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Last Friday, Pathfinder pitcher Brayden Megan tossed a two-hitter, striking out 11 batters en route to a 5-2 win over Westfield Technical Academy. On Monday, Trevor Millet scattered four hits and struck out seven batters as the Pioneers downed the St. Mary’s Saints, 7-1, at Westfield Intermediate School.

TURNERS FALLS — After around five years of advocacy, Franklin County Technical School’s aviation program is ready for takeoff within the next two years with help from a $4.2 million state grant.Superintendent Rick Martin accepted the award, which was...

WESTFIELD - Two tri-meets into the 2021 regular season the Westfield High School gymnastics team is still standing atop Western Massachusetts unbeaten.

Technical high schools adapt to COVID’s immense challenge Updated Feb 16, 2021; Posted Feb 16, 2021 1/21/2921 -Westfield- Students at work in Westfield Technical Academys auto repair shop. (Don Treeger / The Republican) Facebook Share The vocational director at Roger L. Putnam Vocational Technical Academy says the last 11 months have been difficult, but could have been worse. “Some districts were caught (unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic). They planned for hybrid last summer and the...

Easthampton’s Rock Valley Tool looks forward, not back Updated Feb 15, 2021; Facebook Share EASTHAMPTON — Elizabeth A. Paquette is no stranger to reinvention. The former special education administrator became a co-owner of a precision machining business in 2013, Rock Valley Tool, a venture she took on with her husband, Jason G. Paquette. It wasn’t a difficult decision to buy the company. Jason Paquette had experience working there, and, she says, they didn’t want to look back and regre...