoming Human: Celebrating Massachusetts Cooperatives by Boone Shear
• What Really Happens If Trump Wins? Hitler Then and Now. by Heather Cox Richardson (from Portside)
• Photos of the Week: The 2024 Fall Foliage Gallery compiled by Art Keene

HISTORY

• Amherst’s Neighboring Towns: Hadley, Amherst’s Mother Town by Hetty Startup
• What Really Happens If Trump Wins? Hitler Then and Now. by Heather Cox Richardson (from Portside)

LIBRARY

• Results Start to Emerge for Library Project’s Rebidding Effort by Maria Kopicki

OPINION

• Letter: Healey Opposes Question 2. Why? by Annette Pfannebecker and Rick Last
• Opinion: Phone Bank Now! by Russ Vernon-Jones
• Opinion: Response to UMass Chancellor Reyes’s Statement on Not Making Statements by Jennifer Shiao

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

• Council Delays Action on School Safety Zones and Reparations  by Maura Keene
• School Safety Zones, Parking Commission, Get Positive Responses from TSO by Maura Keene
• Portion of Lincoln Avenue Will Close to Traffic for Halloween by Art Keene

SCHOOLS

• School Construction Delayed Due to Complaint Against Construction Firm by Maura Keene
• Hearing on Bid Protest for New Elementary School Scheduled for October 29 by Maura Keene
• District Schools Receive Grants for New Anti-Bullying Program by Amy Cronin DiCaprio
• Council Delays Action on School Safety Zones and Reparations  by Maura Keene
• School Safety Zones, Parking Commission, Get Positive Responses from TSO by. Maura Keene
• New Bakery Coming to Downtown. Plans for New High School Track and Field Approved by Design Review Board by Maura Keene
• Letter: Healey Opposes Question 2. Why? by Annette Pfannebecker and Rick Last

SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE

• District Schools Receive Grants for New Anti-Bullying Program by Amy Cronin DiCaprio
• Council Delays Action on School Safety Zones and Reparations  by Maura Keene
• Becoming Human: Celebrating Massachusetts Cooperatives by Boone Shear

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• Results Start to Emerge for Library Project’s Rebidding Effort by Maria Kopicki
• School Construction Delayed Due to Complaint Against Construction Firm by Maura Keene
• Hearing on Bid Protest for New Elementary School Scheduled for October 29 by Maura Keene
• Indy Invites Public Participation in Survey on Town Manager’s Performance by Art Keene
• Council Invites Public Comment for Town Manager Evaluation
• District Schools Receive Grants for New Anti-Bullying Program by Amy Cronin DiCaprio
• School Safety Zones, Parking Commission, Get Positive Responses from TSO by Maura Keene
• New Bakery Coming to Downtown. Plans for New High School Track and Field Approved by Design Review Board by Maura Keene
• Town Awarded Grant of Nearly $2M for Roundabout at Amity Street and University Drive

TRANSPORTATION/ ROADS / PARKING

• Council Delays Action on School Safety Zones and Reparations  by Maura Keene
• School Safety Zones, Parking Commission, Get Positive Responses from TSO by Maura Keene
• Town Awarded Grant of Nearly $2M for Roundabout at Amity Street and University Drive
• Portion of Lincoln Avenue Will Close to Traffic for Halloween by Art Keene