Opinion: Honoring Battles Hard Won By Securing A Solid Building Project
I have cast my vote in favor of the debt exclusion override for the elementary...
Maria Kopicki
Shutesbury Board Of Health Recommends Against Installation Of Artificial Turf
Shutesbury Board of Health voted unanimously on Wednesday April 19, to recommend against the installation...
School District Withdraws Application For Shutesbury CPA Funds For Track And Field
Matteo Pangallo, Chair of the Shutesbury Community Preservation Committee (CPC), reported this week that the...
Letter: Appreciating Amherst’s COVID Remembrance Gathering
By Maria Kopicki Nearly a hundred people attended the COVID Remembrance Interfaith gathering last Sunday...
Leverett Board Of Health Unanimously Opposes Artificial Turf
The Leverett Board of Health voted unanimously at their March 20 meeting to recommend against...
Athletic Fields Subject Of New Funding Requests In Public Works Budget
New capital requests in fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Public Works (DPW) are...
Leverett Community Preservation Committee Nixes Funds For Artificial Turf Field
Leverett Community Preservation Committee (CPC) voted unanimously on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 against the Regional...
Issues & Analyses: Improving The Regional Playing Fields: A Deeper Dive
There are sufficient grass playing fields at the Amherst-Pelham Regional middle and high schools to...
Opinion: Regional School District’s Inaction Speaks Louder Than Its Words
By Maria Kopicki In November 2022, Superintendent Morris wrote a letter to the Town Council...
School Building Project Value Engineering Continues; Initial Projection of Town’s Share is $58 Million
The Elementary School Building Committee (ESBC) continued to review value engineering measures to decrease costs...
School Building Committee Works To Minimize Higher Cost Estimates
Explaining that “the amount of (cost) escalation in the past six months outstripped the assumptions...
Fundraising Deadline Looms For High School Track And Field Project
Editor’s note: look here for an update on this meeting and a commentary. The Regional...