What’s in This Issue?
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ANALYTICS
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Number of Unique Page Views:
Last 30 days: 56,805 (+893)
Last Week: 18,632 (+6105)
Number of Unique Sessions
Last 30 days: 31,908 (+508)
Last Week 10,674 6540 (+4134)
TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
1. What Are Your Rights if ICE Comes Calling? A Guide by Maura Keene
2. Amherst Police Object to Creation of Resident Oversight Board by Maura Keene
3. Amherst College Makes $2.5 Million Gift to the Town of Amherst by Amherst Indy
4.Amherst Fire Department Responds to Fire on Pondview Drive by Amherst Indy
5. Allegations Against School Superintendent Unsubstantiated by Amherst Indy
TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. What Are Your Rights if ICE Comes Calling? A Guide by Maura Keene
2. Amherst Fire Department Responds to Fire on Pondview Drive by Amherst Indy
3. Amherst Police Object to Creation of Resident Oversight Board by Maura Keene
4.. Allegations Against School Superintendent Unsubstantiated by Amherst Indy
5. Letter: Retired? Kids Grown? Did Your Children Benefit from Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools? We Need Your Help! by Rachel Hall and 18 others.
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- Pari Riahi’s Paper-Cut Art Show: Architectures of Collectivity by Hetty Startup
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art & Maura Keene
BUDGET
- Community Turns Out in Force to Advocate for Larger School Budget by Maura Keene
- Letter: ARMS Core Teachers Decry Proposed Staffing Cuts by Heather Sullivan-Flynn and 13 other core ARMS teachers
- Letter: Retired? Kids Grown? Did Your Children Benefit from Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools? We Need Your Help! by Rachel Hall and 18 others
CAMPUS
- UMass Poll: Housing Tops List of Concerns for Bay State Voters as Economic Fears Increase
- Pari Riahi’s Paper-Cut Art Show: Architectures of Collectivity by Hetty Startup
CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE
DEMOCRACY
- Anti-DEI Guidance from Trump Administration Misinterprets the Law and Guts Educators’ Free Speech Rights by Paul M. Collins and Rebecca Hamlin (for The Conversation)
EVENTS
- Rally To Support Amherst’s Schools, Saturday March 1
- Pari Riahi’s Paper-Cut Art Show: Architectures of Collectivity by Hetty Startup
- Amherst’s Zero Waste Bylaw: A Public Presentation
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art & Maura Keene
FEATURES
- Pari Riahi’s Paper-Cut Art Show: Architectures of Collectivity by Hetty Startup
- Photo of the Week: Cherry Hill in Winter by Tracy Zafian
HISTORY / HISTORIC PRESERVATION
HOUSING
- UMass Poll: Housing Tops List of Concerns for Bay State Voters as Economic Fears Increase
- Letter: Will Advocates for More Housing in Amherst Support Eliminating Single Family Residential Zoning and Reducing Minimum Lot Sizes? by Michael Pill
ISSUES & ANALYSES
- Anti-DEI Guidance from Trump Administration Misinterprets the Law and Guts Educators’ Free Speech Rights by Paul M. Collins and Rebecca Hamlin (for The Conversation)
LIBRARY
- Jones Trustees Stand Firm on Renovation Plans Despite MHC Concerns by Jeff Lee
- Letter: Town Manager Seeks Third Extension on Jones Library Contract Deadline by Jeff Lee
OPINION
- School Superintendent: Let’s Move Ahead Together
- Letter: ARMS Core Teachers Decry Proposed Staffing Cuts by Heather Sullivan-Flynn and 13 other core ARMS teachers
- Letter: Retired? Kids Grown? Did Your Children Benefit from Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools? We Need Your Help! by Rachel Hall and 18 others
- Letter: Town Manager Seeks Third Extension on Jones Library Contract Deadline by Jeff Lee
- Opinion: Is the Fix in on the Once-in-a-Decade Charter Review? by Darcy DuMont
- Anti-DEI Guidance from Trump Administration Misinterprets the Law and Guts Educators’ Free Speech Rights by Paul M. Collins and Rebecca Hamlin (for The Conversation)
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
SCHOOLS
- Allegations Against School Superintendent Unsubstantiated
- School Superintendent: Let’s Move Ahead Together
- Community Turns Out in Force to Advocate for Larger School Budget by Maura Keene
- Letter: ARMS Core Teachers Decry Proposed Staffing Cuts by Heather Sullivan-Flynn and 13 other core ARMS teachers
- Letter: Retired? Kids Grown? Did Your Children Benefit from Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools? We Need Your Help! by Rachel Hall and 18 others
SENIORS
- Town Council Approves $2.8 Million for Bangs Center Repairs by Maura Keene
SOCIAL JUSTICE
- Anti-DEI Guidance from Trump Administration Misinterprets the Law and Guts Educators’ Free Speech Rights by Paul M. Collins and Rebecca Hamlin (for The Conversation)
TOWN GOVERMENT
- Allegations Against School Superintendent Unsubstantiated
- School Superintendent: Let’s Move Ahead Together
- Community Turns Out in Force to Advocate for Larger School Budget by Maura Keene
- Jones Trustees Stand Firm on Renovation Plans Despite MHC Concerns by Jeff Lee
- Town Council Approves $2.8 Million for Bangs Center Repairs by Maura Keene
- CDBG Committee Announces Funding Recommendations for FY26: Public Hearing March 13 by Maura Keene
- Charter Review Committee Continues to Plan Public Outreach by Anita Sarro
- Amherst’s Zero Waste Bylaw: A Public Presentation
- Letter: Will Advocates for More Housing in Amherst Support Eliminating Single Family Residential Zoning and Reducing Minimum Lot Sizes? by Michael Pill
- Letter: Town Manager Seeks Third Extension on Jones Library Contract Deadline by Jeff Lee
- Opinion: Is the Fix in on the Once-in-a-Decade Charter Review? by Darcy DuMont
TRANSPORTATION / ROADS / SIDEWALKS