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Gray Catbird Pottery Studio expands art class offerings

By | Jun 10, 2025

Gray Catbird Pottery Studio expands art class offerings

HUNTINGTON — This summer, Dale Rogers, owner of the Gray Catbird Gift Shop and Pottery Studio on 22 East Main St. is expanding art class offerings beyond pottery, with some of the 63 artists and artisans featured in the gift shop offering their talents to the public with step-by-step instruction.


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Gateway superintendent accepts position with NEASC

By | Jun 10, 2025

Gateway superintendent accepts position with NEASC

HUNTINGTON — Gateway Regional Superintendent Kristen Smidy announced this week that she has accepted a position as an associate director at the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the recognized accrediting body for schools and colleges in New England.


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Victim advocate talks domestic violence in library series

By | Jun 3, 2025

Victim advocate talks domestic violence in library series

Mary Krol of Westfield, a Hilltown Safety at Home Victim Advocate, received the 2025 Advocate of the Year Award from the Mass. Office for Victim Assistance and the Victim & Witness Assistance Board on May 5.


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Districts meet with education secretary

By | Jun 3, 2025

Districts meet with education secretary

NORTHAMPTON — Massachusetts Education Secretary and interim Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Dr. Patrick Tutwiler visited Northampton High School on May 27 to meet and hear from the students and representatives from several Western Mass. districts about their concerns on proper school funding.


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Gateway School Committee discusses changes, rural aid, graduation requirements

By | May 20, 2025

Gateway School Committee discusses changes, rural aid, graduation requirements

HUNTINGTON — At the start of the May 14 Gateway Regional School Committee and in a conversation after the meeting, Superintendent Kristen Smidy talked about some of the administrative changes facing the district this year.


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SHAEC offers new series on growing and using herbs

By | May 20, 2025

SHAEC offers new series on growing and using herbs

CHESTER — The Southern Hilltowns Adult Education Center is offering a sustainability series on Friday evenings this June at the Village Enterprise Center, 26 Main St.


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By | May 20, 2025

Hampshire County towns set for Memorial Day celebrations

With Memorial Day right around the corner, Reminder Publishing is looking ahead to what communities will be up to in honor of the day.


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Hull Forestlands withdraws Goss Hill gravel pit application in Huntington

By | May 13, 2025

Hull Forestlands withdraws Goss Hill gravel pit application in Huntington

HUNTINGTON — Bill Hull of Hull Forestlands Limited Partnership withdrew his application for a gravel pit on Goss Hill Road at a continued public hearing on May 6 at Stanton Hall.


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By | May 8, 2025

Author talk on Revolutionary War armorer Lt. Richard Falley on May 10

MONTGOMERY — The Montgomery Historical Society invites the public to a special program on Saturday, May 10 at 2 p.m. in Montgomery Town Hall, 161 Main Rd., to hear local author Robert Madison discuss his recently-published book “General Washington’s Secret Armory — Biography of Lt. Richard Falley, Jr., Revolutionary Soldier, Patriot & Armorer.”


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