Ashfield Street sidewalk, road project main focus of Buckland Special Town Meeting
Buckland Special Town Meeting voters will take up the matter of reconstruction of roads and sidewalks on a portion of Ashfield Street from the corner with Clement Street, pictured, up the hill to the area around the train tracks. The meeting, on Feb. 13, seeks to authorize the Selectboard and town administrator to negotiate acquiring land around the sidewalk, so that the project can accommodate regulations on sidewalk width. Staff Photo/Paul Franz
Published: 2/1/2021 2:24:21 PM
BUCKLAND Reconstruction of roads and sidewalks on a portion of Ashfield Street will be the key issue to come before voters in a Special Town Meeting next weekend.
New Mary Lyon Foundation executive director hopes to ‘continue legacy’ of founder
Kristen Tillona-Baker, the new executive director of the Mary Lyon Foundation, in her office at Mohawk Trail Regional School in Buckland. Staff photo/MARY BYRNE
Modified: 1/28/2021 5:01:51 PM
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BUCKLAND After seven years of commuting each week between South Deerfield and The Knox School on Long Island, Kristen Tillona-Baker is home to stay.
“When the pandemic hit and all of a sudden I was working from home, it really hit me how much I missed my family,” said Tillona-Baker. “I never had enough time at home to let it sink in.”
In wake of ‘incredible need,’ Mohawk Trail Regional School student gives back with food pantry fundraiser
Shelburne resident Sophia Goodnow, 14, delivers a check for $1,810 to Pat Thayer at the Hilltown Churches Food Pantry in Ashfield. Contributed photo
Modified: 12/31/2020 4:00:56 PM
With the support of her community, one Mohawk Trail Regional School student was able to raise more than $1,800 to benefit a local food pantry.
“One thing I feel like I’ve really learned from this is you don’t always see what problems the community has, but they’re always there,” said Shelburne resident Sophia Goodnow, 14. “Being a part of what’s going on just knowing how your community is being affected that’s been important to me.”
Susan Samoriski is Greenfield Recorder’s 2020 Citizen of the Year
Susan Samoriski, the Greenfield Recorder’s 2020 Citizen of the Year, at the Mary Lyon Foundation office in the Mohawk Trail Regional School building. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Susan Samoriski, the Greenfield Recorder’s 2020 Citizen of the Year, at the Mary Lyon Foundation office in the Mohawk Trail Regional School building. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Susan Samoriski, the Greenfield Recorder’s 2020 Citizen of the Year, at the Mary Lyon Foundation office in the Mohawk Trail Regional School building. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 12/27/2020 11:03:23 PM
SHELBURNE FALLS Susan Samoriski says she has always been a “doer,” sleeping little at night, so she could get things done and enjoy every minute of her work.
Frustrations
Published: 12/20/2020 2:57:02 PM
I have seen several articles and letters lately in this newspaper and elsewhere blaming teachers’ unions for the fact that students are not currently attending full-time, in-person school. While it is easy and tempting to make this kind of broad-brush assertion, it is not universally accurate.
In the Mohawk Trail district, our teachers and paraprofessionals have been active, flexible partners in creating and implementing our return-to-learn plans. Their participation has made our planning process better, not longer.
No, all of our students are not attending in person on all days, but the most important impediment to that is COVID-19. Because of COVID, we must have the space (adequately ventilated space) to accommodate all students at 6 feet of physical distance; we must have more staff to fill current openings and new positions, given that one class of 24 now must become two, separately taught classes of 12; and we must have the fin