Mount Everett Names Top Students for 2013

03:59PM / Monday, June 03, 2013Print Story | Email Story

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — Mount Everett Regional School has named its top students for the class of 2013.

Catherine Twing is valedictorian and Erik Derwitsch is salutatorian. Both will speak at graduation exercises at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, at Tanglewood in Lenox.

Twing is the daughter of Belinda and Robert Twing of New Marlborough. In addition to being president of the National Honor Society, she is vice president of the Mount Everett Future Farmers of America Chapter.

She has been an active member of the school choir, band and tennis team. She has also participated in Shakespeare & Company's Fall Festival of Shakespeare. She will attend Castleton State College in Vermont to pursue a degree in social work and participate in the honors program.

Derwitsch is the son of Joanne and Robert Derwitsch of Ashley Falls.

Derwitsch is a three-sport athlete, playing soccer, hockey and baseball throughout high school. He is also the treasurer of the National Honor Society, a Blue and Gold School Spirit team captain and an active member in the Students Against Destructive Decisions club, and serves on the Youth Advisory Board for the Berkshire County district attorney's office.

He will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering.

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BVNA Nurses Raise Funds for Berkshire Bounty

06:38AM / Wednesday, December 24, 2025

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts Nursing Association members of the Berkshire Visiting Nurses Association raised $650 to help with food insecurity in Berkshire County.

The nurses and health-care professionals of BVNA have given back to the community every holiday season for the last three years. The first year, they adopted a large family, raised money, bought, wrapped and delivered the gifts for the family. Last year, they sold raffle tickets and the money raised went to the charitable cause of the winner.

This year, with food insecurity as a rising issue, they chose to give to Berkshire Bounty in Great Barrington.

They sold raffle tickets for a drawing to win one of two items: A lottery ticket tree or a gift certificate tree, each worth $100. They will be giving the organization the donation this month.

Berkshire Bounty seeks to improve food security in the county through food donations from retailers and local farms; supplemental purchases of healthy foods; distribution to food sites and home deliveries; and collaborating with partners to address emergencies and improve the food system.

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