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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Despite persistent rain showers, 92 Frontier Regional High School seniors graduated on Friday and were encouraged to break barriers.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Who better to give a graduation pep talk than a former NFL cheerleader?

By CHRIS LARABEE

CHARLEMONT – The curriculum at Hawlemont Regional School has all the basics one might expect math, English, arts and music – and, beginning a decade ago, more unique ones, like taking care of sheep and growing plants in the greenhouse.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee voted to begin the search for an interim superintendent within the next month as Superintendent Brian Beck announced his resignation, effective June 30.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — With $27,540 to spend before June 30, Gill Elementary School Principal Walter Huston says expansion of the Gill Elementary garden and the development of a garden at Sheffield Elementary is the name of the game. 

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — As the school looks to bring more language learning opportunities to students, three soon-to-be Frontier Regional School graduates have taken an extra step to showing off their language skills.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — There is no threat to safety after a student was expelled for threatening the senior class at Mohawk Trail Regional School, according to Shelburne Police Chief Greg Bardwell.

By DOMENIC POLI

At least 200 students and staff members passed through the second-annual Mahar Makerfaire last week and its organizer was so encouraged by the feedback he plans to open the event to the public next year.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Math Interventionist Veronica Hirst says when she works with students at Hillcrest Elementary School, she wants to help them understand what makes the number five, a five.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The struggle to finalize a Ralph C. Mahar Regional School budget for fiscal year 2026 has spilled into Wendell, where Orange residents and school officials spoke at a Selectboard meeting to advocate for what they want the budget to reflect.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The gravestones of veterans received some extra attention from students this week ahead of the community’s annual Memorial Day ceremonies.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — Implementing a single-campus model for the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional school districts is one step closer to becoming a reality.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals, at the applicant’s request, continued the public hearing on two special permits for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter’s proposed new location to June 9.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Gill-Montague Regional School District Superintendent Brian Beck has announced he plans to resign, citing a personal decision.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) fueled cyclists and pedestrians Tuesday morning, continuing its Bay State Bike Month tradition of the Bike Breakfast for the 12th year.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Following months of hearings, the Planning Board has approved the site plan for the proposed new location of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter.

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — Each month at Conway Grammar School, students are treated to a pop-up tasting event inspired by local farm products with offerings ranging from potatoes to kale.

By CHRIS LARABEE

With its regional agreement sent off to the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for a technical review, the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board is expecting to bring its new school district proposal to voters in the fall.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — In conjunction with the “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” Smithsonian exhibit on democracy that is now on display at Mohawk Trail Regional School, the school partnered with the Center for New Americans for a panel welcoming immigrants to tell their stories of becoming Americans.

High Honors: Carter Nicholas Archambault, Lailah Kristine Mahrie Belliveau, Joseph Edward Burke, Isla Elizabeth Burnham, Chance Marshall Butler, Bradley Joshua Coleman, Avarie Rose Comeau, David Lawrence Eadie, Robert John Farrow, Yara Adil Fawzi, Jaylah Loveasia-Anne Fisher, John (Jack) Paul Eugene Fitzgerald, Isabella Mae Kimball, Athalia Makaylee Laza, Aidan Japhet Lopez Cruz, Lysander Lopez-Baez, Alec Sawyer Mazarelli, Phoebe Ann Marie Merrill, Benjamin Phoenix Norwood, Amelia Winter Robichaud, Bentley Sanchez, Shane Kyle Thibault, Sofia Evgenievna Timchenko, Judah Brady Widtfeldt, Henry Bremner Wood Rogers, Mason Allen Rounds, Landon James Sheldon, Ashlynn Faith Terry-Simon and James Gregory Vallejos.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Frontier Regional School students will be setting sail into the Gulf of Mexico this weekend when they put on performances of “Wild Kate: A Tale of Revenge at Sea.”