Gateway Regional, Mohawk Trail regional high schools receive portion of $3 million rural school aid grant
Updated Apr 01, 2021;
Posted Apr 01, 2021
Sen. Adam Hinds, right, presents funding to Mohawk Trail/Hawlemont Regional School Districts Superintendent Sheryl Stanton at Mohawk Trail Regional School on March 30, 2021. .
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Schools in all four counties of Western Massachusetts will receive about $1 million in additional funding through a rural school aid grant program.
State Sen. Adam G. Hinds, D-Pittsfield, on Monday presented Gateway Regional High School in Huntington with $223, 213 and Mohawk Trail Regional High School in Shelburne Falls with $192,644 in funding as part of $3 million allocated to the Rural School Aid grant program in the fiscal 2020 state budget.
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Conway woman dies in Berkshire East skiing accident
Published: 3/12/2021 5:06:44 PM
CHARLEMONT A 70-year-old woman from Conway died Tuesday afternoon following a skiing accident at Berkshire East Mountain Resort.
The woman was transported by ambulance to Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, where she was pronounced dead, according to Mary Carey, spokesperson for the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office. State and local police responded to the scene.
The cause of the incident remains under investigation, but no criminal activity or foul play is suspected, Carey noted.
Buckland Police and Fire departments were initially requested for assistance in setting up a landing zone for LifeFlight at Mohawk Trail Regional School, but the helicopter was ultimately canceled, Buckland Police Chief Jim Hicks said Tuesday.
Regional Notebook: March 11, 2021
Sliced carrots at Red Fire Farm in Montague. CISA has launched a new map to help SNAP customers earn HIP benefits by buying local produce at authorized vendors, including Red Fire Farm, throughout the Pioneer Valley.
Published: 3/10/2021 4:01:23 PM
Start ’Em Early Foundation holding T-shirt sale
SOUTHWICK The nonprofit Start ’Em Early Foundation has launched a T-shirt campaign to raise money to continue producing sensory sacks that help first responders in emergency situations involving people and patients with autism.
Items in the sensory sacks include: Rubik’s Cubes, small whiteboards for drawing and non-verbal communication, “feeling wheels” to signal emotions, coloring books, noise-canceling headphones, stress putty and other calming toys.
Educators welcome vaccines but concerned about supply
David Grout teaches a hybrid class to sixth-grade students in person and at home from the Gill Elementary School on Friday. Although he had trouble with the scheduling website, Grout has received his first COVID-19 vaccination. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
David Grout teaches a hybrid class to sixth-grade students in person and at home from the Gill Elementary School on Friday. Although he had trouble with the scheduling website, Grout has received his first COVID-19 vaccination. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
David Grout teaches a hybrid class to sixth-grade students in person and at home from the Gill Elementary School on Friday. Although he had trouble with the scheduling website, Grout has received his first COVID-19 vaccination. STAFF PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ