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Heath voters OK $1.6M town budget, school spending
HEATH — After much discussion at Saturday’s Town Meeting, voters approved a $1.6 million fiscal year 2025 spending plan for town services and a $1 million assessment for Heath’s share of the $26.7 million Mohawk Trail Regional School District...
Heath native’s bill honoring fallen heroes introduced in Congress
Legislation drafted by a Heath native with the intent of recognizing those killed serving in the U.S. military has been introduced in both chambers of Congress.Keith Sherman, who now lives in North Carolina, worked diligently on multiple drafts of a...
Sports
High Schools: Greenfield softball beats Westfield, 3-2, in eight-inning showdown
GREENFIELD — With rain forcing multiple postponements to open the season, the Greenfield softball team was forced to play nine games in a 12-day span.Saturday’s game was possibly the toughest of them all. The Green Wave won their first eight games of...
Opinion
Dennis Merritt: Would we support a Sanders power grab?
All of us liberals are outraged at Donald Trump’s 2025 plan, to put loyalists in charge of civil service jobs, weaponize the Department of Justice, give more power to the executive, etc. etc. It’s frightening. How can so many people support that?But...
Business
Retired police officer, veteran opens firearms training academy in Millers Falls
MILLERS FALLS — The Western Massachusetts Training & Education Academy offers an array of firearm courses taught by certified instructor and U.S. Marine veteran Leon “Lee” Laster. But you won’t find live ammunition on site.That’s because the new...
Arts & Life
From fair to fantastic: Memorial Hall Museum exhibit shows how Green River Festival blossomed over 37 years
In anticipation of Green River Festival in June, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) and former festival operator Signature Sounds are presenting a history of the region’s largest and most popular musical event.With a trove of...
Obituaries
Montague, MA - Cecile Anna (Ouellet) Chartier, 95 years old, of Turnpike Rd. passed away Wednesday April 24, 2024 at Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility. She was born in La Poca Tier, Quebec, Canada November 22, 1928, the daughter of ... remainder of obit for Cecile A. Chartier
Bedford, MA - On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, Joan Clausen Vander Vliet, of Carleton Willard Village in Bedford, MA, went home to God surrounded by her loving family. Born in New Rochelle, NY on November 15, 1929, she was the daughter of ... remainder of obit for Joan Vander Vliet
Turners Falls, MA - Linda S. (Gravelle) Rodovich, 71, of Warner Street died Sunday 5/5/24 at the Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. She was born in Greenfield on September 1, 1952, the daughter of Emil and Phyllis (Phelan) Gravelle... remainder of obit for Linda S. Rodovich
Alfreda "Sally" M. (Steven's) LaBier Greenfield, MA - Alfreda "Sally" M. (Stevens) LaBier, 79, of Greenfield, died Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at Bear Mountain Healthcare in West Springfield; after a long period of physical and mental decline ... remainder of obit for Alfreda M. LaBier