Hooker School News Today

HADLEY — Voters at Town Meeting this spring will get their say on the future of the historic Russell School building in the town center.The Community Preservation Committee voted 5-1 on March 27 to recommend that the town spend $1.25 million from the...

HADLEY — Voters at Town Meeting this spring will get their say on the future of the historic Russell School building in town center.The Community Preservation Committee on Monday voted 5-1 to recommend that the town spend $1.25 million from the CPA...

HADLEY — Hopkins Academy’s history, including yearbooks, senior class photographs, scrapbooks and newspaper articles, will be on public display when the Edward Hopkins Education Foundation holds an open house Saturday.The event will be the first of...

HADLEY — A comprehensive study that will detail the future use for the vacant Russell School building and the likely costs for its full-scale renovation will be completed before voters are asked to spend Community Preservation Act money on its...

(Updated) Less than four hours after drive-by gunfire locked down 10 city schools, police made arrests they believe are connected to the case. …

Certain educators are more unforgettable than others. Gym teachers seem to hold a special spot in the memories — or nightmares — of Seven Days...

HADLEY — Old Hopkins Academy yearbooks and senior class photos, weekly school newsletters dating to the 1940s and a nearly century-old toddler’s outfit are among items held by the Edward Hopkins Educational Foundation.But though the collection has...

Fate of Russell School holds up proposal to create Hadley historic district The old Hadley Athletic Field is behind the Russell School building. STAFF FILE PHOTO By SCOTT MERZBACH HADLEY — A proposal to create a small local historic district encompassing town and nonresidential buildings in Hadley center will not move forward until decisions are made on the future of the Russell School building. Even though Select Board members appeared supportive of the Historical Commission’s idea of esta...

Around Amherst: Boltwood garage getting gallery; poets getting spruced up By SCOTT MERZBACH AMHERST — Bringing new public art to the area of the Boltwood parking garage and restoring a downtown sculpture are projects being undertaken by the Amherst Public Art Commission this spring. Commission Chairman Bill Kaizen said the Boltwood Gallery is a project slated to open in late June on the upper level of the garage that will be situated at the defunct “Poem Windows” exhibit. More details ab...

HADLEY — Limited opportunities to hold fundraisers during the COVID-19 pandemic, including at its signature Celebration of Lights event that kicks off the holiday season, is causing the Edward Hopkins Educational Foundation to find a new way to bring...