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ANALYTICS
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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Jones Library Project Proposes No Further Changes to Design in Response to Historic Preservation Review by Art Keene
2. Planning Board Continues to Discuss University Drive Overlay District and Accessory Dwelling Unit Guidelines by Maura Keene
3. Town Council Hears About Four Ways to Pay for Amherst’s Major Capital Projects by Maura Keene
4.UMass Advises International Students to Return to U.S. Before Inauguration by Art Keene
5. Mental Health Needs in Amherst Schools Are Growing. Family Center Services Will Be Expanded by Art Keene
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
ARTS
- Folklore Society Holiday Singalong December 7
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
EVENTS
- Lighting of Merry Maple December 6
- Folklore Society Holiday Singalong December 7
- Winter Farmers’ Market at Bangs Community Center
- What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene
FEATURES
- Amherst’s Neighboring Towns: Leverett by Hetty Startup
- Photos of the Week: Sunrise at Simple Gifts Farm by Kathleen Carroll
HISTORY / HISTORIC OBSERVATION
- Historic Commission Approves Stained Glass Window Restoration at JCA by Maura Keene
- Local Historic District Commission Objects to Vinyl Siding for Lincoln Avenue House by Hilda Greenbaum
- Amherst’s Neighboring Towns: Leverett by Hetty Startup
ISSUES & ANALYSES
- Issues and Analyses: How We Can Meet the Challenges of Authoritarianism by Maria J. Stephan
MEDIA
NATIONAL POLITICS
- Issues and Analyses: How We Can Meet the Challenges of Authoritarianism by Maria J. Stephan
- Letter: Please Tell Senators to Advise But Not Consent to Trump’s Cabinet Nominations by Dinah Kudatsky
OPINION
- Letter: Oversight Committee Necessary to Protect Independent Media in Amherst by Jim Lescault
- Letter: Please Tell Senators to Advise But Not Consent to Trump’s Cabinet Nominations by Dinah Kudatsky
PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY
- Amherst Ranks High on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2024 Municipal Equality Index
- Lindsay Stromgren Appointed as Fire Chief
SOCIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
- Amherst Ranks High on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2024 Municipal Equality Index
- Issues and Analyses: How We Can Meet the Challenges of Authoritarianism by Maria J. Stephan
TOWN GOVERNMENT
- Lindsay Stromgren Appointed as Fire Chief
- Historic Commission Approves Stained Glass Window Restoration at JCA
- Local Historic District Commission Objects to Vinyl Siding for Lincoln Avenue House by Hilda Greenbaum
- Letter: Oversight Committee Necessary to Protect Independent Media in Amherst by Jim Lescault
- Amherst Ranks High on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2024 Municipal Equality Index