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Breaking news
  Driverless SUV wreaks havoc on 141; woman arrested on OUI charges - Daily Hampshire Gazette
REACH early intervention program in jeopardy: Proposed changes dismay parents - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Protest planned: Frustration cited over South Hadley school's handling of bullying issues - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Husband charged after wife faced night of terror in alleged Southampton kidnapping, assault - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Stunned South Hadley students grieve and regret after classmate's apparent suicide - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Fire displaces Amherst tenants - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  State audit faults Northampton's special education programs - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Local stores see run on fire safety items - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton school price tag rises $10M - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Amherst middle school principal resigns - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Motorcyclist dies in crash in Huntington - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Military transport plane loses two tires in midair over Belchertown - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Wal-Mart job found in violation - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Gap in patrols: Southampton chief warns about security after house break-ins - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Southampton rebuffs water superintendent's request to repay legal fees in ethics case - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Armed robbery, assault reported in Sunderland - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Dead body found in Barrett Street marsh - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Model rocket ignites inside Hampshire Regional; student injured in mishap - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  28 laid off at Easthampton factory: National Nonwovens blames economy for job cuts - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Wind flattens Westhampton barn project - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Fire safety issues addressed after latest blaze at housing complex - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Blaze devastates man's shop, livelihood - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Southampton reacts to breach of employee files - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Southampton ponders house's demolition following complaints - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Builder threatens appeal of Southampton planners' ruling - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  No 'quick fix' seen for Manhan trail collapse - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton schools union protests second year without contract - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Southampton hit hard by fallen trees - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Powerful storm fells trees, wires - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Beef recall triggers area schools to act- Daily Hampshire Gazette
Rescuers pull teens from icy Mt. Tom- Daily Hampshire Gazette
Easthampton residents: Save White Brook pool - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Goshen teen dies in crash - Daily Hampshire Gazette
        Grieving students create memorial: Scrapbook is labor of love for lost friend - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  UMass football player injured in knife attack -  Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Swift reaction saves fisherman - The Post-Standard

In-depth stories
  Helping teens: Age-old plague of bullying takes new forms, with tragic results - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
        A school scourge: South Hadley parents, graduates speak out on bullying problem - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
        Media consumes teen psyches, says report - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
      Experts outline tips to prevent bullying - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Back home in Worthington, injured soldier rises to new challenges - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Taunton-based group sees need and works to meet it - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
Northampton schools take sustainable lead - Daily Hampshire Gazette
     Who's doing what for city schools - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Flu hits Valley schools: Closings eyed as cases mount - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Easthampton Bear Fest raises $60,000 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Easthampton Bear Fest auction by the numbers - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Video of Bear Fest kick-off event- Daily Hampshire Gazette
  How an intrepid Westhampton project won out after three rejections at the polls - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Earlier school start riles some parents - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Life after milk: Fourth-generation Westhampton dairy farm sells herd, changes gears - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Wait long as RMV doubles up: Hadley closing busies Easthampton office - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Westhampton library begins a new chapter - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Official fined for violation: Southampton case concerns dual jobs - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Voters get new chance to prohibit greyhound racing - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  School security: Districts work to ensure safety in emergencies - Daily Hampshire Gazette
In place: buzzers, cameras, drills - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Rain-fed current creates river dangers - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Planner questions development - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Love of trucks, SUVs fleeting - Daily Hampshire Gazette
      EPA estimates change - Daily Hampshire Gazette
      Fuel prices slash profit margins - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Squeezed at pump, drivers seek options - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Flu cuts a wider swath Local cases climb way up this year - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Flood reports stream in across the Valley Snowmelt, wet weather has officials on lookout - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Salt suspected in Southampton well contamination - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Breath of spring softens New England winter - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  One family's tragedy highlights startling statistics - Daily Hampshire Gazette
      Prevention: Experts offer roadmap for what works, and what doesn't - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  On Facebook, some savvy networking avoids headaches - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Online scams hit close to home – City Eagle, Syracuse, N.Y.,
  As pupils await their A-level results, they also face an uncertain future - The Independent on Sunday
  Children and the Net - The Independent on Sunday
      The secret world of the net - The Independent on Sunday
  STOP! How well do you know your children - The Independent on Sunday
      Children on... happiness, divorce, sex, playing, heroes and depression - The Independent on Sunday
  Shriners hospital for children marks 80 years of caring - The Republican
  A healthy community is a home-owning community - The Student Voice, Syracuse University

Localizing national news
Local school chiefs eye Race to the Top - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
MCAS offers new gauge of a student's progress - Daily Hampshire Gazette
On eve of Smokeout, Easthampton classes offered wake-up call - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Banner day for young writers - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Hours to decide: Obama’s ideas on longer days raise issues for local educators - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  One elementary school’s inquiry into longer day - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Speech or no speech? Easthampton's choices on Obama talk questioned - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Residents remember fateful night of June 19, 1964 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Still hoping for 'Here she is...': Despite changing times, Valley contestants value pageant that respects 'inner strength' - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Injured teen lauds Shriners as local community fights hospital's potential closure - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  At Hadley event, Obama's words sink in - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Webmaster Obama connects with youth - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Obama galvanizes local effort: Valley set for day of service and more - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Oh, Canada: Winter tire law in Quebec prompts shortages here - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton clerk making a list, checking it twice for Election Day - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Campaign fever runs high at school's mock election - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  South Hadley runners honor Sept. 11 hero - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Reprising his role in 'Sex and the City' - Daily Hampshire Gazette
      Movie man brings his talent to Easthampton - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Southampton water said tops in taste in US - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Obama supporters rally in national effort - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  New Orleans reporter, Newhouse alumnus discusses coverage of Katrina - The Daily Orange

Budgets and numbers
  Easthampton high school project sees lower cost, more critics - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
Southampton departments target funding priorities - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
Team effort: Northampton High sports advocates launch booster program - Daily Hampshire Gazette
     School Sports - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton panel OKs $40M school proposal - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Smith Voke to get state help with new building costs - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Glendale Road work subject of hearing - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Easthampton panel set to OK $34 million high school plan - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Southampton TM passes 21 articles, OKs $13 million budget; 200 acres preserved
  Easthampton schools facing new round of belt-tightening - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Easthampton school panel OKs budget, expects cuts - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Southampton eyes budget cuts to ease possible state aid reduction - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton schools face $300,000 shortfall - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Southampton OKs $2.2M for Larrabee - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Schools' careful budgeting yields city a $55K surplus - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton teachers reject contract offer - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Southampton TM to consider $12 million budget - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Easthampton schools say pared budget OK - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Special TM aims to boost legal fund Officials aiming to shore up legal fund- Daily Hampshire Gazette
Southampton selectmen offer $535,000 for 18-acre Strong Road property- Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Area schools not beset by woes facing Greenfield educators - Daily Hampshire Gazette -
  Too late? Too bad: Schools confront quiet problem of repeated late arrivals by students - Daily Hampshire Gazette
      Running late: The numbers - Daily Hampshire Gazette
      Two flavors of excuses - Daily Hampshire Gazette
      How other schools deal with lateness - Daily Hampshire Gazette
      'Progressive' policy in place in Easthampton - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Southampton preservation proposals break $1 million mark - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Revisiting override resistance: Southampton aims to mount campaign - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Easthampton leaders welcome comment on pool fate - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Deciding priorities: List of Easthampton schools' needs will head to mayor's office - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Article stays on warrant: Chief steps up for ambulance in Southampton - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  School expansion, fixes before Easthampton board - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Southampton board presses budget cuts - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Southampton voters nix override: Town has to find $92,000 for high school - Daily Hampshire Gazette

Feature
  Life imitates art: EHS musical too real for comfort as punch breaks nose - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Crash course: Smith Voke lands coveted grant for repair equipment - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Northampton schoolchildren celebrate MLK's life - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  JFK students 'get to give' in pediatric ward visit - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  In Santa's presence: Nearly 5,000 visit Santa's new workshop location at Look Park - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Cafeteria food? Yum! New Easthampton schools program lauded - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Hard-knock lives: Stimulus-funded project immerses youth in life lessons - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Monster trucks, talent show lend final-day flair at Three-County Fair - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  High spirits, light clothing open Smith College year - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  'Phoenix Bear' rises up from pond mud - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  New try on vision: Northampton plans to take new look at future of schools - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Artists come bearing gifts: Easthampton Bear Fest brings out crowds and smiles - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  CSI: Westhampton - Hampshire Regional students go high-tech - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Hopes raised for a flood-prone house - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Toys'R'them Easthampton students might seek patent - Daily Hampshire Gazette
TV arts program sings 'Bailout Blues' - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Blog lets Easthampton students learn on vacation - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Fake Earth, real connections for students - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Twice-rescued dog still looking out for family - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Let Earth do it: New Williston dorm a first for Easthampton - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Drilling in safety Hampshire Regional test crisis readiness - Daily Hampshire Gazette
UMass band returns to city streets for encore - Daily Hampshire Gazette
No grumps here: Kids learn from elders - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Surviving a fire: Southampton family heartened by community support - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Haydenville 'saints' keep marching for Toy Fund - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Soldier's wish is mom's command: Group ships items that troops welcome - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  No treats, just training and lots of 'good dog!' - Daily Hampshire Gazette
      Movie dog gets the word: Behave - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  College students extend a learning hand - The Republican

Profile
  Gifted educator honored: JFK Middle School teacher to receive teaching excellence award - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Brick set to found new school: PVPA leader plans charter in Holyoke - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Grand guy with gift for drama: Outgoing Easthampton high teacher shapes musical - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Easthampton school chief candidate outlines vision, priorities - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Easthampton schools hopeful takes pride in district - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton's Junior Miss places third - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  A lens for adventure: National Geographic taps photographer for plum assignment - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Best of the best: Local boy a horse show champ - Daily Hampshire Gazette
At your service: Meet the six unopposed candidates for Easthampton school board - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4 with varied experience stump for 2 school board seats - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton schools chief announces she’ll retire - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Engel will seek Olver's 1st Congressional District seat - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Teacher of the year recalls Obama's words - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Top teacher offers advice - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  A new chapter: Departing EHS principal reflects on ceremonies, transitions - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton School Committee chair steps down - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  On-deck Easthampton High principal eager to enter the game - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Reflecting just before retirement - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton teenager takes national yo-yo title - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Dickenson's poetry a catalyst for art show - Daily Hampshire Gazette
      For painter, art inspires art - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  UMass matches students' disability needs - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  State's Junior Miss heading to Alabama for national finals - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Former Celtic a role model: Norris savings program recruits Ernie Digregorio - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Floral laurels: Southampton woman among heroines - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Town's oldest still in love with life, home - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Teacher seeks big dividends from small gifts: Easthampton woman leads scholarship effort for Salvadoran youth - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  New leader steps up to the pulpit - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Seven vie for six Easthampton school committee seats - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  New Riverside chief honored by chance to lead - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Easthampton's idea man: New assistant principal a creative force - Daily Hampshire Gazette
New Principal takes wide view of education - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Seeing past the labels: Riverside's outgoing leader praised for vision, humor - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Pop singer Brooke Hogan to perform at Big E - The Republican
  Coast Guard Siblings - The Post-Standard
  Magician Q&A - The Post-Standard
  Chancellor inaugural year - The Daily Orange

Quick hits
  Valley Med offers one-stop shopping to patients - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Easthampton package stores, bars pass underage compliance checks - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Northampton school invites parents in for bullying discussion - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Hot Chocolate run raises $90,000 - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
E-Day: After the politicking, the voters will have their say Tuesday - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Northampton at-large council candidates spar - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
Crowded classes may prompt hiring at Jackson St. School - Daily Hampshire Gazette 
  Northampton High AP scores spur regional interest - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  As deadline nears, vacancies on Easthampton school panel - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Easthampton parents lament bus policy - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Easthampton school project advances - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Southampton planners eye new car wash proposal - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Northampton teachers OK two-day furlough - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Filmmaker finds local farm a perfect period setting - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Mount Holyoke grads receive presidential send off - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  31-home Southampton subdivision moves toward final approval by planners - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Southampton farm family troubled by loss of calf - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Valley inauguration festivities - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Blaze devastates man's shop, livelihood - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Giving green: Firm's workers help to restore vandalized Easthampton park - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Opa-Opa eyes Northampton nightlife - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  98 tons moves 60 feet - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Young entrepreneur sets up dollar store to help Easthampton save - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Fundraiser to help fire victims set for Monday - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Witness recounts scary Southampton accident - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  New center gives seniors room to stretch: Hundreds turn out for grand opening - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  A civics lesson before Easthampton Zoning Board: Children's four chickens win pet status - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Mass for disabled - The Post-Standard
Swift reaction saves fisherman - The Post-Standard

Column
  School Notes: In one class, taking time to watch and think - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Off the Beat: New faces on Northampton School Committee roll up their sleeves - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  School Notes: At EHS, lessons on poverty, relief work - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  School Notes: Comment sought on school reorganization - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Off the Beat: Geography leads to culinary adventures - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Recess more than just fun and games - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Aspects of building project draw concerns - Daily Hampshire Gazette
What local schools need now: Lysol, tissues - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Students embrace anti-genocide efforts - Daily Hampshire Gazette
School Notes: High school building project rising in cost - Daily Hampshire Gazette
School Notes: Students map their trek with GPS technology - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Off the Beat: Smith Voke students to prepare Halloween dinner - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Northampton students to hear Obama's school message today - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Off the Beat: City schools report mixed bag with MCAS results - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Computer games take toll in schools, say nurses - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Winter stomach bug crawling through schools - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Leos club straps on skates for cystic fibrosis research - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Computer career can be fun and games - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  The longest-lasting lipstick, and more science work - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Teddy bears sit in on the lessons - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  'When he smiles, I smile': School community praises prize-winning teacher - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  In the lunchroom, the flavors are local - Daily Hampshire Gazette
  Students cheer dogs, cats, Sox and jeer Yanks - it's their right - Daily Hampshire Gazette
 

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