WORTHINGTON Three candidates are seeking a single seat on the Select Board in town elections May 6.Edward “Ned” Ferguson, Ron Sampson and incumbent Stephen Smith are vying for the position. Each has posted statements on the town website.Ferguson, a.
Finalists picked for Gateway Regional, Hampshire Regional superintendents
Kristen Smidy, the principal of Hampshire Regional, stands with her son Andrew Smidy in front of the school in March 2020. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Published: 3/1/2021 9:19:52 PM
HUNTINGTON Four finalists have been named in the search for the next superintendent for the Gateway Regional School District.
The finalists include Hampshire Regional High School Principal Kristen Smidy and Gateway Regional School District Pupil Services Director Kurt Garivaltis, as well as Battenkill Valley (Arlington, Vermont) Supervisory Union Superintendent William Bazyk and East Longmeadow High School Principal Gina Flanagan.
The finalists were selected by the Superintendent Search Subcommittee of the Gateway Regional District School Committee.
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Bera Dunau
My journalism career began in the Hilltowns.
In 2011, I was interviewed for a reporter’s position at The Berkshire Beacon, a small Lenox-based paper. Because I was visiting friends in the Pioneer Valley at the time, the publisher and I met at the Old Creamery in Cummington. I got the job, less than a year after graduating from Hampshire College, and the course of my life was forever altered.
A lot has happened since that successful interview in the Hilltowns.
My career has taken me from the Berkshires, to Cooperstown, New York, to Foxboro and finally to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, where I’ve worked for more than three years. I’ve covered U.S. Rep. Richard Neal’s 2012 primary challenge, talked with people in line for marijuana on the first day of legal recreational sales in Northampton, reviewed a Bruce Springsteen concert at Gillette Stadium, chronicled a community coming to terms with the crimes of a monster, a
Hilltown Community Development has partnered with local retailers and farm stands to set up Hilltown Food Bucks, a local effort to help Hilltown residents stretch their food dollars while supporting critical local food businesses in a difficult time of social and economic stress.
Eligible participants can receive between $100 to $125 in food coupons per month for a limited time to be used at participating local stores and farms on non-taxable food items.
To be eligible, participants must live in one of the following towns: Ashfield, Blandford, Chester, Chesterfield, Cummington, Goshen, Huntington, Middlefield, Montgomery, Plainfield, Williamsburg, and Worthington.
Residents who are age 62 years or older, have a child enrolled in Free and Reduced School Meals, are a resident of low income housing, or are eligible for LIHEAP are encouraged to apply.