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Kudos to the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District for its leadership in eliminating the indefensible practice known as “lunch shaming.”Across the country, students with a school meal debt have been publicly shamed with alternate food — often a cold...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

AMHERST — Longtime Amherst educator Mary Custard won the 2017 Louise Gaskins Lifetime Civil Rights Award from the Massachusetts Teachers Association on Friday.The dean of students and former athletic director at Amherst Regional High School, Custard...

 By SCOTT MERZBACH

Owners of two local businesses have created unique chairs that are part of an auction that will raise money for Boston-based charities.Karen Dzendolet, principal and owner of KDZ Designs in Pelham, and John Geraghty, founder of Grain of Thought...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee violated the state’s Open Meeting Law several times last summer during negotiations with former Superintendent Maria Geryk prior to her departure, the attorney general’s office said this week.In a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A battery testing facility in western Massachusetts that supports clean energy technology and combats climate change would help both grow the economy and protect the environment. At least that’s what state Rep. Solomon Goldstein-Rose, D-Amherst,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

PELHAM — As other cities and towns across the state push to become official sanctuaries, Pelham could be the first town to support making all of Massachusetts a safe and welcoming place for all immigrants. When Town Meeting convenes May 6, voters will...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

As the new state representative for the 3rd Hampshire District, Solomon Goldstein-Rose plans to make himself available to residents in Amherst, Pelham and Precinct 1 in Granby on a regular basis.Goldstein-Rose, who dropped by the Bangs Community...