Four Northampton High School Honors Art students: Stella Cilman, James Rejniak, Emma Sadowski and Samantha Sarvet were recently awarded Gold Keys for their individual visual art portfolios in the Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Exhibition and Contest. The Gold Key is the highest honor that a student can receive at the state level.

Have you ever wanted to take your dog to a dog show that has categories such as Best Fetcher, Most Photogenic, or A Pooch who can Smooch? If so, the 5^th annual March Forth with your Dog this Saturday, March 6^th (with a snow date of March 7) is the place to be this weekend. This show, sponsored by the Volunteers in Northampton Schools, is a wonderful opportunity for dogs, and their owners to have a fun-filled afternoon and enjoy the company of canines as well as two-legged folks.

On Wednesday, Nov. 25th the Northampton community will be holding a benefit/Celebration of life in the memory of Patti Samolewicz. The goal of this benefit is to raise money to help defray medical expenses that the family has incurred.

We are most grateful to the community at large for the donations that have come in for the Silent Auction. This event will take place at the Garden House at Look Park on the 25th from 3 to 7 p.m. A $25 donation is required.