Announcing our Winners!
Hilltown Community Development has announced the winners of the Hilltown Directory “Sights of the Hilltowns” Photo contest. Participants submitted entries of photos they had taken in the 23 Hilltown area that is served by the Hilltown CDC. People could then vote on their favorite photos through online voting. The winning photos received the most votes.
All winning photos can be seen on the Hilltown Directory website: hilltowndirectory.com
$250 “Grand Shutterbug” award goes to Jon Berman, of Blandford
“This photo was taken a couple autumns ago on Birch Hill Road in Blandford. One of the challenges was the angle of the photo to minimize impact of the telephone wires while still capturing the sunset crested ridgeline. I took the photo using what my friend photographer John Stanmeyer called “a fine camera with a phone attached” - an iPhone 6S.”
$100 “Prime Paparazzo” award goes to Katharine Adams, of Otis
“The pastoral scene was photographed on October 6, 2020 in Becket near the intersection of Routes 8 & 20, representing a gentle land I frequently gaze upon and admire.”
$50 Awesome Image Award to Paula Hebert-Pike
“I took the photo in October of 2015. The barn is located on Rt. 112 in Worthington, in the South section of town.”
$50 Awesome Image Award to Jan Luzzi
“My photo was taken on the Ashfield Trail system which heads out from the base of Pony Mountain and the Climbing wall, near Chapel Falls. It is fondly known as ‘The Beaver Pond’.”
Winners of the “People’s Choice awards” for each town are as follows. These photos received the most votes of the photos submitted for the individual towns:
Notably, Jan Luzzi of Florence not only received the awesome image award for Ashfield, but also had the people’s choice award for the towns of Chesterfield and Plainfield. David Butcher received the people’s choice award for both the towns of Westhampton and Huntington, and Susanne Robertson received the people’s Choice award for both Goshen and Dalton.
Congratulations to all of our winners!
Chester-Samuel Mazzaferro
Chesterfield- Jan Luzzi
Cummington- Nancy Cole
Dalton- Susanne Robertson
Goshen- Susanne Robertson
Haydenville- Kelly Bombard
Hinsdale- AJ Zahn
Huntington- David Butcher
Middlefield- Sarah Foley
Montgomery- Richard Chapman
Otis- Karen McTaggart
Plainfield- Jan Luzzi
Russell- Elizabeth Massa
Washington- Gavin Crochiere
Williamsburg- Daria DArienzo
Windsor- Kathryn Wells
Westhampton- David Butcher
Worthington- Paula Hebert-Pike