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SOUTHAMPTON — The night after voters rejected a proposed $718,467 override, most of which would have gone toward William E. Norris School, the School Committee met to discuss its staffing plan for the next academic year.Though the committee met at a...

SOUTHAMPTON — Voters will decide whether to support a $718,467 override to stave off school and town budget cuts when they head to Town Meeting on Saturday.The Proposition 2½ override is part of a 42-article warrant for the meeting that takes place at...

Holyoke City Treasurer Sandra Smith tenders resignation ‘with heavy heart’ Updated Jan 30, 2021; Facebook Share HOLYOKE --— City Treasurer Sandra Smith notified Mayor Alex B. Morse she would resign her position Feb. 26. “With a heavy heart and some serious soul searching,” Smith said she would not finish her current, four-year term. Smith said the office had taken a toll on her health, and retirement seemed the best option. In 2010, City Treasurer Jon Lumbra appointed Smith assistan...

Norris School on path for hybrid learning beginning Jan. 4 William E. Norris School in Southampton GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Modified: 1/1/2021 9:48:16 AM SOUTHAMPTON — William E. Norris School will continue with its plan to phase all students into the building for hybrid learning beginning next week, the Southampton School Committee affirmed on Wednesday night. The committee’s plan originally called for all students to be phased in by the end of December, but hit a pause due to several COVID-19 ...