News Archive

• May 29, 2025: Three Candidates Seek Charlemont Selectboard Seat
• May 16, 2025: Mohawk Trail Hawlemont School Committees Support Further Exploration of Single-Campus Model 
• May 10, 2025: With Traveling Busload of Books, Husband and Wife Look to Inspire Love of Reading
• May 7, 2025: Local Meals Tax, $5.29M Budget Approved in Colrain
• May 7, 2025: Charlemont Town Meeting Voters OK Spending for Fire Truck, Eye Regional Fire District with Rowe
• May 5, 2025: Buckland Voters OK Grant Match for Historic Properties Survey
• May 5, 2025: All 30 Articles, Including Solar Grant Match and $2.8M School Assessment, OK’d in Ashfield
• April 10, 2025: Mohawk Trail Regional School District Plans Trainings Following Staff Misconduct Allegations
• April 8, 2025: As Part of Climate Leader Plans, Ashfield’s ‘Solar Journey’ Just Beginning
• April 5, 2025: Buckland Looking At $5.9M Budget For FY26
• March 25, 2025: Inspiring Stargazers
• March 24, 2025: Legislators: State’s School Funding Formula Has ‘Left Us Out,’ Call For Changes At Hearing Held At UMass
• March 20, 2025: Learn About Pollinator Habitat in March 22 Program
• March 19, 2025: Area Schools Drafting AI Policies for Classwork
• March 15, 2025: Colrain Central School Teacher Recognized For Work With School’s Youngest Learners
• March 13, 2025: Charlemont Officials Throw Support Behind Potential Education Funding Lawsuit
• March 3, 2025: Mohawk Trail Regional School Committee OKs $27.2M Budget
• February 27, 2025: AG Orders Mohawk Trail School To Turn Over Records
• February 26, 2025: Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont Community Members Review Restructuring Proposals
• January 31, 2025: Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont Districts Review Restructuring Options
• January 14, 2025: Mohawk Trail Regional School District To Revise $22.6M Budget Proposal In Weeks Ahead
• January 10, 2025: The Smithsonian Is Coming To Town: Town Of Hawley Partners With Mohawk Trail Regional School To Host Traveling Exhibit On Democracy
• December 26, 2024: Fundraising Underway To Replace Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School Playgrounds
• November 15, 2024: Schools Consider Future of Graduation Requirements Following MCAS Ballot Vote By Madison Schofield and Anthony Cammalleri
• November 5, 2024: Mary Lyon Foundation Connects Students, Families with Resources By Madison Schofield
• October 30, 2024: Greenfield Community College Hosts Safe And Healthy School Summit
• October 27, 2024: Shelburne Native, Mohawk Trail Regional School Alum Named 2025 Vermont Teacher Of The Year
• October 23, 2024: Five Reorganization Options Possible To Increase Sustainability Of Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont Districts
• October 18, 2024: Question 2: Should MCAS Exam Remain A Graduation Requirement?
• October 8, 2024: MCAS Scores Moving Target Across Franklin County, North Quabbin Districts
• October 3, 2024: $12K Awarded to Franklin County Businesses, Schools Supports Waste Reduction
• September 30, 2024: Air Quality Sensors Come at a Very Important Time
• September 22, 2024: First-Ever Oktoberfest Raising Money For Buckland-Shelburne Elementary Student Trip
• August 27, 2024: School year begins for Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont Regional School District
• June 19, 2024: Online Forum Addresses School Funding Erosion in Franklin County
• June 14, 2024: Enrollment Formula Change Back Before Heath Voters
• June 5, 2024: Colrain Voters Nix CPA, Preservation of Library Busts at Town Meeting
• June 3, 2024: Mohawk Trail Regional School Expanding Cellphone Policy for Students
• June 3, 2024: My Turn: Mohawk’s Overreach for Heath School Funds
• May 14, 2024: Hawley Residents Vote Down Resolution on State Flag, Seal for Second Year
• May 14, 2024: Heath Voters Ok 1.6M Town Budget, School Spending
• May 8, 2024: Ryan Wins Select Board Seat in Plainfield
• May 8, 2024: Streetlight Proposal Gets Unanimous Approval in Shelburne
• May 6, 2024: Western Mass School Leaders Rally for Funding at State House
• May 5, 2024: “We are Among the Leaders”: Ashfield Town Meeting Voters Pass Bevy of Clean Energy Proposals
• May 5, 2024: Buckland Backs Short-Term Rental Bylaw
• April 16, 2024: Two Local School Advocates Tapped to Lead State’s New Small and Rural Schools Committee
• April 15, 2024: ‘Bringing Harvest to the Community’: Shelburne Falls Community Orchard on the Move
• March 13, 2024: Mohawk Trail’s Regional Agreement Changes Coming Back to Towns
• March 5, 2024: Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont Budgets Get School Board Approval, Head to Town Meeting
• March 1, 2024: At State Budget Hearing at GCC, School Officials Share Unique Challenges Faced by Rural Districts
• February 24, 2024: Hawlemont Regional School District Budget Stands Firm
• February 23, 2024: Hawlemont Regional School, Timber Farmers to Launch Wood Bank
• February 19, 2024: At State Budget Hearing at GCC School Official Share Unique Challenges Faced by Rural Districts
• February 19, 2024: Mohawk Trail Proposes $26.7M Budget for FY25; Public Hearing Set for Wednesday
• February 3, 2024: Mohawk Trail, Hawlemont Districts Launch Phase Two of Sustainability Study
• January 14, 2024: Franklin County’s YMCA Contributing to Study While Opening Satellite Site in Buckland
• December 20, 2023: Haffner Family ‘Overwhelmed’ By Donations After Buckland Fire
• November 5, 2023: Buckland-Shelburne Elementary Teachers Honored for Nature Education
• October 31 2023: Pioneer Valley Residents Testify in Favor of Rural School Aid Bill
• October 13, 2023: Heath Finance Committee Opposes Special Town Meeting on School Assessment Formula
• October 9, 2023: Shelburne Voters to Consider Mohawk Trail School District Assessment Formula Change
• September 15, 2023: Hawlemont Open House
• September 14, 2023: Climate Rally
• September 8, 2023: School Officials Request Heath Vote on Changing Assessment Formula
• August 18, 2023: Increased Rural Aid
• June 28, 2023: Legislature Urged to Adopt Permanent School Meals Program
• September 1, 2022: Solar Panel Project Support
• July 29, 2022: Solar Panel Project Consideration