by tjohnston | Jun 3, 2020 | Local News
BUCKLAND, Mass. (WWLP) – Committees of the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional School Districts on Tuesday selected a new superintendent during a virtual joint meeting. In a unanimous vote, the districts selected Sheryl Stanton to serve as the next superintendent of...
by tjohnston | Jun 2, 2020 | Local News
BUCKLAND — While it might be traditional for a speaker to thank everyone who attends a graduation ceremony, in a socially distant commencement on Sunday, Mohawk Trail Regional School Salutatorian Zane Kitchen Lipski thanked those who had stayed home. “Ask not what...
by tjohnston | Jun 1, 2020 | Local News
AMHERST — Diego Sharon, dean of students at Amherst Regional Middle School, will begin his tenure as the school’s new principal on July 1. On Thursday, Superintendent Michael Morris named Sharon to the position, following a national search and positive feedback from...
by tjohnston | May 31, 2020 | Local News
GREENFIELD — Crossing a stage at the Franklin County Fairgrounds on Saturday wasn’t quite the “final exit” Greenfield High School seniors had imagined for themselves when the school year started. “I don’t think any of us could have possibly imagined graduation in the...
by tjohnston | May 30, 2020 | Local News
ORANGE — Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s Class of 2020 was one of firsts. Its members were the first to take algebra in middle school and sign language in high school. And on May 26, they became the first class of Senators to graduate during a pandemic. A virtual...