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Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief at WAMC News: Northeast Public Radio. Can be found on Twitter at @WAMC_J_Paleo. Massachusetts is the best state in the union and I'll fight you over it.
For @wamc.org: Western Mass. voters approve funding new tech school building, reject district consolidation www.wamc.org/news/2026-10...
Western Mass. voters approve funding new tech school building, reject district consolidation
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.
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JPaleoWAMCNews@jpaleolo.bsky.social · 2d agoBefore heading to bed, @greenfieldrecorder.bsky.social is diligently updating results out of Franklin County for both the technical school funding question and the smaller school district merger question. As of 9:30 PM, the Franklin Tech vote is relatively close, with Greenfield & Montague...
Before heading to bed, @greenfieldrecorder.bsky.social is diligently updating results out of Franklin County for both the technical school funding question and the smaller school district merger question. As of 9:30 PM, the Franklin Tech vote is relatively close, with Greenfield & Montague...
when someone drops "sportsball" into a conversation like this they are madder than they have ever been in their life
Denny Carter@dennycarter.bsky.social · 3d agothe tech bro who uses AI to play fantasy football for him is being dragged online. no one has ever been quite so mad frankly.
For @wamc.org: Across much of Franklin County, polls are opening at noon for a special vote - one to authorize funding for a new Franklin Tech building. That and, for six towns, a potential merger of the PV Regional and Gill-Montague school districts. www.wamc.org/news/2026-10...
Voters in 19 western Mass. towns to decide on funding Franklin County Tech School replacement
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.
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Thanks to @jpaleolo.bsky.social for covering the big vote that's happening in western Mass tomorrow www.wamc.org/news/2026-10... #MAEdu #mapoli
Six western Mass. towns to vote on school district merger Tuesday
This week, six towns in rural western Massachusetts will decide whether to merge two regional school districts — citing growing costs and declining enrollment.
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Strictly in a personal capacity and not as a representative of WAMC, I declare the best dish at this year's Big E is the apple crisp at Valley View Orchard Pies at the Maine state house. Oats, honey/syrup and apples are perfect. Fever dream caliber.
I turned these three iPhone features off so that I could get an important call I was expecting without missing it, and within 30 minutes, I got hit with a spam call center on the other side of the world 
For @wamc.org: Western Mass. residents sound off on pitch to send millions more gallons of Quabbin water east www.wamc.org/news/2026-10...
Western Mass. residents sound off on pitch to send millions more gallons of Quabbin water east
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...
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For @wamc.org: I'M ACTUALLY PITCHING AGAIN. From 3:30 to 6, i'll be with my boss, Andrew Waite! It'll be a hoot!
For @wamc.org: I'm in Albany again! The WAMC Fall fund drive has been well underway and I'm with Annie Bennett for the next hour!
For @wamc.org: Marking 30 years, 'Source to Sea' Connecticut River cleanups continue in Western Mass. www.wamc.org/news/2026-09...
Marking 30 years, 'Source to Sea' Connecticut River cleanups continue in Western Mass.
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.
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For @wamc.org - they let me back in the studio! I'm on our new Northeast Notebook show later this hour! We're talking about western Mass data centers!
From @theathletic.com: The Columbus Crew fired Crew 2 head coach Federico Higuaín on Tuesday following a mid-game incident on Aug. 23 in which he strongly shook the hand of a female referee and told her, “Don’t forget, this is a man’s game.”
Columbus fires Crew 2 manager following incident with female referee
Federico Higuaín strongly shook the hand of a female referee and told her, “Don’t forget, this is a man’s game.”
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For @wamc.org: I left the Pioneer Valley for this one! Plantastic: Kingston music festival celebrates 50 years of ‘Plantasia,’ music and nature www.wamc.org/news/2026-09...
Plantastic: Kingston music festival celebrates 50 years of ‘Plantasia,’ music and nature
Over the weekend, Kingston, New York, was home to a special music festival – one devoted to plants and the people who love them.
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For @wamc.org: I had a long convo with Jeromie Whalen now that he's back to teaching in Northampton after primarying Richard Neal in the 1st district. He's more optimistic than rueful - not huge news for anyone who's crossed paths with him. www.wamc.org/news/2026-09...
‘A movement’: Jeromie Whalen recounts Mass. congressional primary bid, hopes for future
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...
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I just know that I have it in me to post a 3,000 word Jeromie Whalen campaign post-mortem interview and have major formatting errors that I'll only catch tomorrow morning
I just know that I have it in me to post a 3,000 word Jeromie Whalen campaign post-mortem interview and have major formatting errors that I'll only catch tomorrow morning
I'm cleaning out my hard drive and transferring stuff to a backup drive. I'll upload some gems as they appear.
For @wamc.org: Official acknowledgment from Springfield Public Schools that, per the FBI, student & staff info was part of the data breach that shut the district down last week. The full extent of the info and where it may have leaked reportedly remains under investigation
This isn't a stat/analysis-heavy piece. But it was extremely fun to put together - please give it a listen, if only for the 6-year-old Pop Watson fan mid-way in.
For @wamc.org: I got a chance to spend some time with the folks who cheer the loudest at UMass Amherst football games - and are especially excited to see players from Springfield help make the team's current success what it is. www.wamc.org/news/2026-09...
With 2nd win, UMass Amherst football fans celebrate dominant start, Springfield players
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...
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For @wamc.org: I got a chance to spend some time with the folks who cheer the loudest at UMass Amherst football games - and are especially excited to see players from Springfield help make the team's current success what it is. www.wamc.org/news/2026-09...
With 2nd win, UMass Amherst football fans celebrate dominant start, Springfield players
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...
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For @wamc.org - COLLEGE FOOTBALL! I'm at McGuirk Alumni Stadium this afternoon to see if the UMass Amherst Minutemen can go 2-0 against Sacred Heart! Also, getting a lot of opinions on the program in general.
For @wamc.org: Western Mass. communities honor 9/11 victims, including those with local ties www.wamc.org/news/2026-09...
Western Mass. communities honor 9/11 victims, including those with local ties
Across the country Friday, towns and cities solemnly marked 25 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks – including communities in western Massachusetts.Two towns in particular continued to commemor...
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I don't think 9/11 memorials are the ideal time or place to approach and pitch reporters on talking to your candidate
For @wamc.org: Ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks are underway throughout western Mass. That includes West Springfield or at least 200+ are gathered to remember West Side's Melissa Harrington-Hughes, 31, who was in the WTC's North Tower
