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$427K to expand Camp Apex capacity in Shelburne
SHELBURNE — Thanks to $427,000 in congressionally directed spending, Franklin County’s YMCA will renovate Camp Apex to expand its capacity, allowing more families, including those relying on financial aid or scholarships, to send their children to...
‘Bringing harvest to the community’: Shelburne Falls Community Orchard on the move
Though her original idea to start a small community orchard at Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School doesn’t appear to be in the cards, Julia Godfrey will instead donate and move most of her fruit trees and bushes to the Demonstration Permaculture...
Sports
High schools: Mahar softball can’t stay with Northampton in 20-6 loss (PHOTOS)
The Mahar softball team is working hard to get its first win in a long time. The Senators — which are still searching for their first win post COVID — hosted Northampton on Monday, but the Blue Devils put runs up on the board in a hurry. Northampton...
Opinion
My Turn: How to welcome a refugee family into your community
The loud and shameless politics that surrounds the issue of undocumented immigration makes it easy to miss the moves that the Biden administration has been making in the realm of legal immigration, from rebuilding the refugee program to expediting the...
Business
Tea Guys of Whately owes $2M for breach of contract, judge rules
WHATELY — Tea Guys LLC must pay more than $2 million to a Baltimore tea company due to a breach of contract, a Franklin County Superior Court judge has ruled.The small business in Whately was sued last summer by Zest Tea LLC and had two bank accounts...
Arts & Life
Spotlight on women in classical music: Brick Church Music Series’s season comes to a close, April 28-29, with Champlain Trio
Join the First Church of Deerfield for two days of classical music, as the Brick Church Music Series’ 2023-2024 season comes to a close on April 28 and 29.The two-part event begins on Sunday, April 28, at 3 p.m. at the First Church of Deerfield, 71...
Obituaries
Greenfield, MA - Matthew J. Osofsky, 38, died Saturday 4/6/24 at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield from injuries sustained from a car accident. He was born in Brooklyn, NY on Febru... remainder of obit for Matthew J. Osofsky
Erving, MA - Sandra J. Niedzwiedz, 69, of Goodell Place passed away unexpectantly at home on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. She was born in Greenfield on May 3, 1954, the daughter of Bernard an... remainder of obit for Sandra J. Niedzwiedz
Greenfield, MA - Barbara M. (Schotte) Mahar, 87, of Log Plain Rd., passed away on April 12, 2024 at Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility. A life-long resident of Greenfield, Barbara wa... remainder of obit for Barbara M. Mahar
North Adams, MA - Irving Mullette was born in North Adams, MA on April 23, 1938 to Eugene and (Vera) Christine Mullette. Out of high school, he went to East Coast Aero Tech Flying School, f... remainder of obit for Irving E. Mullette