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Recently, seven UMass graduate students were selected to participate in the Graduate School’s inaugural Public Writing Fellows Program. Twenty-six students applied to be part of the program, which aimed to help graduate students improve skills in communicating about complex research with non-expert audiences.
The Village of Spencer joined the towns of Spencer and Van Etten in opting out of the New York State cannabis law to permit cannabis sales or on-site use, known
At the Aug. 2 meeting of the Spencer Village Board, those members of the public attending the meeting were surprised to learn that the mayor, Ken Sutfin, had resigned, citing
SUSAN ENDRES Capital Newspaper On a staggered schedule, groups wound their way around nearly 10 acres of new exhibits Saturday to see the results of the International Crane Foundationâs $10 million renovation on its first day open to the public since closing in late 2018. Barbara Streber, DeForest, brought her sister, Ellen Curtin, and brother-in-law Daniel Curtin, visiting from Kentucky, to the Baraboo wildlife center Saturday. Streber said sheâs been a member for many years. âWhat I see, which is lovely, is that all of the bird pairs have a water setting now, and ...
The Village of Spencer had its fastest appointment and resignation likely in history for its new code enforcement officer. At the April fifth regular meeting of the Spencer village board, the board was very happy to appoint a candidate, Kevin Brown, to be the new village code enforcement officer. Unfortunately Brown accepted before learning the full scope of all the duties and time requirements for the code enforcement officer. Brown spoke to the Spencer town code enforcement officer to learn the full extent of his expected duties. When he realized that there were many more hours required...