AMHERST — Morning Movement and Mentoring, a program in its fourth year of engaging almost 100 seventh through ninth graders with before-school sports activities, is receiving statewide acclaim. The Massachusetts Municipal Association in January awarded the program, founded informally by paraeducator Seiha Krouch and the Amherst Regional Public Schools Family Center, with its 2026 Kenneth E. Pickard Municipal Innovation Award […]
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Scott Merzbach is a reporter covering local government and school news in Amherst and Hadley, as well as Hatfield, Leverett, Pelham and Shutesbury. He can be reached at smerzbach@gazettenet.com or 413-585-5253.
