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Leverett to consider CPA requests that include Rattlesnake Road fix, historic schoolhouse repairs
10-06-2024 10:22 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Rehabilitation of the discontinued portion of Rattlesnake Gutter Road, which has become the town’s most popular place for walking, hiking and bicycling, and improving the historic Moore’s Corner Schoolhouse, are among more than $500,000 in...

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Committee on board with Amherst Regional school merger proposal
10-10-2024 2:30 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — The idea of moving seventh and eighth graders to Amherst Regional High School, potentially turning the Amherst Regional Middle School building into an innovation center, is being greeted with cautious optimism by members of the Regional...


Amherst Regional board backs ending MCAS requirement for graduation
10-09-2024 4:20 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A referendum question on the state’s November election ballot seeking to eliminate the requirement that public high school students pass the MCAS test to graduate is being endorsed by the Amherst Regional School Committee.The committee on...


PVTA to waive fares, launch new Amherst-to-Greenfield route
10-08-2024 4:14 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority will go fare-free beginning Nov. 1, part of a statewide “Try Transit” initiative that provides funding to allow transit authorities to waive fees for riders.PVTA said that no fares or passes will be...


Virtual event Tuesday to launch Hands Across the Hills book
10-07-2024 11:52 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A seven-year effort to bring together progressives in western Massachusetts and more conservative residents of rural eastern Kentucky, for conversations and sometimes intense dialogues about their political and cultural differences, is...


Amherst schools roll out new online bullying reporting system
10-03-2024 1:22 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A new bullying reporting system is on the websites for the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools, providing an improved process for notifying school officials about possible incidents and ensuring prompt investigations....


New super pitches merging Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools in face of shortfall
09-30-2024 3:38 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A significant deficit anticipated in the fiscal year 2026 budget for the Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools, amid continued enrollment declines in grades 7-12, is prompting Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman to propose consolidating all secondary...


Amherst-Pelham Regional super warns of funding shortfall
09-26-2024 5:37 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Should the four towns in the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District limit their assessment increases next year, 35 middle and high school staffers, or 10% of the 350-member workforce, could lose their jobs, leading to what Superintendent E....


School boss gets marching orders: Committees set four main goals for new Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools superintendent to work on this academic year
09-12-2024 11:44 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — New Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman must strive to rebuild community trust so healing and stabilization take place this academic year in the Amherst, Pelham and Amherst-Pelham Regional schools, one of four broad goals spelled out this week...


Historic sawmill secures federal grant
09-02-2024 5:24 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — A nearly $700,000 grant from the National Park Service, awarded in advance of the country’s semiquincentennial birthday in 2026, will help the nonprofit Friends of North Leverett Sawmill continue to restore the town’s pre-Revolutionary War...


Land dispute brews over access to blueberry patch in Leverett
08-29-2024 9:03 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — The Blueberry Patch, a former Christmas tree farm where beef cattle were raised many years ago, is a popular place to walk, pick blueberries and enjoy nature and birding — and for years visitors have done just that, taking advantage of easy...


Amherst regional budget fears prompt early four-towns meeting
08-29-2024 1:37 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Responding to written appeals from both Amherst and Pelham officials to begin discussions about the fiscal year 2026 operating budget for the regional schools, members of the Amherst Regional School Committee are committing to having a...


New Leverett Elementary principal cites positive vibe as first day nears
08-26-2024 3:53 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Every child should be able to thrive educationally, develop socially and emotionally and benefit from inclusive practices at Leverett Elementary School, according to the school’s new principal.For Siby Adina, who began her tenure in early...


Former counselor sues Amherst-Pelham school district, adding to complaints in wake of Title IX investigations
08-20-2024 7:10 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A federal lawsuit brought against the Amherst-Pelham Regional school district, as well as several current and former staff members, by a former middle school counselor contends that she and other counselors were targeted by colleagues and...


Guest columnist Gene Stamell: Undecided
08-16-2024 6:16 PM

By GENE STAMELL

 I’m an X-Large. I used to be 5-foot-9, I am now 5-foot-7 and I still wear an X-Large.It isn’t pretty, dear reader, but there will be no problem fitting me into a coffin or oven.I’m leaning toward the latter, but I’m still undecided.It is not unusual...


Shutesbury, Leverett among four towns looking to share fire resources
08-15-2024 2:52 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — Continued staffing challenges for small-town fire departments that depend on on-call and volunteer firefighters to respond to emergencies is prompting officials in Shutesbury, Leverett, Wendell and New Salem to examine ways to potentially...


New Leaf Energy nixes controversial battery storage project in Wendell
08-06-2024 7:07 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — A Lowell-based developer of renewable energy and energy storage projects has pulled the plug on a controversial facility proposed for 68 Wendell Depot Road, citing changes in the interconnection process and the state Legislature’s failure to...


Amherst may kick in $800K more for track project; will ask regional towns to contribute $411K
08-05-2024 2:09 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Another $800,000 in Community Preservation Act money is being recommended by Amherst officials so the $4.41 million plan to rebuild and reorient the Amherst Regional High School’s track and its interior field can proceed.While Amherst’s...


Sanctuary to the rescue: Jefferson’s Safe Haven in Leverett celebrates 3rd year by continuing to expand
08-02-2024 3:24 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — In the company of young donkey friends, miniature donkey Franklin has perked up, overcoming the grief of losing his life mate of 20 years.In a similar way, Rosie, another miniature donkey, who had once been left alone and without companions...


Georgiana Schmid: Thank you, Susan Wozniak
07-31-2024 6:49 PM

I would like to thank Gazette columnist Susan Wozniak for writing an honest column in the July 26 Gazette [“Familiar faces a comfort in the fog of time”]. She touched on some of the many experiences and issues of women who, for whatever reason, find...


A moment with ‘Dr. Xi,’ Amherst Regional’s new superintendent
07-26-2024 4:07 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — New Amherst, Pelham and Amherst Regional Schools Superintendent E. Xiomara Herman sees a student-centered approach to education, including leading with love, as bringing the school district stability following a period of tumult, caused in...

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