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SHUTESBURY — Two newcomers will join the School Committee after winning the only contested seats in Saturday’s town election.Jeremy Mailloux of West Pelham Road and Anna Cederberg Heard of Cushman Road, with 237 and 205 votes, earned election over...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amid a nationwide surge of parent-led challenges to books in public libraries and schools, and new laws in red states led by Florida and Texas enabling efforts to remove questioned material, top librarians in the Amherst regional school...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A statement put out by the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee this week is expressing support for all students in the secondary schools to have a safe learning environment free of discrimination, as well as providing an apology for the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Bargaining units for the Amherst-Pelham Education Association decided against ratifying contracts proposed by the School Committee in a vote Monday, according to the union’s executive committee.The union representing teachers,...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — Establishing community choice aggregation that could provide residents with more green-sourced electricity, opposing the use of artifical turf in the new track and field project at Amherst Regional High School and adopting a $6.91 million...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — A resident concerned with potential contamination on the 22-acre site of a new town library is filing a complaint in U.S. District Court in Springfield seeking unspecified damages contending a violation of his civil rights, including free...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In the wake of allegations of transphobic actions by counselors at Amherst Regional Middle School, Assistant Superintendent Doreen Cunningham is on administrative leave, pending the outcome of an ongoing Title IX investigation, according to...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Douglas Slaughter, the finance chief for the Amherst, Amherst-Pelham Regional and Pelham public schools for more than three years, will serve as acting superintendent for the school district, possibly through the end of September.“I’m...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — In the wake of allegations of transphobic actions by counselors at Amherst Regional Middle School, Assistant Superintendent Doreen Cunningham is on administrative leave, pending the outcome of an ongoing Title IX investigation, according to...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — A resident concerned with potential contamination on the 22-acre site of a new town library is filing a complaint in U.S. District Court in Springfield seeking unspecified damages contending a violation of his civil rights, including free...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — State agencies that collaborate to promote the safety, well-being and rights of LGBTQ students intend to work with the Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts for training that will benefit educators, staff and families in the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Douglas Slaughter, the finance chief for the Amherst, Amherst-Pelham Regional and Pelham public schools for more than three years, will serve as acting superintendent for the school district, possibly through the end of September.“I’m...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Three candidates remain to become the acting superintendent for the Amherst, Amherst-Pelham Regional and Pelham schools in advance of Thursday night’s joint meeting of the Regional and Union 26 committees.Amherst representatives Ben...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The assistant superintendent in charge of hiring three middle school counselors who committed alleged transphobic actions that came to light last week defiantly said that she has no intention of departing her role amid calls for her...

Leave it to a long-time educational leader to turn a needed leave of absence for mental health reasons into a teachable moment. We must take care of ourselves in order to take care of others.Amherst School Superintendent Michael Morris’ decision to...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The school committees charged with selecting an acting superintendent to guide the Amherst, Amherst-Pelham Regional and Pelham public schools during the medical leave being taken by Superintendent Michael Morris are floating eight potential...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — If a potential temporary superintendent for the Amherst, Amherst-Pelham Regional and Pelham public schools is identified by elected committee members Tuesday, any discussion and decision on an appointment will happen at an open meeting.Ben...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The union representing teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical staff has taken a no-confidence vote in Superintendent Michael Morris and is calling for his assistant superintendent’s resignation.Saturday’s announcement by the Amherst Pelham...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Michael Morris, the superintendent of Amherst, Amherst-Pelham Regional and the Pelham public schools on a temporary and permanent basis since late summer 2016, and an educator in the system for 22 years, is taking a leave of absence on his...

In her May 3 column, J. M. Sorrell casually asserts that the threat of rape is “a trans tactic” against cisgender women. This is the same demonstrably false and dangerous misinformation that the radical right has been spewing all around the country to...