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Get your money’s worth: Dealers warn against increase in fake coins
GREENFIELD — Coin experts across the region are sounding the alarm about an influx of fakes manufactured in China and infiltrating the U.S. market.Chinese-made counterfeits of collector and circulating coins are more rampant than ever, according to...
Mohawk Trail students exploring forensic science, climate resiliency
SHELBURNE FALLS — New classes at Mohawk Trail Regional School are taking students into the field to explore career paths in forensic science and climate resiliency.In addition to math, English and social studies, middle school students have had the...
Sports
MIAA tourneys: Turners Falls girls volleyball rallies out of 2-0 hole to knock off Mohawk Trail in Div. 5 Round of 32
While the Mohawk Trail girls volleyball team beat Turners Falls twice in the regular season, and in the Western Mass. Class D semifinals, all three matches were competitive throughout. It was only fitting the two Northern League foes got a chance to...
Opinion
Rob Ward: Give careful thought at voting booth
When you ask who I’m voting for, I say, “I’m voting for a dozen plus attributes: decency, integrity, sensibility, courage, stability, saneness, honesty, maturity, inclusion, transparency, moral character, normal behavior, welfare of people over...
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Business
PV Squared enters the public sector for solar projects
GREENFIELD — Pioneer Valley PhotoVoltaics has received the certification required to conduct work on public construction projects across Massachusetts, further expanding its mission.The worker-owned solar design and installation cooperative more...
Arts & Life
Book Review: Chronicles of a difficult time: ‘The Anguish of Alzheimer’s: The Years of Mom’s Dementia’ by Ann Watt
When I was 20-ish and my grandmother suffered from Alzheimer’s, few Americans talked about this fogging of the brain. Today, thank goodness, many people share their Alzheimer’s stories ... and although there is still no cure for the disease, we can...
Obituaries
Greenfield, MA - Beverly A. (Palmisano) Suchanek, 80, of Harrison Ave. passed away Friday November 1, 2024, at Baystate Franklin Medical Center. She was born in Northampton January 29, 1944, the daughter the late John Palmisano and Wand... remainder of obit for Beverly A. Suchanek
South Deerfield, MA - Mary Anna (Wolfram) Stokarski passed peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family on October 31, 2024. Mary was born May 15th, 1945, as the second of nine children to Norman and Virginia (Tuttle) Wolfram in ... remainder of obit for Mary A. Stokarski
Wilmington, DE - Josephine C. (Bresciano) Bonnette, 95, of Wilmington, Delaware, formerly of Massachusetts, passed away on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. Born in Greenfield, on September 25, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Peter and ... remainder of obit for Josephine C. Bonnette
Ashfield, MA - The long and adventurous life of James Carmalt Adams came to a peaceful end on the 20th of July at his home in Ashfield. Jim, or Jimbo as he was also known, had been lovingly cared for by Susan Mailler, his partner of 33 ... remainder of obit for James Adams