Westfield State University’s Gianna Conte was dealing in the circle this past week.Conte, a Greenfield High School alum, made six pitching appearances for the Owls on a spring trip in Naples, Fla., finishing up with a 3-1 record. Conte had a 3.55 ERA...
By EMILEE KLEIN
Massachusetts’ solar development just had its worst year in more than a decade in terms of new installations, but Greenfield Solar partner Claire Chang says her firm that does jobs throughout the Pioneer Valley hasn’t experienced the same downturn.As...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
The first New England Interscholastic Girls Wrestling Championship was a success, and local wrestling coaches hope the event will continue to grow in the years ahead.Frontier’s Jocelyn Antes and Franklin Tech’s Mia Marigliano qualified and competed in...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — One of the first dominoes to fall is a massive one for the UMass men’s basketball team.Minutemen forward Josh Cohen has entered the transfer portal, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello reported late Monday morning. The 6-foot-10 senior has one year of...
By GARRETT COTE
AMHERST — As of Monday afternoon, two UMass women’s basketball guards have entered the transfer portal looking to take their talents elsewhere.Senior Alexsia Rose and junior Kristin Williams have hit the portal following a disappointing 5-27...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Seeking state support for local transportation infrastructure upgrades, Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) officials took Massachusetts Department of Transportation Secretary Monica Tibbits-Nutt and other state and local...
By RUSS VERNON-JONES
A great many of us care about the climate crisis. Many of us have taken steps to reduce our carbon footprints. Many of us have advocated for good climate policy at the local, state, and national levels. We have voted for candidates who seemed most...
By JARED BRITT
In light of some tension: According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the commonwealth of Massachusetts had 6,811 people that had been counted as experiencing homelessness according to their 2018 annual homelessness assessment report...
The Governor’s Council is a forgotten elected office every election cycle until an underdog wins. District 8 Councilor Tara Jacobs beat out four men because she appealed to rural western Massachusetts voter sentiment. She just stood up again for us in...
In a March 15 opinion, a writer wrote that, “We currently have 11 million illegal immigrants as well as our own criminals in our country” [My Turn, “Much to fear from rampant immigration”]. This promotes the fiction that all immigrants are criminals,...
The Governor’s Council recently voted 6-1 to elevate Gabrielle R. Wolohojian, an appellate court justice, to the Supreme Judicial Court. A 16-year veteran of the Appeals Court, Wolohojian is Gov. Maura Healey’s second appointee to the SJC, replacing...
By EVELINE MACDOUGALL
We celebrate today’s Spring Equinox with Colrain resident Jocelyn Demuth, who designs curricula to encourage Massachusetts children to improve environmental health.Through her “Five hundred Yard Field Trip” website, Demuth provides teachers with free...
March 23: Great Falls Coffeehouse series begins MONTAGUE — The Franklin County Musicians Cooperative will kick off the Great Falls Coffeehouse series on Saturday, March 23, at 7 p.m. at the Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Avenue A. Doors open at 6:30...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HADLEY — The owners of a Shelburne farm have permanently protected 100 acres through the Agricultural Preservation Restriction program, ensuring that the fertile land won’t be turned into a large, upscale housing estate or put to other uses.“That’s...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — The initial proposal for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s fiscal year 2025 budget entails a 4.96% hike in expenses over the current year, though revisions will be made based on input from the School Committee and other stakeholders.Michele...
GREENFIELD — With less than one-third of Gaza’s hospitals still functioning, local activists convened outside Baystate Franklin Medical Center on Monday to draw attention to the dangerous conditions faced by health care workers and their patients.The...
By BILL DANIELSON
It was a rainy Sunday morning at the beginning of March and I was suffering from cabin fever. It hasn’t been a particularly cold winter, but I had been cooped up nonetheless. Saturday had gone by without incident, like so many Saturday’s since the new...
By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ
“Do something that scares you every day.” — Eleanor RooseveltOne of the key motivators in human existence — and part of the human condition — is fear. Who of us has never felt or faced fear? It is as universal an emotion as any other. Fear as an...
By DOMENIC POLI
TURNERS FALLS — The state Department of Agricultural Resources recently announced it has cared for at least 20,000 animals through its spay/neuter voucher program since 2012, and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter estimates...
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — The Selectboard intends to add to the Annual Town Meeting warrant an article asking to borrow $1 million to subsidize a water tower needed at the Orange Industrial Park.The engineering firm Weston & Sampson has designed a potable water...
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