Hatfield News

Southwick-Tolland Regional High School Principal Pamela Hunter recently attended a self-study seminar at Smith Academy in Hatfield designed to orient principals and steering committee members of schools scheduled for evaluation in 2015 about the evaluation process and the critical components of the standards for accreditation.

Anne Marie Bettencourt, an English teacher at Springfield Central High School, says she can identify with the struggles of many of her students because of her own difficult childhood.

It took almost 85 years for Champ Dickinson to see a likeness of his great great uncle, but when he finally did this week, he noticed a family resemblance.

Participating for the first time in a statewide, friendly competition to help feed those in need, the Berkshire District Attorney's Office raised the equivalent of nearly five tons of food during a two-week campaign.

Parents of the couple are Warren and Carole Schultze of Northrop, Marie Boynton of Greenfield, Mass., Mort Thibodo of Easthampton, Mass., and the late Linda Schultze.

Nearly 140 Williamstown and Lee property owners will soon learn if a state-sponsored solar energy program can help them cut their electricity costs.