$1.9 million override in the offing
February 5, 2010
Ballot language for a $1.9 million Proposition 2½ tax-cap override, which would allow Amherst to preserve many municipal services and keep intact core programs at its schools and libraries, will be determined next week.
Metaphorical maelstrom swirls at budget forum
February 5, 2010
The Amherst regional schools should be a "knitted whole" and not a "vending machine," and educators should look at students as "a fire to be kindled" and not a "bucket to be filled." There were lots of metaphors at a public hearing on the school budget Tuesday, as spectators overflowed the room and spilled out into the hallway at the School Committee's first meeting to be televised live.
Firefighters, Amherst ink new contract
February 5, 2010
Town officials and the union representing the firefighters have a tentative agreement on a new contract, more than two years after the current contract expired.
Pelham firefighters: 'Town disrespects us'
February 5, 2010
PELHAM - A division between the Fire Department and town officials emerged here this week, after firefighters threatened to quit their jobs over an alleged lack of respect shown to their department.
Deal inked for Patterson land, the would-be economic engine for town
February 5, 2010
Nearly 60 acres of land in North Amherst that could be the future site of a large corporate research and development facility is now under the town's control.
O'Connor throws hat in election ring
February 5, 2010
A vocal critic of the closing of Mark's Meadow School and the subsequent redistricting of elementary school students is running for a seat on the School Committee.
Official: College students essential to census
February 5, 2010
College and graduate school students have historically been a hard group for census workers to count - and Massachusetts is home to a lot of them.
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