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By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — The School Committee could approve a contract with a new superintendent Friday if negotiations with finalist Erica Faginski-Stark are fruitful.The committee expects to begin the remote meeting at 4 p.m. in open session, followed by a...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Luke Giguere nearly stopped swimming before his junior season at Belchertown.“I didn’t really like it anymore,” the junior said. “I was doing it so much the past six years, every day for the past two years almost.”Both he and the Orioles are glad he...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
The ingredients for Hampshire Regional’s baseball success simmered for the perfect amount of time. Behind three seniors and a strong junior class, the Raiders are off to their best start since 2015, when they began 6-0 and went all the way to the...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — A Needham developer’s $30.4 million pitch to transform the city’s three former elementary schools into 61 units of mixed-income housing and preserving Pepin Gym and auditorium for community use has emerged as the favorite reuse plan for...
Staff Reports
Tyler Feeney accounted for four points with two goals and two assists, as the Amherst Regional boys ultimate team defeated Northampton 14-6 at Kiwanis Field in Amherst on Tuesday.The Hurricanes, No. 2 in Ultiworld’s high school power rankings, traded...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — Following a particularly contentious discussion before a virtual audience of nearly 1,000 people Monday night, the School Committee agreed not to reenter into negotiations with superintendent finalist Vito Perrone and instead selected...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
HADLEY – Hampshire Regional capitalized on two big spots in the first inning to power past the Hopkins Academy baseball team 8-0 Monday.With two batters on and two outs, Jack Boyle laced a double to center field that brought around both runners.“You...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST – Very few members of the Amherst Regional boys tennis team created the burden of expectations the Hurricanes carry, but they’re all happy to shoulder it.Amherst has won two Western Massachusetts championships in a row and graduated six of its...
By HANNAH BEVIS
EASTHAMPTON — Just a couple of months ago, Lauren Morse was making history with the girls basketball team, sinking her 1,000th point in front of a packed home crowd. On a chilly Friday afternoon, she added her name to the history books again with her...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
For a moment, Edward Przybyla felt weightless.He threw himself completely into the ski turn and levitated in free fall. Every previous time gravity took over and forced him angrily back to the snow. Coaches in his weekend program wanted him to try the...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — A week after the School Committee’s decision to rescind a job offer to superintendent finalist Vito Perrone because he used the salutation “Ladies” in an email, Chairperson Cynthia Kwiecinski spoke out for the first time on Thursday,...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — The city has adjusted its Zoom subscription to accommodate the hundreds of people who are looking to attend the city’s School Committee meeting at which it will discuss its superintendent search. That meeting is now scheduled for Monday...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — One of the two women whom superintendent finalist Vito Perrone addressed as “ladies” in an email last week is seeking to distance herself from mudslinging that has erupted after the news broke last weekend.“I want to be clear, I am a...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — A School Committee meeting Tuesday night to discuss the search for a new superintendent of schools went off the rails and was canceled after hundreds of people attempted to sign into the Zoom session and were cut off when the meeting hit...
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — Noting that he had a unique skill set that the city’s schools need in a new leader, or what one member called that “special sauce,” the School Committee voted to hire Vito Perrone as the district’s new superintendent in the wee hours of...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Colin Quinn summoned everything within to try and extend his basketball career at South Hadley.The Tigers trailed eventual MIAA Division 4 state champion Springfield International by 10 points entering the fourth quarter of their Sweet 16 matchup....
By EMILY THURLOW
EASTHAMPTON — The outpouring of support for superintendent finalist Vito Perrone has solidified the former high school principal’s desire to take the reins at the district schools, more than four days after he said the School Committee rescinded the...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Sarah Fardal’s first run of the alpine ski season felt slow.“Eh, whatever,” she approached it initially.Making it down the Berkshire East race course in one piece felt like a worthy enough achievement for the PVCICS sophomore. She’d missed most of the...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
A special waiver allowed Lucy Smith to join the Amherst Regional high school swim team as a seventh grader.The Hurricanes couldn’t have fielded the squad without adding middle schoolers for the 2017-18 season.“It was definitely a little intimidating....
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
SOUTH DEERFIELD — Easthampton just needed some time to warm up.The Eagles softball trailed Frontier Regional by two runs after three innings during Friday’s season opener. Cloudy skies and temperatures in the 40s necessitated jackets.Then Lauren Morse...
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