21+ hour, 18+ min ago   (798+ words) AMHERST — An initiative to address absenteeism by encouraging Amherst Regional High School students to participate in a new Saturday morning program is among proposals for educational improvements this school year. Known as an attendance buyback initiative, Principal Marc Gomes, who…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (588+ words) AMHERST — An Aug. 17 walkthrough of the Amherst Regional Middle School and Chestnut Street Academy, during which school personnel fell ill likely due to poor air quality inside the building, prompted the decision two days later to delay the start of…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (646+ words) SOUTH DEERFIELD — Ahead of the Oct. 6 ballot vote on the proposed new building at Franklin County Technical School, about 40 Deerfield residents gathered last week to hear from a panel of town officials and Franklin Tech representatives on the ins and…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (747+ words) AMHERST — After sending shockwaves through the college football landscape with a stunning upset of Rutgers, the UMass football team directs its full attention to the home opener against FCS opponent Sacred Heart on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Some things have changed…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (846+ words) AMHERST — After more than 25 years in North Amherst, the last 17 as a renter at Riverside Apartments, Cat Stryker never expected to own a home here. This fall, she will. Next month, Stryker will acquire a duplex at Amherst Community Homes,…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (545+ words) When the UMass football team travels to Rutgers for its season opener on Thursday, Sept. 3, coach Joe Harasymiak will have intimate knowledge of the opponent at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. The gameplan should be simple for the Scarlet…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (405+ words) AMHERST — An anonymous $50 million gift to Amherst College will name the main dining area inside the new Ford Student Center on campus as Betty’s Kitchen. A few months after the college received a separate $50 million donation from William “Bill” Ford,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (721+ words) AMHERST — A set of 22 properties in East Amherst could become part of the town’s third Local Historic District, with the Town Council getting a favorable Planning Board recommendation for the scaled-back proposal. In a narrow 4-3 vote last Wednesday, the Planning…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (302+ words) AMHERST — Amherst’s new Chestnut Street Academy and the Amherst Regional Middle School will have a delayed opening for the semester due to ongoing work on the roof of the building and concerns about air quality inside it. Superintendent E. Xiomara…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (720+ words) AMHERST — Firefighter-paramedics aboard Amherst Fire Department ambulances traveling on Route 116 over the Notch can often encounter challenges in communicating via their radios with emergency dispatchers in downtown Amherst. Soon, though, the frequent trips the ambulances make south to the region’s…...