Voters in Franklin County, Massachusetts, have approved funding for a new technical school building. At the same time, an effort to combine two regional school districts fell short.

On Tuesday, Oct. 6, residents in 19 Western Massachusetts towns will decide whether to fund a new home for the county’s vocational technical school.

This week, six towns in rural western Massachusetts will decide whether to merge two regional school districts — citing growing costs and declining enrollment.

In Massachusetts, a proposal to move an additional 20 million gallons of water a day from a reservoir is drawing fierce backlash.The western Mass. towns entrusted with stewarding the Quabbin Reservoir...

If you’re inspired by WAMC’s great programming, the people behind the microphones, and the special content & stories you won’t hear anyplace else, then help us continue doing this good work and make a...

If you’re inspired by WAMC’s great programming, the people behind the microphones, and the special content & stories you won’t hear anyplace else, then help us continue doing this good work and make a...

Nor’easter or not, hundreds of volunteers gathered up and down the Pioneer Valley over the weekend to clean up the waterways that power ecosystems throughout the Northeast.

Federico Higuaín strongly shook the hand of a female referee and told her, “Don’t forget, this is a man’s game.”

Over the weekend, Kingston, New York, was home to a special music festival – one devoted to plants and the people who love them.

Two weeks after his loss on primary night, Jeromie Whalen is back in the classroom, and as he and members of his campaign tell WAMC, while they fell short on primary day, they won enough to build a mo...

After logging one of the worst seasons in college football last year, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has won its first two games of the season - two more than they earned last year.But for th...

After logging one of the worst seasons in college football last year, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has won its first two games of the season - two more than they earned last year.But for th...