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Northampton fights opioid deaths with new Narcan initiative
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Northampton is adding to its fight against opioid deaths by connecting more people in the community with lifesaving overdose medication. On Thursday, the Naloxbox initiative expanded to more city spaces. Health Commissioner Merideth O’Leary told us, “In 2019, the city of Northampton took the initiative to...
Lynn Clark Lied About Sending 99 Threats To Candidate: Feds
Lynn Clark, 53, of Belchertown, was sentenced to a year of probation and a $1,000 fine on Tuesday, April 30, after pleading guilty to two counts of making false statements in January, the US Attorney for Massachusetts said. Clark had been head of the Chicopee School District when she made...
‘Pervasive antisemitic climate for Jewish students’: ADL files complaint against UMass-Amherst
The University of Massachusetts-Amherst has failed to address a “hostile antisemitic environment” against Jewish students on its campus, according to a federal complaint filed this week by the Anti-Defamation League.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators leave UCLA buildings vandalized, covered in trash
Royce Hall and Powell Library on the campus of UCLA were left covered in graffiti with profanities spray pained on the walls and trash left in the hallways after police broke up an encampment on campus Thursday morning. Annie Rose Ramos reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on May 2, 2024.
Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers — we’re all reading teachers now
I’m in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading.Literacy is a foundational skill for learning new content and as an upper elementary science teacher, my soon-to-be middle schoolers have ideally made the vital transition from “learning to read” to “reading to learn.” But pandemic-era school closures drastically cut into learning time, and literacy skills have been slow to recover.Imagine — and if you’re a science teacher, you won’t have to — trying to get through a lesson on the water...
Amherst Survivor: Cross-Campus Competition
“Turn 90 degrees to the right. Keep going!” Tom Ye ’25 shouted. Four people walked around the First Year Quad blindfolded, giggling. It was the first challenge of Amherst Survivor, an Association of Amherst Students (AAS) initiative inspired by the reality television show Survivor. Surprisingly, the idea for...
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