What’s in This Issue?

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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Amherst School Committee Takes on Hot Button Issues by Amber Cano Martin
2. Letter: Proposed Archipelago Development is Inappropriate for Atkins Corner by Maria Kopicki
3. Town Finance and Senior Services Directors Resign by Art Keene
4.Conditions at Middle School Deteriorate as Leaking Roof Poses Hazards to Health and Safety by Support Our Schools Amherst
5.Amherst-Pelham Students March for Fair School Funding by Amherst Indy

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ACTIVISM

• Plug In to Campus and Community Organizing
• Resistance Is Alive and Well in the United States by Erica Chenoweth, Jeremy Pressman, and Soha Hammam (for Waging Nonviolence)

ARTS

• UMass to Host High School, Collegiate Jazz Fests, April 4-5
• PVFS April Song and Story Swap Features Singer Songwriter Christa Joy
• New in April at Gallery A3: Paintings by Nancy Meagher Explore Amherst and Provincetown
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

BUDGET

• School Committee Adopts 6% Increase for Elementary Budget by Maura Keene
• Town Manager Offers Vague Reassurances on Viability of Jones Library Expansion by Maura Keene
• Town Council Rejects School Committee’s Regional Assessment Recommendation by Maura Keene
• Opinion: Town Manager Is Gaslighting Amherst Residents Concerning Jones Library Expansion by Art Keene
• Photos of the Week: Support Our Schools Rally for a Better Budget by Cathleen Mitchell, Thupten Dorney, Casey Maloney, Nina Mankin and Katie Veatch

CAMPUS

• UMass to Host High School, Collegiate Jazz Fests, April 4-5
• Plug In to Campus and Community Organizing
• Public Lecture: American Civil Wars: Canadian Dimensions

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE

• Town Must Extend Review Period to 30 Days for Environmental Assessment of Jones Library Expansion by Mickey Rathbun
• Opinion: Could Pittsfield Waste Reduction Contract Be a Model for Amherst? by Darcy DuMont

DEMOCRACY

• Resistance Is Alive and Well in the United States by Erica Chenoweth, Jeremy Pressman, and Soha Hammam (for Waging Nonviolence)

EVENTS

• Postponed: New Conversations with Amherst Authors Series at North Amherst Library
• Sign Up Deadline For the Annual Amherst Rubbish Roundup, March 30
• UMass to Host High School, Collegiate Jazz Fests, April 4-5
• Plug In to Campus and Community Organizing
• Updated: Inaugural Amherst Global Village Festival April 5
• PVFS April Song and Story Swap Features Singer Songwriter Christa Joy
• Public Lecture: American Civil Wars: Canadian Dimensions
• New in April at Gallery A3: Paintings by Nancy Meagher Explore Amherst and Provincetown
• What’s Happening in Amherst?

FEATURES

• Photos of the Week: Support Our Schools Rally for a Better Budget by Cathleen Mitchell, Thupten Dorney, Casey Maloney, Nina Mankin and Katie Veatch
• Introduction to the Mill Histories of North Amherst by Hetty Startup

HISTORY / HISTORIC PRESERVATION

• Public Lecture: American Civil Wars: Canadian Dimensions
• Introduction to the Mill Histories of North Amherst  by Hetty Startup

HOUSING

• Town Manager Offers Vague Reassurances on Viability of Jones Library Expansion by Maura Keene
• ZBA Defers Decision on Special Permit for New Curtis Place Duplex by Maura Keene
• Letter: Some Thoughts on a Better Design for Atkins Corner Development by Janet McGowan

ISSUES & ANALYSES

• Resistance Is Alive and Well in the United States by Erica Chenoweth, Jeremy Pressman, and Soha Hammam (for Waging Nonviolence)
• Frequently Unanswered Questions:  What’s Missing from the Response to Town Councilors’ Questions About the Jones Library? by Jeff Lee and Maria Kopicki
• Opinion: Town Manager Is Gaslighting Amherst Residents Concerning Jones Library Expansion by Art Keene

LIBRARY

• Town Manager Offers Vague Reassurances on Viability of Jones Library Expansion by Maura Keene
• Postponed: New Conversations with Amherst Authors Series at North Amherst Library
• Town Must Extend Review Period to 30 Days for Environmental Assessment of Jones Library Expansion by Mickey Rathbun
• Frequently Unanswered Questions:  What’s Missing from the Response to Town Councilors’ Questions About the Jones Library? by Jeff Lee and Maria Kopicki
• Opinion: Town Manager Is Gaslighting Amherst Residents Concerning Jones Library Expansion by Art Keene

OPINION

• Public Comment: Here Are Some Things the State Can Do to Help Support Our Students by Bridget Hynes
• Letter: Request for Public Participation in Search for New Planning Director by Jenny Kallick
• Letter: Some Thoughts on a Better Design for Atkins Corner Development by Janet McGowan
• Town Must Extend Review Period to 30 Days for Environmental Assessment of Jones Library Expansion by Mickey Rathbun
• Opinion: Town Manager Is Gaslighting Amherst Residents Concerning Jones Library Expansion by Art Keene
• Opinion: Could Pittsfield Waste Reduction Contract Be a Model for Amherst? by Darcy DuMont

SCHOOLS

• School Committee Adopts 6% Increase for Elementary Budget by Maura Keene
• Town Council Rejects School Committee’s Regional Assessment Recommendation. by Maura Keene
• Public Comment: Here Are Some Things the State Can Do to Help Support Our Students by Bridget Hynes
• Photos of the Week: Support Our Schools Rally for a Better Budget by Cathleen Mitchell, Thupten Dorney, Casey Maloney, Nina Mankin and Katie Veatch

SOLID WASTE

• Opinion: Could Pittsfield Waste Reduction Contract Be a Model for Amherst? by Darcy DuMont

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• School Committee Adopts 6% Increase for Elementary Budget by Maura Keene
• Town Manager Offers Vague Reassurances on Viability of Jones Library Expansion by Maura Keene
• Town Council Rejects School Committee’s Regional Assessment Recommendation by Maura Keene
• ZBA Defers Decision on Special Permit for New Curtis Place Duplex by Maura Keene
• Sign Up Deadline For the Annual Amherst Rubbish Roundup, March 30
• Updated: Inaugural Amherst Global Village Festival April 5
• Letter: Request for Public Participation in Search for New Planning Director
• Letter: Request for Public Participation in Search for New Planning Director by Jenny Kallick
• Town Must Extend Review Period to 30 Days for Environmental Assessment of Jones Library Expansion by Mickey Rathbun
• Frequently Unanswered Questions:  What’s Missing from the Response to Town Councilors’ Questions About the Jones Library? by Jeff Lee and Maria Kopicki
• Opinion: Town Manager Is Gaslighting Amherst Residents Concerning Jones Library Expansion by Art Keene