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Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls to open on plant sale day, May 11
SHELBURNE FALLS — The Bridge of Flowers, closed at the end of the 2023 season for needed repair work, will reopen on the day of the annual plant sale, Saturday, May 11. The bridge was not expected to open this season, but a regional dearth of bidders...
Change in federal drug classification could help cannabis shops
In the wake of the Justice Department’s proposal to reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous drug, dispensary owners say the change would help their business, especially on taxes.“The immediate impact would be for the government to treat us like other...
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Sports
Fit to Play with Jim Johnson: Why Pickleball?
Some suggest that pickleball is a fad but I believe it is here to stay. After all, some reports indicate that 36 million people played pickleball last year compared to around 24 million tennis players. Parks departments are inundated with requests to...
Opinion
Guest columnist Gene Stamell: We know what we know
Columnist’s note: The following contains many parenthetical asides and seemingly unimportant details that somehow, one hopes, lead to a conclusion that the reader finds moderately interesting or entertaining or, at the very least, bearable. Once...
Business
Fogbuster Coffee Works, formerly Pierce Brothers, celebrating 30 years in business
GREENFIELD — Three decades ago, Sean and Darren Pierce, two brothers in their mid-20s, decided to start selling coffee — a business venture that was funded by a roughly $30,000 mountain of credit card debt.Today, the Greenfield-based Fogbuster Coffee...
Arts & Life
Speaking of Nature: Capturing my Bermuda nemesis: The Great Kiskadee nearly evaded me, until I followed its song
We’ve reached that point in the school year when it is actually painful (I mean physically painful) for me to leave my yard in the morning. May is the true month of the reawakening and blooming of Nature’s splendor and last week she was in full...
Obituaries
Northampton, MA - Edwin J. Nartowicz, 100, of Northampton, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024, surrounded by his loving family at Cooley Dickinson Hospital. He was born in South Deerfield on November 7, 1923, to the late John and A... remainder of obit for Edwin J. Nartowicz
Karen R Adams Bernardston, MA - Please join us as we celebrate the life for Karen R Adams on Saturday May 25, 2024, at Mt Toby Friends Meetinghouse located at 184 Long Plain Rd Leverett MA. Service will begin at 11:00 am, please join us ... remainder of obit for Karen R. Adams
Greenfield, MA - Susan R. Johnson, 53, passed away unexpectedly on April 25, 2024. She was born in Gardner, MA on April 26, 1970 the daughter of Rene and Margaret (Ackert) Charette. She enjoyed going to the beach, tanning and art. S... remainder of obit for Susan R. Johnson
James "Jack" F. Millar Sunderland, MA - James "Jack" F. Millar, 74, of Amherst Road died unexpectedly Friday 4/26/24 at the Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield. He was born in Northampton on January 6, 1950, the son of James a... remainder of obit for James F. Millar