Thursday, April 25, 2013
On Saturday, the YMCA in Greenfield will celebrate YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day with a free community event that encourages children ages 6 to 12 in Franklin County to get moving and learning. The Y’s national initiative to improve families’ health and well-being, takes place at 1,900 Ys and …
Thursday, April 25, 2013
The Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail is back for its ninth year this weekend, and features nearly twice as many potters as before. With nine stops in Shelburne Falls, Greenfield, Northfield, Northampton, Florence, Hadley and Pelham, the annual event …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
TURNERS FALLS — On Tuesday, U.S. News & World Report magazine released its 2013 Best High School rankings, rating Turners Falls High School the 40th in the state, placing it in the top 12 percent of the state’s 358 public high schools and alone on that list in …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
If you have old, leftover, expired or unneeded medications around the house, don’t flush them or throw them in the garbage. Take them to a National Prescription Take Back Day drop-off point instead. The program is a collaboration between the Franklin and Hampshire County sheriffs departments, the Franklin …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
SOUTH DEERFIELD — When you get right down to it, there’s almost nothing as basic and magical as soil. It’s easy to take for granted, but 30 or so farmers and farm agents from around the region took …
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
TURNERS FALLS — Last chance, for the moment, to weigh in on the village’s future. The final Downtown Turners Falls Livability public meeting is scheduled for Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Discovery Center, 2 Avenue A, to gather input on the …
Monday, April 22, 2013
GREENFIELD — What better day than Earth Day for the state to announce its new grant program to help towns and cities buy electric vehicles and what better place than Greenfield, in front of two recently installed electric …
Monday, April 22, 2013
Interested residents of western Massachusetts can receive free legal advice on May 21 through the Massachusetts Bar Association’s semiannual Dial-A-Lawyer call-in program. Volunteer lawyers from the MBA will field phone calls from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. from residents of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire counties who have legal …
Monday, April 22, 2013
Hello neighbor. A very tense, pins-and-needles-type of week is behind us — although I don’t think last week will ever be forgotten. We all heard the news on Monday, whether we were listening to the radio at the …
Monday, April 22, 2013
BOSTON — State Sen. Stanley Rosenberg was honored recently for his work to benefit children and families of Massachusetts during the Step Up For Prevention ceremony held by the Children’s Trust Fund at the Statehouse. Senate President Therese Murray said “Senator Rosenberg is a leader on many important …
