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By SCOTT MERZBACH

PELHAM — A $5.22 million operating budget to cover municipal and school services, a series of zoning changes, including a prohibition on stand-alone energy storage systems, and a petition calling on the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools to abandon...

Having lived in this Valley for over 30 years, I am saddened by the downturn of vitality in Northampton. Many closed storefronts in addition to three closed music venues has dampened the energy of this once lively city.So I was interested to read the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amherst Regional High School Principal Talib Sadiq is expanding his oversight to the middle school for the next school year, according to a leadership plan unveiled by Superintendent Michael Morris last week.With a recent failed search for a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Regional School Committee is making a proposal to the union representing teachers, paraprofessional and clerical staff that it is calling a “last best offer,” providing what it said is a living wage for paraeducators and fair and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Alleged homophobic and transphobic comments toward children at Amherst Regional Middle School, and the possibility that LGBTQ+ students are being told to deny their gender identity and sexual orientation, are issues of concern for several...

By DOMENIC POLI

BOSTON — Four towns were disincorporated and dismantled, and another eight had land stripped from them, to create the Quabbin Reservoir in the first half of the 20th century.People were forced to find new homes and the valley was flooded with water...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The union representing teachers is calling on Superintendent Michael Morris to do more to promote a culture of tolerance and inclusivity at the Amherst and Amherst-Pelham regional schools, including showing support for individuals who...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — An operating budget that will cause the elimination of more than 14 positions at the Amherst-Pelham Regional public schools is being recommended by the Amherst Finance Committee, even with worry from some town officials that revenues are...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — More hands-on experience in manufacturing for Amherst Regional High School students, along with the expansion of engineering and technology courses and modernizing engineering labs and classrooms, are projects being supported through the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

PELHAM — Proposed revisions to bylaws associated with solar installations, driveways and lighting, expected to be presented to annual Town Meeting next month, are being reviewed Wednesday evening.The Planning Board and Select Board are holding a joint...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A search for a new Amherst Regional Middle School principal may have to start over after the lone remaining finalist for the position withdrew from consideration, even though she had been invited for a site visit.Gabrielle Jackson, resident...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A union representing administrators in the Amherst and Pelham public schools and the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract that will extend through the 2024-2025 school...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Only one finalist to serve as the next principal at the Amherst Regional Middle School met virtually with the public at a recent public conversation, but it is uncertain if she will be named the school’s next leader.Gabrielle Jackson,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Representatives for the Amherst Pelham Education Association and the Amherst and Regional school committees are confirming that a contract mediation session lasted about five hours on Friday.But there doesn’t appear to be any similar...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A short time after the school day ends on Friday, members of the Amherst-Pelham Education Association are staging a rally outside the Amherst Regional Middle School calling for a fair contract.With teachers, counselors, paraeducators and...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — About $1.16 million in staff reductions, including cutting two classroom teachers at the middle school and five paraeducators at the regional schools, are included in the budget proposal the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee is...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Two finalists to become the next principal at Amherst Regional Middle School will meet the community at virtual forums Tuesday, while Allison Estes, Wildwood School’s assistant principal, will assume the principalship at that elementary...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A speech language pathologist at the regional high school says an unsettled employee contract is the latest in a litany of frustrations she and her colleagues have had to grapple with this academic year — a comment echoed by many of the 75...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Teachers, paraeducators and other members of the Amherst-Pelham Education Association are halting doing any unpaid tasks in or out of school, such as overseeing extracurricular activities for students and developing new courses, until...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Sixth graders at Amherst’s three elementary schools won’t be joining seventh and eighth graders at the Amherst Regional Middle School until fall 2025, at the earliest.In a reversal from a fall 2021 vote in which this year’s fifth graders...