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By MAX BOWEN

GILL — Having struggled with an ongoing drop in enrollment since 2020, Four Winds School plans to close at the end of the academic year.Four Winds Director Hattie Adastra said the enrollment troubles began during the COVID-19 pandemic. Normally, the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With the rejection of two reuse proposals that involved selling the building, the future of the Whately Center School is now back in the hands of the town, as the Selectboard opted on Tuesday to let the school’s Visioning Committee flesh out...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ERVING — The Erving School Committee will hold a public hearing on Wednesday to pick one of three potential fiscal year 2025 budgets — two to the tune of nearly $4.06 million and another that totals approximately $4.13 million.The committee voted in...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — For her work supporting Deerfield Elementary School’s students and teaching staff, occupational therapist Sue Boraski has been named the winner of the Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award in the Union 38 School...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — School Committee member and former Chair Amy Proietti has resigned from the board, just four months after winning a second, four-year term.“It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve as a member of the Greenfield School Committee,”...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Any discussions about the school resource officer position will have to wait at least until the next budget cycle, as the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee opted, by consensus, to not revisit the topic at this...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Stoneleigh-Burnham School launched its new Empowerment, Ethical Global Citizenship and Voice Center — an all-in-one research, speech and debate, foreign exchange and staff development program — on March 1, the first day of Women’s History...

By ABNER ROJAS

WARWICK — Young entrepreneurs will get some real-world, hands-on experience when they set up shop as part of the first-ever Warwick Children’s Business Fair.The event, to be held Saturday, April 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Warwick Community...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — For the first time in history, a special education teacher was chosen as the winner of the Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School.Melissa Campbell said she was in her classroom a few weeks ago when the...

By DOMENIC POLI

TURNERS FALLS — You will soon be able to see a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery, as presented by the Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School theater program.The spring musical,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield School Department will begin the 2024-2025 school year with Stephen Sullivan as its new assistant superintendent of teaching and learning.Sullivan is currently serving his third year as superintendent of schools in Granby...

March 23: Great Falls Coffeehouse series begins MONTAGUE — The Franklin County Musicians Cooperative will kick off the Great Falls Coffeehouse series on Saturday, March 23, at 7 p.m. at the Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Avenue A. Doors open at 6:30...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The initial proposal for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s fiscal year 2025 budget entails a 4.96% hike in expenses over the current year, though revisions will be made based on input from the School Committee and other stakeholders.Michele...

Astronaut Coleman to speak at NMH commencement GILL — Cady Coleman, a former NASA astronaut and an advocate for inclusion in the fields of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (STEAM), will be the keynote speaker at Northfield Mount...

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HATFIELD – Boys and girls basketball seniors came together at Smith Academy Friday night for the annual Hampshire-Franklin County All-Star game, and they weren’t afraid to show off and let loose in the final high school basketball game of their...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Having received two responses to a request for proposals (RFP) for the sale of the Whately Center School, members of the Center School Visioning Committee are asking for more time to come up with an idea to retain the historic building.Jenny...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School students will take to the stage Friday for opening night of their spring production, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Written by Rachel Sheinkin, the feature-length comedic musical follows the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

BUCKLAND — Following a vote from the School Committee, the Mohawk Trail Regional School District intends to reintroduce the same regional agreement amendments that failed to receive approval from all eight member towns last year.“We can change the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Effective July 1, Discovery School at Four Corners Principal Michael Browning will take the helm at Greenfield High School following Principal Derek Morrison’s June 1 departure.The superintendent’s office publicized Browning’s acceptance...