What’s in This Issue?

Print 🖨 PDF 📄

Welcome to our Table of Contents. You can also receive a listing of all new items in the Indy each week by dropping us a note with your contact information at amherstindy@gmail.com. The subscription is free and will deliver to your inbox a listing of all new content, each Saturday at 6 a.m. We promise that we will not share your email address, nor will we send you any additional emails to clog up your inbox (except in the case of truly urgent breaking news, in which case we’ll send out a special dispatch).

ANALYTICS
Numbers in parentheses indicate change from the previous week.

Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 50,488 (+3444)
Last Week: 10,730 (+552)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 27,767 (+1893)
Last Week : 5985 (-6)

TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES IN 2024
1.Proprietors of Two New Amherst Restaurants Fined More Than $500,000 for Violations in Plymouth and Boston by Art Keene
2. UMass Faculty and Librarians Vote No Confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes by Art Keene
3. Fate of Big Y Plaza Uncertain Following Hearing on University Drive Overlay District by Maura Keene
4. Report on the Meeting Between Student Negotiators and UMass Amherst Administration, May 7, 2024 by Kevin A. Young
5. Second Educator Departs Amherst Schools Amid 51A Furor by Art Keene

TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
1. Council President Withheld Information From Colleagues by Maria Kopicki
2. Overcommitting to an MBLC Library Expansion — A Cautionary Tale from Westford by Jeff Lee
3. Objections Raised to Four Roundabout Plan for South East Street by Maura Keene
4. An Open Letter to U.S. Representative Jim McGovern Regarding the Jones Library Project by Jeff Lee
5. Shutesbury Road Solar Project Hits Roadblock by Maura Keene

TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Mass Historic Commission Rejects Town’s Analysis for Minimizing Adverse Effects of Jones Library Expansion Project by Art Keene
2. A Better World is Possible: How to Nationalize Minnesota’s Universal Breakfast Bill by Torsheta Jackson
3. With Uncertain Fundraising Prospects, Library Project Taps Woodbury Fund by Jeff Lee
4. Letter: Amherst’s High Rents Necessitate Changes to Inclusionary Zoning Requirement
Janet McGowan
5. Dramatic Budget Cuts Loom Large at School Committee Meeting by Amy Cronin DiCaprio