ATHOL – Once again, an alcohol and drug-free party will be held following this year’s Athol High School prom which, for the first time, will include both juniors and seniors. This will mark the 30th anniversary of the first after-prom party. Launched.
ATHOL The Athol Royalston Regional School Committee is expected to vote a proposed FY22 school district budget of approximately $26 million when it meets this week. If the budget is ultimately approved, Athol taxpayers will chip in nearly $290,000.
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
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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.