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Chamber, UMass event veteran Page named to lead downtown business boosters
10-01-2024 12:44 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A Pelham resident with experience in economic development, event management and advocating for businesses in roles at both the University of Massachusetts and the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce becomes the Amherst Business Improvement...

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Schools, town of Amherst look to formalize building use
11-09-2024 6:01 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst Regional Middle School’s swimming pool is regularly used for aquatics programming by Amherst Recreation, a town department that also has its administrative offices in the building.Yet for many aspects of the relationship between the...


$11M in state grants to flow to region
10-27-2024 2:40 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Pedestrian safety and utility infrastructure improvements totaling $4.4 million for an affordable housing development in Easthampton, $1.94 million to build a new roundabout in Amherst at the edge of the University of Massachusetts...


Anti-bias training gears up in Amherst regional school system
10-26-2024 3:11 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Anti-bias training throughout the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools, under the Welcoming Schools Seal of Excellence Track, will soon be getting underway, continuing an effort to create a safe, positive and more inclusive...


Committee on board with Amherst Regional school merger proposal
10-10-2024 2:30 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The idea of moving seventh and eighth graders to Amherst Regional High School, potentially turning the Amherst Regional Middle School building into an innovation center, is being greeted with cautious optimism by members of the Regional...


Amherst Regional board backs ending MCAS requirement for graduation
10-09-2024 4:20 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A referendum question on the state’s November election ballot seeking to eliminate the requirement that public high school students pass the MCAS test to graduate is being endorsed by the Amherst Regional School Committee.The committee on...


Amherst schools roll out new online bullying reporting system
10-03-2024 1:22 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A new bullying reporting system is on the websites for the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools, providing an improved process for notifying school officials about possible incidents and ensuring prompt investigations....


Amherst-Pelham Regional super warns of funding shortfall
09-26-2024 5:37 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Should the four towns in the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District limit their assessment increases next year, 35 middle and high school staffers, or 10% of the 350-member workforce, could lose their jobs, leading to what Superintendent E....


Julie Gaetano Miller: Coverage of European soccer appreciated
09-23-2024 4:42 PM

Thank you so much for your recent articles covering professional European soccer (“football”). As an avid fan, I love reading updates on the teams, the players, and the games, especially within the Premier League. I hope there will be more coverage...


Wendi Weinberg: Cost of postage stamps a bargain
09-17-2024 4:44 PM

I am responding to a letter to the editor about the price of postage stamps [“Inflation and the U.S. Postal Service,” Sept. 14]. The writer points out that in 18 years the cost of a postage stamp increased from 39 cents to 73 cents. That’s a total...


School boss gets marching orders: Committees set four main goals for new Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools superintendent to work on this academic year
09-12-2024 11:44 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — New Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman must strive to rebuild community trust so healing and stabilization take place this academic year in the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools, one of four broad goals spelled out this week...


Amherst regional budget fears prompt early four-towns meeting
08-29-2024 1:37 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Responding to written appeals from both Amherst and Pelham officials to begin discussions about the fiscal year 2026 operating budget for the regional schools, members of the Amherst Regional School Committee are committing to having a...


Former counselor sues Amherst-Pelham school district, adding to complaints in wake of Title IX investigations
08-20-2024 7:10 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A federal lawsuit brought against the Amherst-Pelham Regional school district, as well as several current and former staff members, by a former middle school counselor contends that she and other counselors were targeted by colleagues and...


Amherst may kick in $800K more for track project; will ask regional towns to contribute $411K
08-05-2024 2:09 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Another $800,000 in Community Preservation Act money is being recommended by Amherst officials so the $4.41 million plan to rebuild and reorient the Amherst Regional High School’s track and its interior field can proceed.While Amherst’s...


A moment with ‘Dr. Xi,’ Amherst Regional’s new superintendent
07-26-2024 4:07 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — New Amherst, Pelham and Amherst Regional Schools Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman sees a student-centered approach to education, including leading with love, as bringing the school district stability following a period of tumult, caused in...


Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools already talking budget for next year
07-25-2024 12:52 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Continued fallout from the approved $35.27 million fiscal year 2025 budget for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, which exceeded financial guidelines set by the town of Amherst while falling short of maintaining all existing staff and...


Amherst Regional board backs Welcoming Schools program to support LGBTQ+ students
07-05-2024 2:51 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Welcoming Schools, a bias-based bullying prevention program aimed at supporting LGTBQ+ students and families, is being recommended for adoption at the Amherst Regional schools.More than a year after reports surfaced of mistreatment and...


Amherst Regional track project heads to bid, though money still short
06-30-2024 12:01 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — While a preferred $3.36 million overhaul of the track and field at Amherst Regional High School remains $932,175 short of what is needed to begin the work, the Regional School Committee is supporting putting the project out to bid, with much...


Amherst Town Council clears regional schools budget hike one-time funds and warning
06-26-2024 4:45 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Even as members of the Town Council acknowledge frustrations over the size of the Amherst-Pelham Regional schools assessment increase, and the need to use one-time American Rescue Plan Act money to cover a portion of the obligation, a $35.27...


Amherst Regional School Committee looks to launch financial sustainability panel
06-18-2024 12:11 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A fiscal sustainability committee that will undertake strategic planning and identify potential cost savings and new revenue sources for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools is being established by the Regional School Committee.Even though...


Leslie Nyman: Thank you J.M. Sorrell
06-12-2024 5:41 PM

The June 5 column by J.M. Sorrel [“Antisemitism accelerant”] is the first intelligent, factual discussion I have read in a long time that addresses so much misinformation about the hot-button words apartheid, genocide, Palestine, Israel. There is no...

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