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ANALYTICS
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TOP FIVE MOST-READ ARTICLES LAST WEEK
1. Deer Hunting Take at All-time High in Amherst by Maura Keene
2. Amherst Fire Department Responds to Fire on Pondview Drive by Amherst Indy
3. Letter: ARMS Core Teachers Decry Proposed Staffing Cuts by 14 ARMS Teachers
4. Community Turns Out in Force to Advocate for Larger School Budget by Maura Keene
5. Amherst Police Object to Creation of Resident Oversight Board by Maura Keene

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

ARTS

• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

BUDGET

• Councilor Devlin Gauthier Asks for More Money for Schools by Maura Keene
• Amherst School Budget Process and Timeline by Jennifer Shiao
• Rally for School Funding Draws Large Crowd by Maria Kopicki
• Opinion: Town Budget Should Prioritize Our Children by Lauren Mills

CAMPUS

• Best Campus Food Celebration to Showcase Award Winning College Chefs
• Photo of the Week: Durfee Conservatory in Winter by Hetty Startup

CLIMATE / ENERGY / ENVIRONMENT / NATURE

• Deer Hunting Take at All-time High in Amherst by Maura Keene
• Big Night Amphibian Migration is at Hand

DEMOCRACY

• Amherst Joins Nation in Protesting Trump’s Assault on Democracy by Art Keene
• Opinion: Charter Review Committee Should Listen to What the Public Has Already Said by Art Keene
• Opinion: Stop the Billionaire Heist by Russ Vernon-Jones

EVENTS

• Big Night Amphibian Migration is at Hand
• Town of Amherst Will Observe the Commemoration of the Tibetan Uprising on March 10
• Best Campus Food Celebration to Showcase Award Winning College Chefs
• Cuppa Joe with Paul Bockelman and Health Director Kiko Malin
• What’s Happening in Amherst? by Art and Maura Keene

FEATURES

• Photo of the Week: Durfee Conservatory in Winter by Hetty Startup

HISTORY / HISTORIC PRESERVATION

• Amherst Historical Commission Concerned with Veracity of Section 106 Memorandum by Jeff Lee
• Historical Commission Approves Demolition of 1890 Carriage House by Hilda Greenbaum

HOUSING

• More Density for North Amherst Apartment Complexes? by Maura Keene

ISSUES & ANALYSES

• Amherst Historical Commission Concerned with Veracity of Section 106 Memorandum by Jeff Lee
• Opinion: Charter Review Committee Should Listen to What the Public Has Already Said by Art Keene

LIBRARY

• Amherst Historical Commission Concerned with Veracity of Section 106 Memorandum by Jeff Lee
• Third Deadline Extension Approved for Jones Library Project by Art Keene
• Cartoon: The Three Horsepersons of the Debaclypse by Ira Bryck
  

OPINION

• Cartoon: The Three Horsepersons of the Debaclypse by Ira Bryck
• Opinion: Charter Review Committee Should Listen to What the Public Has Already Said by Art Keene
• Opinion: Town Budget Should Prioritize Our Children by Lauren Mills
• Opinion: Stop the Billionaire Heist by Russ Vernon-Jone

PUBLIC HEALTH & SAFETY

• Cuppa Joe with Paul Bockelman and Health Director Kiko Malin

SCHOOLS

• Councilor Devlin Gauthier Asks for More Money for Schools by Maura Keene
• Amherst School Budget Process and Timeline by Jennifer Shiao
• Rally for School Funding Draws Large Crowd by Maria Kopicki
• Opinion: Town Budget Should Prioritize Our Children by Lauren Mills

TOWN GOVERNMENT

• Councilor Devlin Gauthier Asks for More Money for Schools by Maura Keene
• Amherst School Budget Process and Timeline by Jennifer Shiao
• Rally for School Funding Draws Large Crowd by Maria Kopicki
• Amherst Historical Commission Concerned with Veracity of Section 106 Memorandum by Jeff Lee
• Third Deadline Extension Approved for Jones Library Project by Art Keene
• More Density for North Amherst Apartment Complexes? by Maura Keene
• Town Manager Appoints New Commission for Persons with Disabilities by Art Keene
• Historical Commission Approves Demolition of 1890 Carriage House by Hilda Greenbaum
• Deer Hunting Take at All-time High in Amherst by Maura Keene
• Town of Amherst Will Observe the Commemoration of the Tibetan Uprising on March 10
• Cuppa Joe with Paul Bockelman and Health Director Kiko Malin
• Opinion: Charter Review Committee Should Listen to What the Public Has Already Said by Art Keene
• Opinion: Town Budget Should Prioritize Our Children by Lauren Mills