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By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Not many 9-year-old kids are faced with the type of decision Noah Gamache had to make. Gamache — now a senior at Pioneer Valley Regional — was born with clubfoot, a birth defect in which the foot is twisted out of shape or position. As he grew up, two...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

It would be hard to find a more dominant postseason run than the one the Greenfield softball team had a season ago. After winning the 2022 MIAA Division 5 state championship, the Green Wave came back last spring with a loaded squad and dominated their...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Is it possible to finish the year with a 21-2 record and not be satisfied with the results? The Pioneer baseball team sure wasn’t. The Panthers won the first 18 games of their season in 2023 and did so in convincing fashion, cruising into the Western...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Any discussions about the school resource officer position will have to wait at least until the next budget cycle, as the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee opted, by consensus, to not revisit the topic at this...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WORCESTER — With a spot in the MIAA Division 5 state championship game on the line, nothing came easy for either Pioneer or the New Mission boys basketball teams on Wednesday at Worcester State University. Joseph Jackson swished a 3-pointer just...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School students will take to the stage Friday for opening night of their spring production, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Written by Rachel Sheinkin, the feature-length comedic musical follows the...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer boys basketball team was ahead of schedule last year, with its young team knocking on the door of the MIAA Division 5 semifinals before falling in the 2023 quarterfinals.This year, the Panthers weren’t sneaking up on...

By GEORGE MILLER

NORTHFIELD — Saturday's MIAA Division 5 boys basketball state quarterfinal allowed Pioneer the chance to flip an old adage on its head, and discover just how hard it is to lose to the same team three times in one season.That's not to say the Panthers...

By GARRETT COTE

NORTHFIELD — Late in the second quarter, No. 14 Athol found itself down just two points after cutting into No. 3 Pioneer’s once eight-point lead.During the next stoppage, Panthers head coach Scott Thayer belted out “everybody relax” to his team...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

MAYNARD — The Pioneer girls basketball team seemed to have a counter for every punch Maynard threw on Monday in the MIAA Division 5 Round of 16. The seventh-seeded Tigers led 33-27 going into the fourth quarter, and while they held a lead throughout...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — It’ll be a birthday Pioneer Valley Regional junior Brayden Thayer will never forget. It was going to take a big year offensively for Thayer to become the 20th player in Pioneer history to hit the 1,000 point mark. He entered the season...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ORANGE — The No. 16-17 matchup is always highly anticipated in the Round of 32 in the state tournament.The Mahar and Lee girls basketball teams didn’t disappoint on Thursday in the MIAA Div. 5 state tourney. Kenzie Garrity caught fire in the final...

By TANISHA BHAT

GREENFIELD — Head Start centers like the one on Washington Street are expected to remain closed, despite a commitment from Gov. Maura Healey and state lawmakers to prioritize funding for this and other early child education programs in the state’s...

By BELLA LEVAVI

NORTHFIELD — School officials put a pause on revisions to a new regional agreement for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District after Selectboards in all three district towns voiced concerns about the timeline for the rollout.“There does not seem...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WESTFIELD — Top-seeded Hoosac Valley was firing on all cylinders early.The Hurricanes hit four 3-pointers in the opening four minutes of the Western Mass. Class D championship game, keeping No. 3 Pioneer off the scoreboard completely while building a...

By JEFF LAJOIE

It’s Championship Saturday for two local high school basketball programs.The Pioneer girls and Mahar boys will look to add some hardware on Saturday when they both take the floor to play in Western Massachusetts championship games.The Panthers get a...

The Pioneer girls basketball team is on to the Western Mass. Class D championship game. After knocking off Duggan in the quarterfinals, the third-seeded Panthers traveled to Monson to take on the No. 2 Mustangs on Wednesday in the semis. Pioneer...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — There will be a new Western Mass. Class D boys basketball champion this year. It was a battle for the entire 32 minutes between second-seeded Pioneer — the defending Class D champs — and No. 3 Duggan on Wednesday at Messer Gymnasium....

By CHRIS LARABEE

BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Kiwanis Club’s series of chicken pot pie fundraisers continues this weekend, as the group looks to raise money for Pioneer Valley Regional School’s athletics booster club.On Saturday, Feb. 24, the Kiwanis Club’s second of...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — After a brief discussion about administrator pay, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee approved a $16.94 million budget for fiscal year 2025 last week, thus sending it to the towns for approval at Annual Town...