Rowe votes to build new school

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

School board chooses virtual school’s trustees

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

Local man held on attempted murder, other charges

HAWLEY — A local man was ordered held without bail after being arraigned on attempted murder, kidnapping, and other charges. Donald R. Walck, 35, was arraigned on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping, assault and battery, threatening to commit a crime (murder), and intimidating a witness, Monday in Greenfield … 0

Millers Falls woman gets year’s probation for animal cruelty

GREENFIELD — An area woman charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty was given probation in Greenfield District Court Tuesday. Grace I. Gamache, 33, now of Greenfield, admitted to sufficient facts to five counts of cruelty to animals. The charges were continued without a finding, and Gamache was … 0

Full text: Baystate Franklin hospital president’s letter on keeping services local

The following was sent out to every household in Franklin County in May: Dear Neighbor, As spring finally comes to Franklin County, it’s great to meet up again with folks we have not seen through the winter, and to enjoy the annual greening happening around us which speaks … 0

• Hospital chief rebuts nurses’ claims in letter about care

Gill voters choose school board members

GILL — By narrow margins, Gill voters put their weight behind incumbent Marjorie Levenson and non-incumbent Charles Kelley in the three-way race for two Montague resident seats on the Gill-Montague School Committee. The school committee results are not final until combined with the votes cast in Montague, which … 0

So many neighbors doing charitable work!

Hello, neighbor. For those who know Carol Grover of Bernardston, you might want to stop by Foster’s Super Market on Allen Street between 1 and 4 p.m. on Thursday. Carol loves, loves, loves to talk, but will remain silent for those three hours as she attempts to raise … 0

Police patrol time increasing in New Salem; Swift River School finance formula changing

NEW SALEM ­— There will be about 20 additional hours of police patrol each week and the formula used to determine the town’s elementary school costs will be changed slightly, after voters had their say at a three-hour annual town meeting Monday. Forty residents — a turnout of … 0