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National Endowment for the Arts award will support local arts integration program for girls in the juvenile justice system

Northampton, MA - National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects across the country in the NEA’s second major funding ...

School transportation costs a burden to Mohawk Trail

Those yellow school buses, big and small, may look pretty much the same, but the 530 miles of roads they travel vary across the roughly 253 square miles served by the Mohawk Trail Regional ...

Whately teacher selected for Global Learning Fellowship

WHATELY — Terri Anderson, a Whately Elementary School teacher, is one of 48 public educators nationwide to receive a Global Learning Fellowship with the NEA Foundation this year. “As a result ...

Five Franklin county schools earn ‘Green Team’ awards

Five Franklin County schools were recognized by the state for their outstanding work in an environmental education program. Greenfield High School, Federal Street School, Math and Science ...

Erving event connects youth to local history

ERVING — As third-grader Jaylice Gary stood in front of her classmates at the Erving Senior Center, she read the details of the life of an Erving woman whose experiences are far different than ...

Miller announces she’ll leave Pioneer school district

NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School District Superintendent Ruth Miller has announced that after next school year, she won’t be continuing in her role. Miller said she first relayed the ...

Gateway’s ‘blizzard bags’ cut makeup days in sunny June

HUNTINGTON — Many local students will find themselves staring longingly out the windows of their classrooms during the makeup snow days tacked onto their school year. Students in Gateway ...

Alcohol Task Force discusses revamping state liquor laws at Northampton city meeting

NORTHAMPTON - "I'm here because we value young people and their development," said Heather Warner, speaking to members of the Massachusetts Alcohol Task Force at Northampton City Hall on ...

Science fun for Early Childhood CFCE families at the Hitchcock Center in Amherst

Amherst, MA – Over seventy-five families spent Monday morning learning about nature at the Hitchcock Center in Amherst. Children and their adults enjoyed nature play, creating, and exploring the ...

Franklin County Technical School receives grant for tree nursery

TURNERS FALLS, MA — Three years ago, Kurt Richardson, an instructor in Franklin County Technical School’s Landscaping and Horticulture program, and Nancy Hazard, a member of the Greenfield Tree ...

Editorial: Sparsity aid concept would greatly benefit rural schools

A provision to study how rural schools might get more state aid has been included in the Senate budget that was adopted last month. That’s good news for Franklin County’s struggling, small ...

HEC Academy holds graduation ceremony, honors seven students

Northampton, MA -- In ceremonies held this morning at Smith College’s Sage Hall, seven area students from HEC Academy in Northampton graduated from high school. Keynote speaker James Arana, ...
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