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Hawley selling military dump truck

By DOMENIC POLI

HAWLEY — Want a military dump truck? If you’ve got the money, one could be yours.Hawley is using municibid.com, an online auction site for government surplus, to sell a 1990 BMY-Harsco M9229A2 6x6 military dump truck. The acceptance of bids from...

State records show Northfield EMS chief’s paramedic license suspended over failure to transport infant

By LIESEL NYGARD

State regulators suspended Northfield EMS Chief and Orange EMS Capt. Mark Fortier’s paramedic license over his alleged failure to properly assess a 2-week-old infant during a house call and for refusing the child transportation in an ambulance,...

West County Notebook: April 27, 2024

Hilltown Draw-Around features 12 hours of artistic opportunities SHELBURNE FALLS — Join The Art Garden on Saturday, April 27, from noon to midnight for its 12-hour Hilltown Draw-Around event in the historic Cowell Gymnasium.Participants of all ages...

Montague Notebook: April 27, 2024

Working group will consider Farren redevelopment MONTAGUE — In an effort to redevelop the former Farren Care Center site into a residential “Village Center” neighborhood, officials met virtually with the Selectboard on Monday to continue discussing...

South County Notebook: April 27, 2024

Residents clean Upper Road in Deerfield DEERFIELD — Ahead of Earth Day’s town cleanup, a group of eight folks set out on Upper Road to help Greenfield Community College student Tom Alber complete his final project for the Outdoor Leadership Program.In...

Beacon Hill Roll Call: April 15 to April 19, 2024

By BOB KATZEN

There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week.This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call records local senators’ and representatives’ votes on bills that are currently in separate House-Senate conference committees, which are trying to hammer out a...

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Montague Cemetery Commission dedicating town’s first green burial site

By DOMENIC POLI

MONTAGUE — Judith Lorei, a member of the town’s Cemetery Commission, says residents have been asking about green burial options for years, but there was no cemetery in town that allowed it.That is, until now.On Saturday at 10 a.m., the Cemetery...

Ethics Commission raps former Leyden police chief, captain for conflict of interest violations

By DOMENIC POLI

LEYDEN — The State Ethics Commission’s Enforcement Division has accused the former Leyden police chief and captain — who are husband and wife — of violating the conflict of interest law through various misdeeds.Daniel and Gilda Galvis broke the law by...

Frontier Regional School students appeal to lower voting age

By CHRIS LARABEE

When Sunderland residents head to their Annual Town Meeting on Friday, they’ll vote on the town’s budget, some bylaw changes and a citizen’s petition with a unique twist, as the residents who brought the article forward can’t actually vote on...

Police report details grisly crime scene in Greenfield

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SUNDERLAND — Police located a cabin in the woods around Clark Mountain Road Thursday afternoon that is believed to belong to Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the suspect accused of murdering a man at 92 Chapman St. in Greenfield and storing his body in a...

Goddard finds ‘best location’ in Shelburne Falls with new Watermark Gallery space

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SHELBURNE FALLS — The 20 Bridge St. space that formerly housed Molly Cantor’s pottery now displays Watermark Gallery’s eclectic collection of modern art pieces.Local artist Laurie Goddard opened Watermark Gallery last month as her seventh location in...

Federal probe targets UMass response to anti-Arab incidents

By JAMES PENTLAND

AMHERST — Federal civil rights officials are investigating the University of Massachusetts for allegedly dragging its feet over complaints of anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian harassment on campus amid the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.An official...

Montague Notebook: April 24, 2024

Psychic Fair set for Saturday LAKE PLEASANT — The National Spiritual Alliance will sponsor a Psychic Fair on Saturday, April 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Thompson Temple, 2 Montague Ave.To register or for more information, visit...

New Salem event will turn gun parts into gardening tools, jewelry

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — A Connecticut nonprofit will send representatives to town on Saturday to demonstrate how something that is often associated with tragedy can be converted into an instrument furthering new growth.Swords to Plowshares Northeast members will...

New buyer of Bernardston’s Windmill Motel looks to resell it, attorney says

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — The Windmill Motel was sold at auction earlier this month to a private out-of-state lender.The motel at 497 Northfield Road, which was opened by Kolman Nemes in 1981, was bought for $750,000 on April 10, according to Marianne Sullivan,...

Advancing water treatment: UMass startup Elateq Inc. wins state grant to deploy new technology

By XINYI YANG

AMHERST — In the four years since its founding on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, startup Elateq Inc., a water treatment and hardware company, has landed contracts big (think PepsiCo) and small (think town of Amherst).Now the company,...