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By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A temporary or interim superintendent for the Amherst, Amherst-Pelham and Pelham public schools could be named at a joint meeting of the Regional and Union 26 school committees Wednesday.The meeting, in a remote format rather than being held...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Ben Herrington, chairman of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee since January 2022, is resigning from both the regional and Amherst school committees.Herrington announced Monday that he would step down from the panels on which he...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Superintendent Michael Morris will leave his position after seven years in the role, a mutual departure announced by the Amherst-Pelham Regional and Union 26 school committees Friday afternoon.The announcement comes after the committees met...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Members of the Amherst Regional School Committee and Union 26 Committee are holding a joint virtual meeting, almost entirely in executive session, on Thursday evening, for the purpose of preparing for unspecified negotiations with...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Having already taken a no-confidence vote in Superintendent Michael Morris, the union representing the teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical staff in the Amherst-Pelham public schools is reiterating its appeal for the Regional School...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Superintendent Michael Morris is pledging to create a “safe, positive environment” for all children who are educated in the town and regional schools — and apologizing to those who haven’t had that experience.Additionally, Morris, back on...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Raising private money for the $4.74 million project to rebuild and reorient the Amherst Regional High School track and its interior playing field is continuing, with a matching grant announced last week by an Easthampton bank.Matthew Sosik,...

Rail trail is great, but rail’s more importantI have enjoyed the Rail Trail from its start, in Amherst from Station Road to the Hampshire Mall area (and beyond) for many years now. I am a runner and have used the rail trail in the Amherst area at all...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — School Superintendent Michael Morris, who has been on an indefinite medical leave since May 12 on orders from his doctor, will be returning to the position he has held since the summer of 2016.In a message sent to families and staff Thursday...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Following at-times contentious negotiations and mediation over the past 18 months, a new three-year contract for the Amherst-Pelham Education Association, whose members include teachers, paraeducators and clerical staff, has been...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The Amherst Regional School Committee sought to reassure the school community Tuesday that it intends to act on the results of ongoing investigations, including a Title IX complaint, into the alleged mistreatment of trans and nonbinary...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Criticisms and disparagement directed toward members of the Amherst-Pelham Education Association during a public meeting in mid-May is prompting an Open Meeting Law complaint from a representative of the Massachusetts Teachers Association.In...

I wanted to write a quick letter in response to the June 9 Gazette article “The live music conundrum.” I agree with much of what was written, especially regarding the closing of Eric Suher’s music venues, but I was extremely disappointed that the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Community choice electricity aggregation in Cambridge has allowed the city to use money collected through the program to build its own renewable energy project that now produces power for those enrolled. On Nantucket, a similar program...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A possible agreement on a new three-year contract between the union representing teachers, paraeducators and clerical staff and the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee awaits a vote in the coming days.In the meantime, the Amherst Pelham...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A tentative agreement on a new contract for teachers, paraprofessionals and clerical staff that calls for annual 3% cost-of-living adjustments has been reached, according to representatives from the Regional School Committee’s negotiating...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A joint municipal electrical aggregation program involving Northampton, Amherst and Pelham, developed over the past several years as a way of bringing cleaner electricity to households and businesses, is getting ready to start.The Valley Green Energy...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Amid a nationwide surge of parent-led challenges to books in public libraries and schools, and new laws in red states led by Florida and Texas enabling efforts to remove questioned material, top librarians in the Amherst regional school...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A statement put out by the Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee this week is expressing support for all students in the secondary schools to have a safe learning environment free of discrimination, as well as providing an apology for the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Bargaining units for the Amherst-Pelham Education Association decided against ratifying contracts proposed by the School Committee in a vote Monday, according to the union’s executive committee.The union representing teachers,...