by tjohnston | Jun 9, 2017 | Local News
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 Regional School District, however, will be on the other side of those windows,...
by tjohnston | Jun 8, 2017 | CES Stories
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 Tuesday. Warner, a member of the Strategic Planning...
by tjohnston | Jun 7, 2017 | CES Stories
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 educational offerings throughout the center’s “living building.” Family...
by tjohnston | Jun 6, 2017 | Local News
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 Committee, hatched an idea for how the Tech School could create a tree...
by tjohnston | Jun 4, 2017 | Local News
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 school districts. The so-called “sparsity aid” formula was developed and...
