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Bleak budget outlook on horizon in Westhampton

Westhampton faces a 5–10% fiscal 2027 deficit; departments asked for 12.5% provisional cuts, no COLAs, and tough choices ahead before April public hearings and Town Meeting.

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A fresh start: Amherst ready to open first new elementary school since 1970s

AMHERST — Letters spelling “welcome” on the door and the phrase “change your words, change your mindset” on the bulletin board are displayed in the classroom where Catherine Moss will teach second graders at Amethyst Brook Elementary School. As she finished setting up the space last week inside the first new elementary school opened in […]

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Columnist Richard Fein: DSA — What would they do to America?

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