South Hadley

South Hadley is one of the latest Massachusetts towns to pass a tight budget at their town meeting – one that means another year of cuts for local schools. It’s also the latest to become a “welcoming community.”

Throughout western Massachusetts, communities are grappling with big potential cuts to school district staffing. It’s prompting lawmakers and students to call for the state to step up – and revisit one of its funding formulas.

This week's Book Picks come to us from Joan Grenier of Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

To mark the 100th anniversary of W. W. Norton & Company and to cheer Odyssey Bookshop’s 60th anniversary, Norton’s former chairman and president Drake McFeely will discuss his new book, Books That Live: Norton’s First One Hundred Years, in conversation tomorrow night with current chairman and president Julia Reidhead.

This week's Book Picks come to us from Jesse Hassinger of Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

This week's Book Picks come to us from Joan Grenier of Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

This week's Book Picks come to us from Jesse Hassinger of Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

This week's Book Picks come to us from Joan Grenier of Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

This week's Book Picks come to us from Jesse Hassinger of Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

This week's Book Picks come to us from Jesse Hassinger of Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley, Massachusetts.