‘Slave auction’ prompts criminal charges for 6 teens at SRS

by Cliff Clark | Mar 21, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick

SOUTHWICK — Six eighth graders face criminal charges, an elected official asked a School Committee member to resign, the town is looking at writing a formal DEI policy and administrators uncovered racist graffiti as Southwick Regional School continues to reel from...

Splash pad ready this summer, pickleball project is ‘rolling’

by Cliff Clark | Mar 21, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick

SOUTHWICK — That the splash pad project could be open to the public by mid-June and a local resident and pickleball instructor has volunteered to assist the town in building six courts were the top items discussed during a recent meeting of the Parks and Recreation...

Outside tuitions drive proposed hikes in STGRSD budget

by Cliff Clark | Mar 21, 2024 | Hampden County, Hilltowns, Local News, Southwick

SOUTHWICK — While residents of Southwick and Granville will be asked to increase their annual allocation to the schools for fiscal year 2025, Tolland would pay less. During a March 15 hearing at the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District offices, it was...

Southwick school community wants action against racism

by Cliff Clark | Mar 14, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick

SOUTHWICK — Emotions ran high during the public comments portion of the first School Committee meeting since the community learned of two racist incidents involving students attending Southwick Regional School in early February. “None of you can tell her what she’s...

Southwick electric aggregation savings could start sooner than expected

by Cliff Clark | Mar 14, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick

SOUTHWICK — Implementing the town’s municipal aggregation plan may happen sooner than expected, according to a vice president with Colonial Power Group, the company the town chose to oversee the program that can save businesses and residents money on their electric...

Southwick votes like state for Biden, Trump in primary

by Michael Ballway | Mar 12, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Southwick

SOUTHWICK — Joseph Biden and Donald Trump widened their leads in the presidential nomination races on March 5, and voters in both Massachusetts as a whole, and Southwick in particular, placed themselves firmly in the front-runners’ corners. Both major-party candidates...