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Volunteers, students team up in penpal program
GREENFIELD -- C.S. Lewis' "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" has been a classroom bookshelf classic for six decades, a blockbuster movie hit and, this spring, the topic of a series of letters between…
Third Thursday in Turners Falls kicks off
TURNERS FALLS -- The RiverCulture program's latest venture, a monthly downtown cultural evening, begins Thursday with knights and photography taking center stage and closing with a free outdoor screening…
Council to vote on controversial reappointment
GREENFIELD -- Mayor William Martin has said he is not going to play "political games" with town councilors who are trying to block a longtime Planning Board member's nomination to a new term. After hearing…
Town Council to discuss election changes
GREENFIELD -- Town Council will discuss possible changes to election dates and how long officials serve in town government at its regular monthly meeting tonight beginning at 7. The full council will…
Motion to slash preschool opposed
ORANGE -- While some tweaks to budget line items were approved at the annual meeting this week, tempers wore thin as the hour grew later and a major cut in school spending was suggested by a Finance Committee…
Goodbye, Carlinville: Filming ends in Shelburne
SHELBURNE -- The "Crawford County Sheriff's Dept" sign is gone from above the doorway of Memorial Hall, and the "Carlinville Savings Bank" is once again Greenfield Cooperative Bank. On Monday and Tuesday,…
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HilltwnFamilies: Trail Crew Work Opportunities for Teens in the Berkshires with @AppMtnClub: (link) #teens #berkshires #Westernma
HilltwnFamilies: #Irish Legacy Exhibit Blends Local #Immigration History with Artifacts at @SpfldMuseums in #WesternMA: (link) #edchat
Charney/My Turn: Unintended consequences
"The opposite of poverty is not wealth but justice." -- Bryan Stevenson Kiera, 16, was an honor student in Bartow, Fla., until she was expelled. Kiera, curious to find out if it was true that an eight-ounce…
