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SHEFFIELD — Isabella C. Kemp, a recent Mount Everett Regional High School graduate, is the recipient of a $20,000 Henry David Thoreau Scholarship. She is one of eight Thoreau Scholars entering college this autumn. The scholarship, named for the 19th-century naturalist and author Henry David Thoreau, is a prestigious award given annually to top Massachusetts high school seniors focused on environmental leadership. The daughter of Angela Cardinali and John Kemp, Kemp credits her early introduction to agriculture and environmental awareness to the elementary school partnership programs led...

See more photos of the graduation here.  SHEFFIELD, Mass. — The 48 graduates at Mount Everett Regional School were urged to find their truth and not to race too...

  "I think the automatic response people have is, 'This is devastation, this is apocalypse,'" Henry Art said. "Yet, it's not. It's part of what that system is adapted to do.   "For me, it's part of nature. I think it's entirely appropriate to make fire lines around Mass Avenue where the fire could really do some harm."   But deep in the woods of East Mountain and Pine Cobble, where firefighters battled a wildland fire for four days this month, fire can be restorative to the ecosystem and beneficial to a particular species of pine tree.   Art, an emeritus professor of biology and e...

Longsjo Middle School's Becky Colo named 2021 Massachusetts STEM Teacher of the Year May 05, 2021 at 11:59 AM Copied! FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Longsjo Middle School's (Fitchburg, Mass.) Becky Colo has been named the Patriots Hall of Fame presented by Raytheon Technologies Massachusetts STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) Teacher of the Year. Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft announced Colo as the STEM Teacher of the Year today, and her school will receive $5,000 to be used for STEM education. Colo will also serve for one year on the governor'...