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Opinion

Rural school aid focus of advocacy week in region

Rural school aid focus of advocacy week in region

Franklin County school districts and towns are participating in a week of rural school advocacy action to call for state support of rural schools that are struggling with insufficient state funding and declining enrollment.

by Erin-Leigh Hoffman March 6, 2026March 6, 2026

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Shardool Parmar: Solar project a win for Hadley

Guest columnist Jeannette Allard: Support our seniors โ€” vote โ€˜yesโ€™ for new center site

Sasha Goss: Purposeful intimidation

Shel Horowitz: Constitution is only dead if we kill it

Dr. Kate Clayton-Jones: Stay safe and walk like a penguin

Donnie Gallagher: Bad Bunny’s nice… not ICE!

Tom Goldscheider: Sojourner Truth correction

Sarah Bachrach: Scoop the poop

James Smethhurst: Democracy is not optional

Christopher Lucas: A $50K grant is not victory

Tim Anderson: Congressmen took stand for integrity

Alan Wylde: Master of melodrama

Sylvia Brandt and Jennifer Kaplan: Whose health care is next at Baystate?

Montserrat Archbald: Get ICE out of Massachusetts

Susan J. Tracy: Coping with authoritarianism

Joe Durham: Count Dracula belongs on Deerfield town seal

Morey Phippen and Brian Adams: Ministry of Truth?

Tony Fyden: Hadley Select Board makes mockery of transparency

David Gilbert Keith: Government or syndicate?

Charles J. Dudek: It can happen here

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Columnist Joanna Buoniconti: Some seasons are about rest

Columnist Joanna Buoniconti: Some seasons are about rest

by Joanna Buoniconti
Guest columnist Mariel E. Addis: We’re not in Kansas, Toto

Guest columnist Mariel E. Addis: We’re not in Kansas, Toto

by Mariel E. Addis

Guest columnist William Lambers: End war with Iran, prevent humanitarian crisis

by William Lambers
Guest columnist Ellie Cook: A Pedestrian’s Handbook

Guest columnist Ellie Cook: A Pedestrian’s Handbook

By ELLIE COOK
Guest columnist Brian Pearson: Fear versus fact โ€” Lake Warnerโ€™s restoration

Guest columnist Brian Pearson: Fear versus fact โ€” Lake Warnerโ€™s restoration

By BRIAN PEARSON
Columnist J.M. Sorrell: Solidarity and celebration

Columnist J.M. Sorrell: Solidarity and celebration

by JM Sorrell

Guest columnist Michael Alterman: Solar panels are not virtuous

By MICHAEL ALTERMAN
Guest columnist Richard W. Tracy: Plainfield church a resource worth saving

Guest columnist Richard W. Tracy: Plainfield church a resource worth saving

By RICHARD W. TRACY

Guest columnist Gary Midura: Words matter, especially when using the word ‘fascism’

By GARY MIDURA
Guest columnist Joseph Blumenthal: Speaking truth to power imperative

Guest columnist Joseph Blumenthal: Speaking truth to power imperative

by Joseph Blumenthal

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UMass hockey: Minutemen earn bye, home ice in Hockey East quarterfinals with 2-1 win over Boston College

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