Community college consolidation proposal questioned

GREENFIELD - Gov. Deval Patrick's proposal for centralizing the state's community college administration is causing some concern among local officials.

Amherst College artist, ESPN team up on drawings for Heisman show

AMHERST - Now here are some unusual teammates.

The sports network ESPN recently hired an Amherst College artist to create drawings of 30 college football players as part of its production of the 77th Heisman trophy presentation earlier this month.

Hampshire College seeks socially responsible investing

AMHERST - Hampshire College is about to adopt what it claims is one of the most comprehensive policies on socially responsible investing in the country.

The college released a draft of its Policy on Environmental, Social and Governance Investing last week and is taking comment from the college community through Tuesday.