The SPIFFY Coalition invites YOU to attend our upcoming Full Coalition meeting, taking place on June 4th, from 3:30-5:30PM at Nonotuck Park in Easthampton. We will be having a panel…
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Greenfield wins grant for free after-school programs
…a feeling that our country’s children are not competitive in the global economy.” Summer camp The grant covered two month-long summer programs, which wrapped up last week. About 30 elementary…
International Overdose Awareness Day
…Belchertown will hold a candlelight vigil on August 31 from 6:00-8:00pm on the Belchertown Common, and the RECOVER Project in Greenfield will hold their Overdose Awareness Vigil on August 30…
A device contract for your family: 4 rules
…to know how to take care of snakes so I can be a good snake parent. Me: How much time do you need? 9yo: I’d like 30 minutes. Me: Decides…
2 finalists for Easthampton superintendent to meet public April 3, 4
EASTHAMPTON — The search for Easthampton’s next superintendent of schools is down to two finalists — Andrew Berrios, principal of Smith Academy in Hatfield, and Allison LeClair, assistant superintendent of…
What’s next for Heath school kids? Community talks planned
HEATH — If the 22-year-old Heath Elementary School closes next fall, what do residents see as the best options for their children’s public education? How does the community feel about…
Chris Appy
…National Identity (Viking, 2015); Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides (Viking, 2003), and Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam (University of North Carolina Press, 1993). Patriots won…
Charter school debate looms over raising state caps
…tuition for about 200 students while receiving about $359,000 in aid during fiscal year 2015. She said she and fellow League of Women Voters member Margie Riddle have already spent…
Becoming money smart: At Fort River Elementary in Amherst, 5th-graders learn about finances by working and paying rent through mock program
…of high school students can be considered financially literate, according to a 2015 Massachusetts report on financial literacy, and that Massachusetts is one of 12 states across the country that…
As Massachusetts charter schools enroll more students with disabilities, who exactly are they serving?
At Lawrence Family Day Charter School, which caters to poor and minority students, fewer than 7 percent of students have special needs – far below the statewide average. Director Ralph…