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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SPRINGFIELD — The Hoosac Valley boys basketball team found a groove from deep against Pioneer on Thursday in the Hoophall Classic at Springfield College’s Blake Arena. Hoosac’s Joey McGovern knocked down three 3-pointers in a row to open the game,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Ahead of this year’s presidential election, Frontier Regional School seniors taking a government studies and politics class got to talk about voting rights and the state of the nation’s democracy with a former appointee to one of the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

A sixth grader at Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School and a seventh grade physical education class at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange have emerged as victors in the state Department of Transportation’s second annual “Name a Snowplow”...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With Frontier Regional School’s “As Schools Match Wits” team earning a national tournament nod, it is looking to the community for a little help in getting to Illinois.After a strong performance at the Mayflower Cup tournament at...

By MAX BOWEN

Following a nearly unanimous vote, the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board will begin work on a regional agreement that would combine the Gill-Montague and Pioneer Valley regional school districts.The 13-3 vote at the Jan. 3 meeting was only on...

Sen. Paul Mark’s staff holding office hours in BucklandBUCKLAND — State Sen. Paul Mark’s staff will hold office hours on Tuesdays, Jan. 9 and Jan. 23, from 10 a.m. to noon at Buckland Town Hall, 17 State St.Constituents of Mark’s Berkshire, Hampden,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The consulting company working with the Pioneer Valley Regional School District to consider its facilities use recently presented a consolidation recommendation to the School Committee in anticipation of releasing a full report in...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Stoneleigh-Burnham School reports there is no indication of campus wrongdoing committed by a former employee who is facing up to 20 years in prison on child pornography charges in New York.Matthew Fisher, 50, of South Wales, New York, was...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Fourth-grade teachers at Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School Jackie Fuller and Lisa Kuerzel have been recognized for their emphasis on nature education with Mass Audubon’s Conservation Teacher of the Year Award.The two teachers won this...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

BUCKLAND — Mohawk Trail Regional School Principal Chris Buckland delivered pithy but sensible advice to the 26 graduating seniors and their loved ones who packed the auditorium on Saturday.“Replace the word ‘but’ with ‘and,’” Buckland said. “See which...

By CHRIS LARABEE and MAX BOWEN

A total of $223,079 in state grant funding is headed to four Franklin County and North Quabbin towns to help filter potentially harmful chemicals from their water systems.The Healey-Driscoll administration and the state Department of Environmental...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Welding students at Franklin County Technical School and beyond will soon be joining more than just pieces of steel with a half-million-dollar investment that is set to fuse the real and the imaginary.Come next school year, the school...

Seventh Grade Maximum Honors: Bennett Bardwell, Joseph Bobala, Anneke Bosman, Mark Brennan, Elsa Brown, Ber Calhoun, Evva Campbell, Brendan Carey, Griffin Casey, Liv Christensen, Maia Christensen, Oliver Cranston, Jack Cusson, Saskia Ebling, Dean...

Seventh Grade High Honors: Landon Marlin Bass, Lucas Gabriel Briand, Hunter Matthew Cormier, Reece Catherine Hains, Elena Danielle Jones, Keigan James Martinez, Taylor Hope Paluk, Heli Rajesh Patel, Matthew Peng, Evan Thomas Piscitello, Cody Alexander...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — After around five years of advocacy, Franklin County Technical School’s aviation program is ready for takeoff within the next two years with help from a $4.2 million state grant.Superintendent Rick Martin accepted the award, which was...

Eighth Grade Highest Honors: Jillian Deady, Samuel Falceanu, Lauren Helie, Sandra Johnson, Vincent Lu, Paige Mitchell, Chelsey Rockwood, Destiny Rodriguez, Amerah Sanchez, Aiden Soto, Niya-Lee Strohman, Ella Tidlund and Alice Wondolowski.High Honors:...

Sixth GradeHigh Honors: Elias Augusto, Conner Bergeron, Asa Bouchard, Stella Call, Dylan Collins-Harrison, Haddie Connelley, Sophia Decker, Elizabeth Derivolkova, Alyson Harris, Stella Longe, Leo McDonald, Beatrice Mickus, Naliyya Monserrate, Savanna...

Freshmen First Honors: Jackson Cogswell, Ethan Eichorn, Elsee Galvez Martin, Clara Guidaboni, Cameron Johnson, Michaela Klempner-Siano, Nathaniel Kolakoski, Noah Kolodziej, Curtis Kretchmar, Vaughn LaValley, Estes Lemerise-Reinking, Caleb Lincoln,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BERNARDSTON — In a typical arcade, you might expect to play some Pac-Man or Galaga, but Bernardston Elementary School students came up with some ideas of their own with their “cardboard arcade.” On Wednesday, students of all grades could be found...

FreshmenHigh Honors: Devon Brown, Joshua Carey, John Carmichael, Owen Cody, Gianna DiSciullo, Nicolas Drake, Kylee Gamache, Kristine Given, Alexis Guimond-Swan, Caleb Hall, Owen Heilman, Trent Holst, Ryan Kokoszyna, Colby Leete, Kathryn Lengieza,...