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Despite Calls for Unity, Battle Lines Being Drawn over School Budgets

Report on the Meeting of the Budget Coordination Group, November 10, 2026. This meeting was held over Zoom and was recorded. Sean Mangano (finance director), Paul Bockelman (town manager), Mandi Jo Hanneke (town council president, at large), Lynn Griesemer (town Councilor, District 2), Sarah Marshall and Laura Jane Hunter (Amherst School Committee), Shannon Bernacchia (school finance director), Anna Heard (Shutesbury representative, Regional School Committee), and Sharon Sharry library director)

Amherst, MA · 19h

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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 · 22h

The Gardner News

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Gardner athletic director resigns. What we know | Exclusive

(This story has been updated with new information.) Gardner district athletic director Dan Forte has resigned unexpectedly from his position. Gardner High principal Michael Bartkus sent communication of Forte's resignation directly to families of Gardner students, which was then posted in a Gardner community Facebook group by a recipient of the email, but no further information on the situation was provided and the post has since been removed. Gardner superintendent Mark Pellegrino did not have any further statement when contacted via email by The Gardner News. Forte confirmed his resignation but did not provide any additional comments. Forte served as interim athletic director for Gardner for the 2017-18 winter and spring seasons before stepping into the role full-time for the following academic year. He began coaching the Gardner varsity boys soccer team in 2017 and has held that role since, bringing the team to back-to-back Final Four appearances in 2022 and 2023. Forte was also named the 2021 recipient of the Theodore "Ted" Damko Award by the MA Association of Athletic Directors, which is named for the late Leominster High athletic director. The award recognizes an athletic administrator for their contributions to their school and community within their first five

Gardner, MA · 2d

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Walpole football pours it on Westfield, 48-18

On a warm, rainy night, the 5th seeded Walpole Timberwolves’ football team (6-2) soaked the 12th seeded Westfield Bombers (6-2) at John Turco Stadium on Friday November 6, 2026 by a final score of 48-18 in the first round of the division 4 playoffs. Senior captain Mason Falcone shredded...

Walpole, MA · 18h

The Cool Down

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Massachusetts residents can get community college tuition and fees covered, plus help with books

The age restriction ended in 2024, when Healey and the Legislature expanded the statewide program.

Massachusetts · 3d

Cape Cod Times

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St. John Paul II boys soccer comes from behind to reach D5 Elite Eight

The St. John Paul II boys soccer team is headed back to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 5 Elite Eight. The fourth-seeded Lions (14-4-3) battled to a 3-1 victory over 13th-seeded Roxbury Prep on Wednesday. Roxbury Prep took the lead against the run of play before Elie Youssef leveled the match with a scrappy extra-effort play in the box. Max DePaula, who would score on either side of the break, then gave St. John Paul II a 2-1 lead. DePaula made it a two-goal advantage for St. John Paul II with 25 minutes remaining after he was first to Quinn Dillon's knockdown header off a corner kick. Despite falling behind early, St. John Paul II maintained control of the match and had a plethora of chances to further add to the lead through target man Eli Bassil and DePaula but the two were held at bay. St. John Paul II will host the winner of No. 5 Brighton and No. 12 Nashoba Valley, who play on Thursday. The game date and time are to be determined. In other high school sports: Boys Soccer Div. 3, Round of 16 – No. 8 Nantucket 3, No. 9 Fairhaven 1: The Whalers

Massachusetts · 1d

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Worcester State, UMass Dartmouth to Launch Paid Student Co-ops With Massachusetts Grants

WORCESTER, Mass. — Worcester State University and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will develop new paid cooperative education programs aimed at connecting students with employers in health care, biotechnology, early childhood education and other fields under a $60,000 state grant initiative announced Friday. Gov. Maura Healey’s administration announced the...

Worcester, MA · 1d

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MSBA: No Stearns in Proposed West Pittsfield School

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Stearns may not be part of the proposed consolidated West Side elementary school after all. During the School Building Needs Commission meeting on Monday, the owner's project managers, Skanska, reported that the Massachusetts School Building Authority would not fund a three-school project. Stearns Elementary School had...

Pittsfield, MA · 2d

CT Insider

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A look at Connecticut high school football's eight remaining unbeaten teams in CIAC play

Eight CIAC football teams remain unbeaten in 2026. Here's a look at their wins, top players and what's ahead.

Connecticut · 1d

Connecticut Mirror

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A new president for UConn might be worse than Ritter

Experience in higher education management isn't much of a virtue these days what with the recent financial and sexual misconduct scandals at the CSCU system.

Storrs, CT · 8h

CT Insider

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Once Pop Warner teammates, Connecticut high school QBs are rewriting their school record books

Maloney’s Eli Showerda and Platt’s Austen Standish are rewriting their schools’ record books.

Meriden, CT · 1d

WTNH

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Head of Suffield Academy resigns amid IRS investigation

SUFFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — The head of Suffield Academy resigned amid an ongoing Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation, according to a letter sent out on Sunday. The private boarding and day school confirmed Sunday that former Head of School Charlie Cahn was being investigated by the IRS, but that the school was unaware of the […]

Suffield, CT · 3d

UC Daily Campus

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Horsebarn Hill student staff to be cut, replaced by professional staff

The University of Connecticut’s Horsebarn Hill Equine unit will transition to a “professional staffing model,” eliminating almost a dozen student worker positions, according to a statement from UConn Spokesperson Stephine Reitz. The 11-animal care technician student workers will be replaced by two professional full-time employees at the...

Storrs, CT · 3d

CT Insider

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'Hungry to win.' Simsbury football has been the turnaround story of 2026

The Simsbury Trojans went 1-9 last year. This season they're 7-1 with a senior-laden group and new head coach.

Simsbury, CT · 2d

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Local Volleyball Standouts Head to Hall of Fame All-Star Game

HOLYOKE, Mass. -- Eight high school volleyball players from Berkshire County have been selected to play in the International Volleyball Hall of Fame's All-Star Games on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Holyoke Community College. The event begins with the all-Western Mass Second Team All-Star Game at 6 p.m., followed by the...

Holyoke, MA · 4d

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Springfield schools expand Super Saturdays and Sundays Forum series

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - Springfield Superintendent Dr. Sonia Dinnall is expanding the Super Saturdays and Sundays Forum series for the school year. Families can ask questions, share ideas, and learn more about the district’s initiatives during the forums. The forums will be held through June at schools across the...

Springfield, MA · 3d

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Amherst Girls XC Win Fifth Consecutive Western Mass Title

The Amherst Regional High School Girls Cross Country team won their fifth consecutive Western Massachusetts Class A Title on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Westfield’s Stanley Park with a dominant performance. Tight pack running, with the top five runners finishing within a 56-second spread, helped the Hurricanes edge second-place Northampton 29 to 37 points. West Springfield High School was a distant third with 102 points. Amherst placed all seven of its runners in the top 17. It was the team’s 30th Western Mass Championship in the last 37 years (with no championship meet in 2020 due to the pandemic).

Amherst, MA · 2d

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Simsbury, Granby/Canton, Mills/OTWS have playoff berths in sight

With two weeks left in the regular season, all five of the high school football teams are still alive in their hunt for a CIAC football playoff berth. Simsbury (7-1), Granby/Canton (6-2) and Lewis Mills/Wolcott Tech (6-2) are in the best position with two victories in their final two games probably enough to secure them a playoff berth.

Simsbury, CT · 5d