Reading, writing and no indoor plumbing: New book recounts history of Leverett s one-room schoolhouses
Children at Leverett Center School. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Children at Long Plain Schol in Leverett. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Children at Moore’s Corner School in Leverett. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Published: 3/3/2021 12:39:04 PM
LEVERETT Reflections from students who attended Leverett’s one-room schoolhouses, which often had no indoor plumbing and heat provided only by wood stoves, are included in a recently published book available for checkout through the Leverett Library.
“10-to-1, Interviews with Leverett Scholars Who Attended One-Room Schoolhouses” is a 319-page book printed by Off The Common Books/Levellers Press.
Amherst school officials pledge to have all students in class this fall
Amherst Regional High School
AMHERST After 11 months of entirely remote instruction, which for many students in the Amherst and Amherst-Pelham regional schools could extend through the remainder of the current school year, school leaders are pledging to have all students, teachers and staff back in classrooms this fall.
The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee, joined by the Amherst and Pelham school committees, adopted a resolution on Feb. 16 promising in-person instruction when schools reopen after the summer break, conditioned on input from local health officials.
The resolution states that as long as safety guidelines of local public health officials are fully adhered to, the schools “will provide full-time in-person learning for the full 2021-2022 school year for all students. The Superintendent will manage this plan and any shift back to remote learning based on a continuous assessment of healt
Lawsuit filed in fatal Leverett crash
CREATAS CREATAS
NORTHAMPTON A Belchertown woman injured in a motorcycle crash on Route 63 in Leverett that killed her life partner last April has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed in Hampshire Superior Court this month by Karen Mercier, personal representative of the estate of Kevin Douville, and seeks unspecified punitive damages from Mary Christine Nelson of Leverett, who was driving the car that collided with the motorcycle.
The lawsuit alleges wrongful death, conscious pain and suffering, and gross negligence against Nelson, contending that her actions while driving in the opposite direction on the state highway last April 25 led to the crash.
Permit process begins to extend waterline from Amherst to Leverett
Published: 2/19/2021 3:04:20 PM
AMHERST A project to extend a water main from Amherst into Leverett to provide drinking water to homes with wells contaminated by a former landfill is going through a permitting phase.
Before the work pegged at a cost of between $2.3 and $2.5 million and to be contracted out by the Department of Public Works begins, the Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting under the state Rivers Protection Act and the town’s Wetlands Protection Bylaw on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting comes after the DPW filed a notice of intent to install 9,500 linear feet of a 12-inch main beneath East Leverett Road in Amherst and both Cushman and Teawaddle Hills roads in Leverett, where the homes affected by a plume from the capped landfill are located. Assistant Town Manager David Ziomek said the notice of intent is a routine aspect of the initial permitting required for the project.
Permit process begins to extend waterline to Leverett
Published: 2/19/2021 10:12:22 AM
AMHERST A project to extend a water main from Amherst into Leverett to provide drinking water to homes with wells contaminated by a former landfill is going through a permitting phase.
Before the work pegged at a cost of between $2.3 and $2.5 million and to be contracted out by the Department of Public Works begins, the Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting under the state Rivers Protection Act and the town’s Wetlands Protection Bylaw Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting comes after the DPW filed a notice of intent to install 9,500 linear feet of a 12-inch main beneath East Leverett Road in Amherst and both Cushman and Teawaddle Hills roads in Leverett, where the homes affected by a plume from the capped landfill are located.