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The Country Club of Greenfield is holding its Youth Golf Camp from June 24-27. The camp will be capped at 25 children on a first come, first serve basis. The fee is $170 for the first family member and $140 for each additional family member. The camp...

Lilly Ross reached the century mark, and the Franklin Tech softball team continued its perfect start to the season on Wednesday.Ross smacked an RBI single in the bottom of the third inning for the 100th hit of her varsity career, and the Eagles...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After stranding a pair of runners in scoring position in a tie game in the sixth inning, the Frontier baseball team made sure to capitalize when runners reached in the seventh on Wednesday against Amherst. Tied 5-5 in the bottom of...

By DOMENIC POLI

ERVING — While the Selectboard was forced to reject the lone procurement submission for the former International Paper Mill because it was incomplete, members hope the applicant’s idea could be a window to future opportunities.Hancock Academy is...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — The long-running saga of seeking to determine the status of Steam Mill Road in Deerfield has reached the courtroom, as the 2021 lawsuit began its bench trial at the Franklin County Justice Center on Wednesday, with opening statements and...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After a few years submitting her work to the annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest, Greenfield poet and freelance writer Joannah Whitney placed first among the contest’s adult finalists Tuesday night at the Greenfield Public Library. The...

By MAX BOWEN

ERVING — Following a report of a threat that involved an Erving Elementary School student, parents questioned the School Committee on Tuesday about what can be done in light of concerns over the administration’s response.According to a joint statement...

By ELLEN ATTALIADES and LYNN IRELAND

 Vacancies at programs operated by human services providers — despite some progress over the last two years — are still much too high. More than one in four direct support professional positions in adult residential and day programs for people with...

By ANNIE MAURER and ALYSSA GOLDEN

 April is Second Chance Month, a time to focus on how our community can support our neighbors in central and western Massachusetts returning from incarceration.As attorneys with Community Legal Aid’s CORI/Re-Entry Unit, we see the life-changing power...

By MARGUERITE WILLIS

 Hold on, I’m going to be judgmental. I heard an ad on internet radio for a well-known company that sells fiber supplements.But wait for it — that company now has fiber gummies for kids “because they don’t get enough fiber!” Accompanying the ad were...

Those horrible middle school memories. Never knowing if Benji or Joey really liked you or not, and other types of misgivings and misleadings that ultimately led to an understanding that nothing really makes sense. Hooray for our federal government....

In 2023, voters around the country directly approved $2.2 billion dollars in new funding for bike projects.If you want our roads to be safer for people on bikes, please tell our Selectboard, Planning Board, and most importantly, FRCOG’s (Franklin...

By SHERYL HUNTER

The circus is coming to town, and not the kind with elephants and clowns. I’m talking about the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, a rock group from the Hudson Valley in New York that makes music as unique as its name. The band, which has frequently...

If I had a dime for every time someone asked me the best time to hunt turkeys during a season, I’d have a bucket full of dimes. Think about it for a minute, what are the factors that turkey hunters should be considering to best utilize their time when...

By MICHAEL CASEY

BOSTON — William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who worked with Malcolm X and other prominent leaders in the 1960s, has died. He was 87.Strickland, whose death April 10 was confirmed by a...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

SHUTESBURY — Bylaws to regulate large-scale battery storage, limit outdoor light pollution, reduce greenhouse gas emissions in new housing construction and control door-to-door solicitors will be considered by residents at Annual Town Meeting on...

MONROE — As the annual town election approaches, there are several incumbents running unopposed for reelection and several positions for which there are no candidates on the ballot.Polls will be open on Monday, May 6, from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Monroe...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

MONTAGUE — After reviewing submissions from 354 applicants, a steering group has selected North Carolina-based muralist Darion Fleming to paint a 3,200-square-foot mural on the east exterior wall of the Shea Theater Arts Center in Turners Falls.The...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

As tensions simmer around college campus protests and university responses, Gov. Maura Healey gave a mostly muted response Tuesday to the proliferation of pro-Palestinian encampments, saying “there has to be” space for both protest and Jewish student...

Jahkia Williams had a big day for the Turners Falls girls track and field team on Tuesday during a meet against Athol. Williams won the long jump (13 feet, 2.25 inches), 100-meter dash (13.4 seconds) and 200 (29.5), helping the Thunder pull out a...