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For the Young at Heart

Max Page with UMass Ed Prof and podcaster of “Have you Heard” Jack Schneider on the new proposed high school graduation requirements. MCAS 2.0? Didn’t we recently vote on this?. Y@H — Young at Heart Founder and Director Bob Cilman with chorus members Eddy Ramos, Carlie Tartakov...

Granby, MA · 1d

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Nor’easter brings rain and snow to western Massachusetts

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - A nor'easter is expected to bring a cold, soggy mix of rain and snow to western Massachusetts. The 22News Storm Team is tracking the storm as it moves into the region Thursday, bringing widespread rain during the day before colder air arrives overnight. Rain is expected to mix with and change to snow in parts of Franklin County, Berkshire County and the western hills of Hampden and Hampshire counties after 9 p.m.

Franklin County, MA · 2d

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12 Massachusetts Petting Zoos Worth Visiting With The Family Around Thanksgiving

A coin, a feed dispenser, and a hungry cow are the only tools you need at one Massachusetts dairy farm. That same farm milks its cows with robots. I did not know robots and barnyards could share a zip code. The surprises keep stacking up. One island farm lets you...

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Amherst Black Reparations Committee Elects Shabazz and Cage as Co-Chairs

Report on the meeting of the Amherst Black Reparations Committee, Nov. 12, 2026. This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. Committee members: Monica Cage, Sarah Crary, Andrew Grant-Thomas, Kelly Norris, Raphael Rogers, and Amilcar Shabazz. Staff: Paul Bockelman (town manager) and Philip Avila (assistant director of diversity, equity, and inclusion). Also present: Michele Miller (former co-chair, African Heritage Reparation Assembly)

Amherst, MA · 1d

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Mount Holyoke Adds Nine Women to Its Faculty

Mount Holyoke College, the selective liberal arts educational institution for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts, has announced the addition of nine women to its faculty. is the Debra Martin Chase Assistant Professor of Film Media Theater. Her research is focused on the United States and its limited cultural memory of World War I. She examines how performances helped Americans remember, reinterpret, and sometimes forget the war. Dr. Fanton is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine, where she majored in drama. She holds a master’s degree in theater from California State University, Northridge and a Ph.D. in theater, dance, and performance studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

South Hadley, MA · 2d

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Town Will Realize Nearly $5 Million in Benefits from New School’s Sustainability Features

Report on the Meeting of the Elementary School Building Committee, Nov. 13, 2026. The Elementary School Building Committee’s (ESBC) most recent monthly meeting took place on Nov. 13, 2026, over Zoom and was recorded. Construction Update. Connor Palazzo from Accenture (Owner’s Project Manager) reported that the paving (roadway and...

Amherst, MA · 1d

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Click to see results from across the state on Nov. 12

Check out the reported scores from across the state on Thursday.

Springfield, MA · 1d

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South Hadley approves eight of 11 articles at Special Town Meeting

SOUTH HADLEY — The Nov. 9 special Town Meeting saw voting members gather at South Hadley High School, where the approved 8 out of 11 articles on the warrant. For Article 1, South Hadley Town Meeting members approved hearing a report from the Master Plan Implementation Committee. Town Meeting...

South Hadley, MA · 2d

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Some voters in a Massachusetts city rejected a new school, but the city faces $1.87 million a year

Some site and project expenses fall outside the state's reimbursement rules.

Greenfield, MA · 1d

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Parents criticize Chicopee schools for withholding information on safety questions

CHICOPEE — Parents of Chicopee elementary school students are frustrated by the district’s response to reporting this week about alleged incidents. The Republican reported Thursday that two former Fairview Elementary School staff members and a parent of a child who now attends the school said the school administration and district mishandled a report that the child was struck by a teacher’s aide. They also said older student attending a different program pulled a knife on staff members and later threatened a mass shooting.

Chicopee, MA · 1d

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UMass falls to Western Michigan 2-0 in MAC championship game

The Massachusetts women’s soccer team made its first appearance in the Mid-American Conference championship game Friday, falling 2-0 to top-seeded Western Michigan. “I think we started a little too…safe and a little too protected and didn’t keep the ball well enough,” head coach Jason Dowiak said. “But I think we competed the whole game and battled the whole game.”

Amherst, MA · 1d

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Senior Discount Filing Deadline Extended

The City of Westfield Department of Public Works announces an update to the Senior Discount Policy deadlines. The previous policy stated that the application deadline for submitting the Senior Circuit Breaker Tax Credit paperwork to qualify for Senior Discount was June 30th of each year. The deadline has been extended to December 31st of each year. The Policy reads as follows:

Westfield, MA · 2d

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Servistar files Land Court appeal of denial of permit extension

WESTFIELD — Attorney Seth N. Stratton of Fitzgerald Law in East Longmeadow filed a complaint in the Hampden Land Court on Nov. 4 on behalf of Servistar Realities LLC against the members of the Westfield Planning Board, who were named in the complaint. Stratton said an appeal to the...

Westfield, MA · 1d

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Western Massachusetts farmers honored with more than $275K in grants

More than 100 farmers from across western Massachusetts were recognized Thursday afternoon during an annual appreciation event at Smith College in Northampton, where more than $275,000 in grants was awarded to support local agriculture.

Northampton, MA · 1d

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Northampton City Council unanimously approves one-year moratorium on data centers

NORHTAMPTON — The City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on data centers, giving its newly formed Data Center Select Committee a window to study the impacts of commercial data centers. The decision will now help the committee define the different types of data centers and recommend regulations to...

Northampton, MA · 1d

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Watery war of words: Springfield leaders take umbrage at measure reshaping water commission

-- If you live in lower, central Hampden County, chances are your water comes by way of Springfield. Or rather - for the most part - reservoirs outside the city. It’s also largely treated outside the city as well, but much of that infrastructure, which stretches from Blandford to Ludlow, is thanks to moves made by Springfield almost 200 years ago.

Springfield, MA · 1d

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10 Massachusetts Indoor Activities That Make A Cozy Thanksgiving Weekend

Thousands of tropical butterflies flutter around a greenhouse in Massachusetts, kept at a steady 80 degrees all year. In late November. While the rest of us dig out our winter hats. That detail sold me on the idea of an indoor holiday weekend. Then I learned about a used bookstore...

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Northampton Book Fair to return to Center for the Arts

NORTHAMPTON — The Northampton Antiquarian Book, Ephemera and Book Arts Fair returns this month for its 10th year as a hub for book lovers from all over. Forty rare booksellers, paper Americana specialists, literary presses and book artists, including hand bookbinders and fine letterpress printers from New England and the mid-Atlantic states, will convene in Northampton to exhibit, sell and connect with each other and the public. The popular two-day fair will take place on Friday, Nov. 20, from 5-8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley St.

Northampton, MA · 1d

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Chicopee parent worries about autistic son’s progress after teacher change

CHICOPEE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Tascha Bouchard says her first-grade son, who is autistic and nonverbal and attends Fairview Elementary in Chicopee, has been resisting going to school. Bouchard added she has gone to work late to help her son get on the bus. She said that is not like him...

Chicopee, MA · 1d

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Riverside Industries Appoints Markus Jones as President and CEO

EASTHAMPTON — Riverside Industries Inc. (RSI) announced that Markus Jones has been appointed by its board of directors to serve as its next president and CEO, effective immediately. He previously served as the organization’s interim president and CEO beginning March 1. Prior to that appointment, he held the position...

Easthampton, MA · 1d