Kia Aoki is one of the co-founders of the Hampshire County Food Policy Council (HCFPC) and currently serves as the Strategy & Network Coordinator. Previously, she has served in the…
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Kristen Whitmore, MRP
…a founding member of the Hampshire County Food Policy Council (HCFPC), a platform created by and for residents typically excluded from public conversations to participate directly in building a food…
Karen Fiegenbaum, OTR/L
…at the Occupational Therapy Clinic, Karen worked as a school –based therapist in a wide variety of educational programs throughout Hampshire county. As a consultant with a community agency, Karen…
Strategic Planning Initiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Coalition is recipient of $100,000 grant for substance abuse prevention
…five cities/towns in Hampshire County – Amherst, Ware, Hadley, South Hadley and Northampton. Municipal leaders, including school superintendents, mayors, town managers, select board members, police chiefs and public health directors,…
Honoring Overdose Awareness Month
…way to take action this month is to attend a vigil or other related event. In Hampshire County, many groups have organized vigils later in the month that are open…
Why young people are striking Friday: ‘I won’t go to school and act like everything is normal’
…all over Hampshire County are planning to go to the Boston Climate Strike and are urging their peers to go with them. The Gazette asked some of the young strikers…
Healthy Hampshire sends team to Johns Hopkins initiative
Healthy Hampshire County Food Policy Council Startup Circle members Talya Sogoba and Kia Aoki have been chosen to participate in the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future Food Policy…
Early childhood educator Barbara Black named Gazette’s “Person of the Year”
…chosen by a selection committee made up of United Way of Hampshire County staff and community members. Along with the award comes a $500 prize, half of which will be…
Holliston’s Jackson named Massachusetts Superintendent of the Year
…“His long tenure in Holliston speaks to his leadership at the local level,” Scott said. “His eight years of service to M.A.S.S. beginning as the Tri-County representative on the Executive…
A ‘new approach’ to teaching computer science: Get rid of the computer
…Massachusetts and Worcester County schools that will offer the curriculum this fall join a handful of schools around the state that began offering it two years ago. The high schools…