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By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — Signaling the potential for more change in the transportation and energy sectors, Senate President Karen Spilka revealed Monday that the Senate plans to tackle a major climate bill before formal sessions come to a close in just over three...
By GREG VINE
ATHOL – Saturday’s morning rain did little to dampen the enthusiasm of those who attended the third annual Spelman College Founders Day at Silver Lake Cemetery to honor Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles.According to the college’s web site, the...
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON – Moderate-income white students could gain the most under a proposal that top Senate Democrats are weighing to make community college free for all Massachusetts residents, according to a report, which urges lawmakers to make adjustments with...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College saw a 13% increase in enrollment this semester, marking the college’s second consecutive semester of enrollment growth after a more than 10-year decline.By the end of 2023, 150 more students enrolled in the...
By CHRIS LARABEE
GREENFIELD – At the Joint Committee on Ways and Means’ fiscal year 2025 state budget hearing, held Friday at Greenfield Community College, the focus was on statewide education and local aid.At the regional level, though, legislators, school officials...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
NORTHAMPTON — A continued challenge for some prospective students and their families in accessing federal financial aid applications, and a corresponding delay in relaying the information from these forms to colleges and universities, is raising...
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — Four women representing western Massachusetts in the state Legislature visited Greenfield Community College on Monday for a panel discussion about health care with second-year nursing students.State Sen. Jo Comerford was joined by state...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — Heartbreak struck the UMass men’s basketball team for the second time in three games on Tuesday night at the Mullins Center.Clinging to a one-point lead with 12.5 seconds left after Rahsool Diggins’ acrobatic layup put the Minutemen ahead,...
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — “Keep your eyes peeled,” for free community college funding in the Senate’s version of the fiscal year 2025 budget, Senate President Karen Spilka said Wednesday.Making community college free for every Massachusetts resident could cost the...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HOLYOKE — At Holyoke Community College this fall, 3,706 students are enrolled and receiving credits for classes they are taking. That’s a 4.4% increase over the 3,550 students at the college in the fall of 2022.The jump in enrollment mirrors what is...
By MAX BOWEN
NORTHFIELD — In an effort to meet increasing demand, officials at Thomas Aquinas College are planning an expansion of the freshman class next fall.According to an announcement from the private, four-year college, increasing the size of the freshman...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
More than 100 scholars from the region’s Five Colleges have signed onto a letter sent to the New England’s 12 U.S. senators demanding a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, the peaceful release of Israeli hostages and arbitrarily detained...
By HANNAH BEVIS
There’s a lot going right for the UMass men’s ice hockey team in the first half of the season. The Minutemen (9-3-1) currently sit No. 10 in both the USCHO and USA Hockey/The Rink national polls, and are riding a three-game win streak going into...
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — There are significant gaps in the expectations parents have for their children’s futures after high school, divided sharply by race and income demographics, according to poll results released earlier this month.The statewide poll of...
By HANNAH BEVIS
UMass hockey head coach Greg Carvel has often talked about how this year’s team feels special so far this season. Last weekend’s series wasn’t the first time they showed it, but it was an exclamation point of a series sweep that showed the rest of the...
By DOMENIC POLI
Experts say that if you encounter a bear it is important to immediately make yourself look big, talk very calmly and slowly back away.But after that, if you saw the carnivoran mammal in Massachusetts, you can go to bit.ly/3raabc8 to report the...
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — When Suleidy De La Cruz first came to Northampton as a college student, it’s safe to say it was a bit of an adjustment.Originally from the Dominican Republic, De La Cruz moved to New York City and attended community college in the Bronx...
By Greg Vine
ATHOL — With a number of faculty additions and a new English Literacy Acquisition program, Athol Royalston Regional School District Superintendent Matt Ehrenworth he’s excited heading into the new school year.Ehrenworth said the school year will have...
By HANNAH BEVIS
As the UMass football team gets closer to its first game against New Mexico State on Aug. 26, the team is looking sharper in practice. It is still practice, after all, and it’s hard to know how the Minutemen will shape up against any of their...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
Michael Hixon waggled his feet sitting on a LeFrak Gymnasium locker room bench.The Amherst College men’s basketball team sat around the toddler, feet on the floor, heads down. Some covered their faces with towels.“Dad, what’s the matter?” Michael...
By KYLE GRABOWSKI
AMHERST — The Commonwealth invoked John Calipari when the news came out Friday morning.UMass’ alumni team will no longer face The Rhody Way, a group of Rhode Island alums, in the first round of The Basketball Tournament after Rhody withdrew “due to...
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