Friday, April 12, 2013
Around the county, people looked out of their windows Friday, and uttered an all-too-familiar four-letter word. Snow. Friday’s wintry weather came as a shock to many, and kept emergency workers busy as cars slid off the road, one …
Friday, April 12, 2013
GREENFIELD — Franklin County Register of Probate John Merrigan has endorsed Congressman Stephen F. Lynch in the U.S. Senate race to replace John Kerry. “I had the pleasure to serve with Congressman Lynch in the Legislature,” said Merrigan. “He is a dedicated public servant who puts his heart …
Friday, April 12, 2013
Following a recent meeting with Massachusetts Broadband Institute and area legislators, the 42-town WiredWest cooperative is pledging its support for a proposed $40 million state bond to develop a fiber-to-the-home network for roughly 45 towns that are unserved by cable. “WiredWest remains committed to universally available and fairly …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
MONTAGUE — Young Ella Bartlett has struggled most of her five short years, and it hasn’t been any easier for her parents. But this week, Ella is just a kid having a great time at Disney World. This …
Thursday, April 11, 2013
TURNERS FALLS — Turners Falls Water District customers will be asked to authorize the final chunk of change for a new well project 13 years in the planning at next week’s annual district meeting. Authority to borrow $935,000 for remaining construction of the Hannegan Brook well is the …
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
TURNERS FALLS — Gill-Montague Regional School Committee Tuesday interviewed Patricia E. Gardner, the sole internal candidate for the Gill-Montague superintendent’s job. Gardner entered the district in 2011 as the Turners Falls High School assistant principal and was promoted to principal in her second year. Gardner said she has …
Monday, April 8, 2013
MONTAGUE — Kathleen McGraw — a Montague resident and former medical director at Baystate Franklin Medical Center — has been named as the Franklin District Medical Society’s 2013 Community Clinician of the Year. After an eight-year stint at …
Monday, April 8, 2013
Gill-Montague school panel contest Nomination papers are in and there will be one race on the ballot for the three Gill-Montague School Committee seats to be decided in the May election. Incumbent Jane Oakes of 154 French King Highway is running unopposed for the Gill representative’s seat and …
Monday, April 8, 2013
TURNERS FALLS — The Gill-Montague School Committee on Monday evening interviewed the first of three finalists for the district superintendent’s job, nearing the close of a search process scheduled to end with a decision Thursday. Michael E. Sullivan …
Sunday, April 7, 2013
ERVING — A local teenager faces a slew of charges after he allegedly led police on a high-speed chase back and forth through Erving and Montague Saturday afternoon, ending in Northfield after he and his passenger abandoned the truck and fled into the woods. Police arrested Carl Engstrom, …
