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LEE — The Lee School Committee needs to elect a new chairperson following a flareup last week of tensions between committee members. Chairperson Christine Lucy announced during Tuesday’s monthly meeting she was stepping down from the leadership role, tired of her “ethics and integrity” being called into question. She will remain on the seven-person committee. “I have faced an uphill climb in taking the leadership role,” said Lucy, who had been named to the post in July. “I am finding it’s getting increasingly difficult to do this job and do it well.â€...

LEE — Volunteers and local businesses have completed a three-year reclamation of a neighborhood playground. Children now have easier and safer access to the girls’ softball field, fitness and play structures at the playground on Marble Street, thanks to a new, 16-space parking lot. “When spring rolls around in 2021, users of the Marble Street playground will no longer have to park on the side of the [narrow] road to attend softball games or play in the park,” said Janet Warner of the Lee Youth Commission. The commission in recent years has overseen the revitalization and u...

Meals need to be ordered by December 17 at www.ManateeSchools.net/CurbsideMeal Parent/guardians can simply drive-up to receive the meals at the curbside, they do not need to get out of the car. Walk-ups are welcome, as well. These meals will contain frozen and refrigerated items. For cooking and heating instructions, visit www.ManateeSchoolFood.net. Pick-Up Days: December 21 and 28 Pick-Up Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm Cost: FREE Where to Pick-Up: Ballard Elementary, Buffalo Creek Middle, Daughtrey Elementary, Haile Middle, Lee Middle, Lincoln Memorial Acad., Manatee Elementary, Myakka Elementary, S...

LEE — Lee Public Schools will remain in hybrid learning mode, despite surrounding communities reverting to all-remote education because of a spike in coronavirus cases. School Superintendent Michael Richard told the Lee School Committee on Tuesday night that he has been asked by several residents why Lee doesn’t go all remote as a preemptive measure to help keep COVID-19 at bay. The Great Barrington-based Berkshire Hills Regional School District mostly is remote, with Lenox and Pittsfield returning to all online instruction because of a recent jump in COVID cases in their communitie...