The Easthampton School Committee has again rejected the district's top pick for superintendent who wrote "ladies" in an email, as the school board moved toward hiring an interim superintendent following a disaster of a search process.
A Massachusetts superintendent candidate said that his offer was rescinded after he addressed two women on the school's committee as "ladies," which he said they perceived as a "microaggression."
EASTHAMPTON The School Committee will interview three superintendent candidates in March to succeed Allison LeClair, who will retire in June.The finalists are Jonathan Bruno, director of learning and teaching at Berkshire Hills Regional School.
GREENFIELD Nearly 100 coats were distributed to individuals in need on Thursday, thanks to a partnership between the Greenfield Police Department and the nonprofit Pedal Thru Youth.According to Deputy Chief William Gordon, the coats were distributed.
ValleyBike short-term rentals open in West Springfield; station added in Easthampton
Updated Apr 23, 2021;
Posted Apr 23, 2021
ValleyBike Share has expanded into West Springfield with two stations, one shown here on April 23, 2021 at the West Springfield Public Library on Park Street and one on Memorial Avenue. (Jim Kinney/The Republican)
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WEST SPRINGFIELD ValleyBike, the Pioneer Valley’s short-term bike rental program, opened in West Springfield this week with two stations.
The stations are two of 20 new stations ValleyBike plans to add across its expanding network this year with a $1.1 million state and federal transportation grant, said Wayne Feiden, an administrator of ValleyBike in his role as director of planning and sustainability in Northampton.