Leverett Board Of Health Unanimously Opposes Artificial Turf
The Leverett Board of Health voted unanimously at their March 20 meeting to recommend against...
Maria Kopicki
Athletic Fields Subject Of New Funding Requests In Public Works Budget
New capital requests in fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Public Works (DPW) are...
Leverett Community Preservation Committee Nixes Funds For Artificial Turf Field
Leverett Community Preservation Committee (CPC) voted unanimously on Wednesday, March 1, 2023 against the Regional...
Issues & Analyses: Improving The Regional Playing Fields: A Deeper Dive
There are sufficient grass playing fields at the Amherst-Pelham Regional middle and high schools to...
Opinion: Regional School District’s Inaction Speaks Louder Than Its Words
By Maria Kopicki In November 2022, Superintendent Morris wrote a letter to the Town Council...
School Building Project Value Engineering Continues; Initial Projection of Town’s Share is $58 Million
The Elementary School Building Committee (ESBC) continued to review value engineering measures to decrease costs...
School Building Committee Works To Minimize Higher Cost Estimates
Explaining that “the amount of (cost) escalation in the past six months outstripped the assumptions...
Fundraising Deadline Looms For High School Track And Field Project
Editor’s note: look here for an update on this meeting and a commentary. The Regional...
Opinion: Regional School Committee Shirks Fiscal Responsibility And Defies Boards Of Health
On Thursday, January 12, the Regional School Committee (RSC) met to determine whether the required...
Pelham Nixes Funds For Synthetic Turf
The Pelham Community Preservation Committee (CPC) voted against the requested funding for the Track and...
Issue & Analyses: There Is A Safe And More Affordable Alternative To Toxic Synthetic Turf
The following letter was sent to the Amherst Town Council on November 18, 2022 in...
Opinion: Minimize Financial Pain To Residents In Order To Maximize The Chance Of Success Of The School Building Project
How would you use the $23 million in savings (“reserves”) the town has built up?...