Shutesbury News

Saturday is the day. No one could possibly visit all the fairs and flea markets that are scheduled.

An ice cream social is planned for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Shutesbury Town Hall. However, enjoying ice cream is not the purpose of the gathering.

This Saturday evening, Gwyn Peterdi will be leading a Thanksgiving-themed dance circle in Shutesbury MA.

This rural town 88 miles west of Boston has no traffic lights and no businesses, but it does have this - voters who turn out for elections at a higher rate than anywhere else in the state.

Saturday, November 14, at 7:00 p.m. Wordplay, a monthly reading series co-sponsored by Inkberry and Papyri Books , 45 Eagle Street, will present poets Janet MacFadyen, Susan Middleton, Susie Patlove, and Paula Sayword, who will read from their work.

The creation of a regional elementary school district makes little financial sense for the towns of Amherst, Leverett, Pelham and Shutesbury, according to a new report.

The creation of a regional school district makes little financial sense for the towns of Amherst, Leverett, Pelham and Shutesbury, according to a report issued by the panel charged with studying the matter.

You can join in on a traditional Native American dance, listen to songs and chants or bite into a buffalo burger this weekend when the 21st annual Intertribal Powwow comes to Haverhill.

Solar panels could be installed behind Town Hall at little or no cost to taxpayers, saving $950 a year in electricity expenses for the building, according to town officials.

Change is the order of the day in the Amherst school system this fall, with the biggest being the unprecedented reduction in staff positions and the arrival of an energetic new superintendent.

The new superintendent, Dr. Alberto Rodriquez, began the school year on July 1; Amherst-Regional Regional Schools, Amherst Public Schools and Pelham Public School.

Change is the order of the day in the Amherst school system this fall, with the biggest being the unprecedented reduction in staff positions and the arrival of an energetic new superintendent.

It's a deceptively simple question: Should the Amherst Regional public schools' sixth-graders be in middle school? The new superintendent, Alberto Rodriguez, says yes.

A second provocative report from Alberto Rodriguez, the new superintendent of schools, in his first month on the job shows that he's serious about being a "change agent." First, he brought in an outside educator to probe the school system for 10 days, culminating in a blunt report on its shortcomings.

A second provocative report from Alberto Rodriguez, the new superintendent of schools, in his first month on the job shows that he's serious about being a "change agent." First, he brought in an outside educator to probe the school system for 10 days, culminating in a blunt report on its shortcomings.

Libraries, schools and clubs in four towns want to promote a spirit of community this fall by getting more than 1,000 people to read and discuss the same book.

Campers Ben Dragon, 12, Shutesbury, center, and Ariq Welch, 12, of Amherst, on the "Wild Woozie" station of the ropes course at the University of Massachusetts and Amherst Police Youth Adventure Academy.

A local teen was thrown from her horse and injured during a riding lesson on Tuesday night.

Gov. Deval L. Patrick announces a Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency program on Tuesday that makes the American dream easier for first-time home buyers.

The following item was recorded in the log of the Newburyport police: Caitlin McGarigal, 20, 379 Leverett Road, Shutesbury, was issued a summons Monday at 6:06 p.m. on charges of shoplifting by concealing merchandise.