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Northfield government forum draws experts, advice

Friday, May 24, 2013

NORTHFIELD — No matter what type of government runs the town, it won’t work without informed, active citizens. That was the overarching theme at a forum on possible changes to the structure of Northfield’s government. “There’s no magic in changing the form of government,” said panelist Donald Robinson. “It all depends on who’s in those positions.” Northfield has been researching … 0

16-year-old singer gets ‘The Voice’ audition

Friday, May 24, 2013

CHARLEMONT — Mohawk sophomore Holly Mae Brown, a local pop-country singer from Charlemont, is heading for Boston on June 22, for a live, call-back audition … 0

Local store robbed by gunman

Friday, May 24, 2013

GREENFIELD — Police continue to search for a man wanted in the armed robbery of a local convenience store. At 7:40 p.m. Thursday, police received … 0

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April 18, 2013 - Washington DC., 2013 World Bank / IMF Spring Meetings. Girl Rising: A Rally For Girls and Women. World Bank Group; Jim Yong.Kim, Ban Ki-moon, actress Freida Pinto, UK Sec. of State for Int'l Development Justine Greening join Girl Rising film's call for gender equality in education. Photo: Ryan Rayburn / World Bank

Kabul women’s education advocate to deliver NMH address

Thursday, May 23, 2013

GILL — When Northfield Mount Hermon School’s crop of graduating seniors gather with their families for Sunday’s commencement ceremony on the sprawling Gill campus, they will hear the perspective of a woman who had to sneak her early … 0

Recorder/Paul Franz People dance to music during the Mental Health and Wellness Fair at the Energy Park in Greenfield on Wednesday.

Greenfield mental health fair aims to increase awareness, support

Thursday, May 23, 2013

GREENFIELD — Mental health providers who gathered for four-plus hours in Energy Park said events like Wednesday’s Mental Health and Wellness Fair are necessary to reverse negative connotations and stigmas some have about mental illness. It was the … 0

Whately home uninhabitable after lightning strike

Thursday, May 23, 2013

WHATELY — A lightning bolt struck a Whately home early Wednesday, scorching the roof and displacing its three residents. According to Whately Fire Chief John Hannum, at about 3:22 a.m. Wednesday, lightning sparked the wooden roof of the log cabin home at 17 Laurel Mountain Road. The two … 0

Rowe votes to build new school

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

ROWE — After hearing from all sides, residents weighed in on paper ballots, voting 104 to 72 in favor of building a new, $6.9 million Rowe Elementary School that is to open in August 2014. In this town of only 400 people, roughly half the population turned out … 0

Lights, camera, action

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

SUNDERLAND — Shelburne and Buckland may not be the only Franklin County towns to catch the limelight this summer. A stunt scene from the Warner Bros. film “The Judge” may be shot in Sunderland. Most of the shooting for the “The Judge,” starring Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall … 0

Northfield to hold forum on possible town government changes tonight

Thursday, May 23, 2013

NORTHFIELD — A local committee is bringing in the experts for a forum on possible changes to the town’s government structure. The Northfield Town Governance Study Committee will hold a public forum at 6:30 p.m. today in Town Hall. Panelists will include Bernard Kubiak, Deerfield’s retiring town administrator … 0

School board chooses virtual school’s trustees

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield School Committee’s selection of the five trustees who will lead the town’s cyber school after July 1 was made easier when two of the finalists dropped out hours before Tuesday’s meeting. With only five finalists to fill as many slots, the School Committee appointed … 0

Recorder/Paul Franz Summer Forcier, a senior at Turners Falls High School, works with students at the Pre-K Discovery Program at the Great Falls Middle School.

Third Gill-Montague pre-K programs  installed at Great Falls Middle School

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

TURNERS FALLS — Chanda Waryas O’Keefe’s room may be the only Great Falls Middle School classroom with a sandbox and no middle-schoolers. The 13 students in the classroom on a Tuesday morning are in the 3-to-5 age range, … 0

Council to vote 2014 budget tonight

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

GREENFIELD — If town councilors vote the mayor’s $43.8 million 2014 budget tonight, it appears the town will dodge layoffs and service cuts next year. That would be the third year in a row without service cuts. “I didn’t want to lose ground in my fourth budget,” said … 0

Hospital chief rebuts nurses’ claims in letter about care

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center president Chuck Gijanto insists in a countywide letter that the hospital is increasing its medical services — a direct response to resolutions approved in 10 towns that urge the hospital to keep … 0

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