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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Ten exemplary students from across Franklin County and North Quabbin region were recognized Thursday night during the Franklin County Area Superintendents’ Association’s annual awards dinner at Franklin County Technical School.These...

Eighth Grade High Honors: Christian Gustaf Anderholm, Tristan William Dowler, Calvin Michael Feltman, Jace Thomas Fisher, Brody James Gagnon, Jewel-Leighann Hope Gifford, Aiden Jack Graziano, Lucas Robert Hart, Quinn Matthew Lucas-Mullen, Josiah...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — It’s a whole new world for the Ralph C. Mahar Regional School theater program as it puts on its first-ever fall production later this month.The program, which typically has only a spring play, will hold five performances of the Disney...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s athletics program is running out of time to replace its playing surface and track lanes.The rubber-and-sand mixture making up the turf and the track at the James S. Woodward Athletic Complex has another...

Mahar hosting Homecoming WeekendORANGE — Homecoming Weekend at Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange is set for Oct. 17 through Oct. 19.The first event is a program will be held in the Kermit Cook Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 17, when the...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Trying to please a cynical restaurant critic might seem like a daunting task. But how about 1,200 growing young people? That’s the daily reality for Katrina Bressani, the new food service director for the Ralph C. Mahar Regional and Union 73...

By CHRIS LARABEE, MADISON SCHOFIELD, ANTHONY CAMMALLERI, ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN and DOMENIC POLI

The MCAS scores for 2024 have been released, showing that approximately 30.1% of Franklin County and North Quabbin students met or exceeded expectations, 48.5% partially met expectations and 21.5% did not meet expectations in the math and English...

By GARRETT COTE

EASTHAMPTON — Back on Sept. 12, the Easthampton and Mahar boys soccer teams played to a competitive 0-0 draw in a physical game up in Orange.Something had to give in Part II at Nonotuck Park on Wednesday afternoon.In the first half, the Senators...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHAMPTON — What a difference a year makes.Back in 2023, the Northampton football team didn’t win a game until its very last contest of the year, and it took a miracle touchdown as time expired. But in 2024, the Blue Devils are a completely...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — Following a three-and-out on its opening drive of the game, the Mahar football team locked in for the remainder of the first half in its season opener against Drury on Friday. After the stop, the Senators proceeded to score touchdowns on...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — After arriving on the job late in the process a year ago, Mahar football coach Percy Eady spent the precious little time he had learning about his team and trying to find their strengths and weaknesses going into the 2023 season. Now with a...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — With the start of the academic year, Ralph C. Mahar Regional School will offer paid internships that certify students to work in the wastewater industry.Elizabeth Zielinski, entering her fifth year as superintendent of the Ralph C. Mahar...

By LUCY POSTERA

TURNERS FALLS — It was a dominant championship game performance for Pioneer, which was crowned Franklin Tech Girls Summer Basketball League champions after rising above Mahar for a 61-33 victory on Thursday evening.Mahar topped Franklin Tech 42-27 in...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Following an overall decline in teacher retention in 2023, Franklin County and North Quabbin school districts saw a mix of increased and decreased retention rates in the 2023-2024 school year, according to data from the state Department of Elementary...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Seated at the 10-yard line of the James S. Woodward Athletic Complex, the members of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s perhaps smallest-ever class crossed into a different end zone of sorts on Friday evening.Fifty-six graduates moved their...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Elementary and Ralph C. Mahar Regional school committees obliged their town’s Selectboard on Monday by revisiting the budgets they’re proposing at the Annual Town Meeting, but only Mahar voted to further trim costs as asked.Because...

Seventh Grade High Honors: Emma Chloe Bennington, Matthew Lee Brazie, Tristan William Dowler, Konner David DuPray, Calvin Michael Feltman, Lucas Robert Hart, Laylah Ann Marie Lamarche, Quinn Matthew Lucas-Mullen, Jenna Lynne Nolette, Carly Rose Paluk,...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — The Mahar baseball team couldn’t have asked for a better first inning on Monday against Smith Academy. After Sam Connors shut down the Falcons in the top of the frame, it didn’t take the Senator bats long to get going when it was their turn...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — It appears Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps will participate in competitions with an air rifle aspect next year, though the program’s instructors are still waiting on air tanks, targets and other...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — It appears all COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted in the kingdom of Arendelle.Students in Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s Theater Department in 2020 were about six weeks away from the opening night of “Frozen Jr.” when the production was...