1+ hour, 37+ min ago   (1032+ words) Trips to South America helped a pair of lifelong best friends from Northampton realize a love of learning Spanish. Now, they're turning that passion into an app to help other people learn the language and make connections. Reed Young and…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1107+ words) As Rhodes concludes his tenure on the Amherst and Amherst-Pelham Regional school committees, after serving seven years on the panels in two separate stints, he observes that he always centered his decisions on the needs of students " even as he…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (702+ words) As a continuing fallout from the charter objections used last month to postpone votes on more than $11.5 million in financial orders for three renewable-energy projects at city schools, Northampton officials missed the Dec. 31 tax-credit deadline for getting a contract in…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (635+ words) NORTHAMPTON " A junior at the University of Massachusetts who contends he is facing a yearlong suspension from campus related to his leadership of Students for Justice in Palestine protests is bringing a lawsuit to Hampshire Superior Court. Kivlighan de Montebello,…...

1+ week, 59+ min ago   (1140+ words) AMHERST " With her family's move from Texas to Belchertown in 2025, Corey Shindler's children, a fifth grader and a second grader, choiced into Pelham Elementary School. Calling it to the "best school my kids have ever been to," Shindler said there…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (934+ words) WESTHAMPTON "A recently completed internal financial review of the Hampshire Regional School District budget has unraveled a slew of accounting errors in the district going back several years. Superintendent Vito Perrone says the decision by the district's member towns to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1004+ words) SOUTH HADLEY " Over the past four years, South Hadley High School's wrestling program has been rebuilt "from the ground up," so much so that the team has gone from nearly nonexistent to a 14-1 overall record. But with the town facing…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (399+ words) AMHERST " Talib Sadiq will be stepping down as principal at Amherst Regional High School at the end of June after leading the school for the past five years, according to a message sent to families this week. "After much reflection,…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (432+ words) Starting next school year, students across the state will have the chance to virtually attend classes at Frontier Regional School in South Deerfield, Hopkins Academy in Hadley and 10 other public high schools stretching as far east as Boston. Campus Without…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (562+ words) HADLEY " A Route 9 building that has been home to The Massage School, offering a curriculum for those pursuing careers as licensed massage therapists, was destroyed in a fire late Saturday night. On Saturday around 9 p.m., Hadley firefighters responded to the 3,600-square-foot…...