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ATHOL As the sun slowly set, casting long shadows on the grass at the Athol High School athletic field, members of the school’s Class of 2021 sat patiently waiting to take possession of the document they had worked 12 long years to receive: their.
Incumbent ousted in Athol Royalston Regional School Committee race
Published: 4/6/2021 1:33:16 PM
Modified: 4/6/2021 1:33:14 PM
ATHOL There will be three new faces on the Athol Royalston Regional School Committee when it reconvenes tonight. Two political novices comfortably out-polled 12-year incumbent Deb Kuzmeskas in Monday’s annual town election in each community.
Elaine Gauthier topped the balloting in Athol, garnering 260 votes, while another political newcomer, Lonnin Bonenfant, finished close behind with 244. Kuzmeskas trailed with a total of 87 votes. Gauthier and Bonenfant handily carried all three precincts in Athol.
Vote totals were as follows: Precinct 1: Gauthier 102, Bonenfant 93, Kuzmeskas 31; Precinct 2: Gauthier 101, Bonenfant 94, Kuzmeskas 34; Precinct 3: Gauthier 57, Bonenfant 57, Kuzmeskas 22.
Athol: Gauthier seeks seat on School Committee
GAUTHIER
Published: 3/17/2021 3:19:55 PM
Modified: 3/17/2021 3:19:53 PM
ATHOL When Athol voters go to the polls on April 5, they will have just one contest to decide, having to choose from among three candidates for two seats on the Athol Royalston Regional School Committee.
One of those candidates is Elaine Gauthier of 136 Cailan Way.
Gauthier is a lifelong resident of the town, having graduated from Athol High School in 1994. In 1998, she was hired to coach the AHS girls’ volleyball team, a position she held for two years before going to work at Cornerstone Insurance agency in 2000.
After working as a licensed insurance agent for 16 years, she decided a change was needed and went to work as the administrative assistant to Athol Royalston Middle School principal Thomas Telicki. She started coaching the girls basketball team in 2017.
Athol High School seeks new mascot to replace ‘Red Raider’ Native American caricature
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Posted Dec 15, 2020
Some Athol fans show up in full Red Raider attire to a game in 2010. The school is replacing he nickname and mascot. photo by J. Anthony Roberts
Facebook Share Athol High School has begun collecting ideas for a new sports brand and mascot, replacing the “Red Raider” Native American caricature the Athol Royalston Regional School Committee voted last month to scrap.
The “Red Raider” logo depicted a tomahawk-wielding cartoon figure with a big nose and spear over his shoulder.
The move away from racist depictions of Native Americans follows those at Frontier Regional School, Turners Falls High School and Mohawk Trail Regional School, as well as the Washington Redskins renaming themselves – temporarily – the Washington Football Team – and this week’s announcement that ownership of the Cleveland Indians will rename that baseball team