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Greenfield Police Logs: July 29 to Aug. 4, 2024
Northfield exhibit highlights relationship between visual art and literature
Cooley Dickinson Hospital hunts for new leader as Watkins leaves
Montague Police Logs: July 29 to Aug. 3, 2024
Healey signs firefighter-backed PFAS bill into law
Community Health Center plans to open Turners Falls location by March
‘It’s really important to hear young voices’: Young municipal officials speak to call to serve
Owner of cannabis grow facility plans to appeal Greenfield ZBA decision
Trout Unlimited to welcome national organization’s senior scientist to yearly banquet
Three injured in two-vehicle crash on Route 2 in Erving
ERVING — Three individuals were hospitalized after a collision between a Toyota Camry and a 2023 Mack Pinnacle truck where Route 2 meets Route 2A on Friday afternoon, according to Deputy Fire Chief Ryan Betters.Betters said the three people in the...
South County Senior Center’s Informational Fair & Cruise Night back for third year
WHATELY — With two successful years behind it, the South County Senior Center’s Informational Fair & Cruise Night returns to the community for its third installment.With food, vintage vehicles and more than 16 community partners, the Senior Center is...
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Three injured in two-vehicle crash on Route 2 in Erving
That’s one gigantic gourd: Bernardston man’s pumpkin growing at a rate of 30 pounds a day
Crafty ideas brewing: Montague resident turns Kei mini truck into ‘KEIgerator’ mobile brewery
Charlemont’s Berkshire Pizzeria owners look to retire
MassDOT study weighs options for Northern Tier passenger rail
Faith-based festival comes to Franklin County Fairgrounds
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PHOTO: Waterfowl on the prowl
West County Notebook: Aug. 17, 2024
Lake Pleasant celebrates 150 years: Music, vendors, history tours and more planned for Aug. 24 event
Is love blind?: Popular Netflix series ‘Love Is Blind’ holds first open casting for New England singles
Sports
Michael Keebler, Anna Zilinski capture victories at 43rd Montague Mug Race
MONTAGUE – Montague’s Michael Keebler felt right at home on Saturday.For the second year in a row, Keebler won the men’s division of the annual event, celebrating its 43rd edition. The 35 year-old Keebler ran the 5.5 mile course in 30 minutes, 14...
Bulletin board: Jeff Jackman, Roy Emerson record holes-in-one
PHOTOS: Greenfield football opens camp ahead of 2024 season
Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: McGuirk Stadium trip goes viral
Western Mass. Summer Field Hockey League reaches new heights with nearly 250 players from 18 different schoolsOpinion
My Turn: The climate bill: A big ‘F’ for legislators
After a pitiful performance by our elected representatives, this legislative session was a missed opportunity to make the commonwealth a climate leader. Our lawmakers had a chance to make significant progress slowing the expansion of our dirty and...
Guest columnist William Lambers: Fight hunger and poverty to reduce migration
Lew La Chance: You don’t have to go to Paris
Marsha Sessions: Kamala Harris and the ‘party of lawlessness’
Warren Rice: Says writers have declared presidential winner
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Business
Crafty ideas brewing: Montague resident turns Kei mini truck into ‘KEIgerator’ mobile brewery
MONTAGUE — Chad Champoux is blending his passions for craft beer and unique vehicles, after he felt inspired to make a brewery on wheels while watching a TV show.Champoux has been involved in the brewing industry since 2012 and currently works at...
Ginger Love Cafe brings Filipino street food to Franklin County Fairgrounds
Flooding may doom Baker’s Country Store in Conway
Kris Kringle is done clowning around: Wendell family business makes shoes for Santas, clowns, performers
Weekend tax holiday will bring buying boost
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Arts & Life
‘Make those movies’: Ashfield Film Fest returns Sept. 20-21, hilltown residents can submit until Aug. 25
The Ashfield Film Fest Committee invites hilltown residents to break out their cameras, create locally inspired films and submit them to the 2024 Ashfield Film Fest short films competition.“Make those movies,” Harry Keramidas, the fest’s co-founder,...
That’s one gigantic gourd: Bernardston man’s pumpkin growing at a rate of 30 pounds a day
Sounds Local: ‘A beautiful festival in a beautiful place’: 26th Charlemont Reggae Festival expands to two-day camping event, Aug. 16-17
An inventive recipe for all your cukes: This jumble of potstickers, cucumbers and corn requires very little cooking
Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: You say tomato: A brief history of the fruit (or vegetable)Obituaries
MaryLou S. Manica
Greenfield, MA - MaryLou S. Manica passed Monday August 12, 2024 at Thompson House in Brattleboro, VT. Born November 23, 1941 in Greenfield, she was the daughter of Louis C. and Mary (Dalmaso) Manica. She graduated from Greenfield High... remainder of obit for MaryLou S. Manica
Lucille A. Chiapputi
Winchester, NH - Lucille A. (Tomaus) Chiapputi, 79, of Avery Circle passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Montague on April 17, 1945, the daughte... remainder of obit for Lucille A. Chiapputi
Jessica Robinson
Turners Falls, MA - Jessica Lacey Robinson, born November 14, 1986, in Greenfield, MA to Rusty & Donna (Butynski) Robinson passed after a short battle with liver disease at Tufts Medical Center in Boston on August 10, 2024. Jess graduat... remainder of obit for Jessica Robinson
Arlene Frances Cocco
Arlene Frances (Couture) Cocco Greenfield , MA - Arlene F. Cocco passed away peacefully in the presence of family on August 11, 2024, nine days short of what would have been her 102nd birthday. She is predeceased by her husband and surv... remainder of obit for Arlene Frances Cocco
