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By JEFF LAJOIE

The middle portion of a huge three-day stretch for the Turners Falls softball team saw the Thunder save their best for last on Friday.Trailing 3-1 entering the top of the seventh inning against Frontier, Janelle Massey clubbed a game-tying two-run...

Orange’s Delaney Parker helped the Westfield State women’s track & field team capture the 2024 MASCAC Outdoor Track and Field Title at the Jerry Gravel Track and Alumni Field in Westfield on Friday.Westfield’s quartet of Parker, Eliza Lee, Emily...

By JEFF LAJOIE

Bob York was one of the first people I ever met at the Greenfield Recorder.My first foray in the business came in 2004. A freshman at UMass, I finagled my way into 14 Hope St. when the newspaper was in need of high school football stringers. I figured...

By DOMENIC POLI

Though they lay dormant now, the former Wilson’s Department Store in downtown Greenfield and the former depot store and post office in Wendell were once bustling hubs of thriving communities.On Friday, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern and Director of Rural...

Greenfield Farmers’ Market opens for season GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Farmers’ Market, celebrating its 50th year, opens for the season on Saturday, April 27, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Court Square.The market sells locally grown produce, plants and...

By GRACE LEE

TURNERS FALLS — A student art exhibit created by Sheffield Elementary School third graders provides insight into what they’d like to see from a new or expanded library.The exhibit, called “Designing My Library,” is a collection of blueprint drawings...

By ALLEN WOODS

A few weeks ago, Donald Trump again displayed his blissfully ignorant understanding of the modern world. At a fundraiser in the home of a billionaire in Palm Beach, Florida, he went off script (if there ever was a script) to complain, not just about...

By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — Residents will convene Monday to consider the 40 articles on the Annual Town Meeting warrant, including a series of vehicle replacements and a citizen’s petition expressing concern over rising tax rates.The meeting will be held at The...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — A new personnel bylaw, a shift to quarterly tax bills and the rescinding of $5 million in borrowing authority for road repairs are on the table Monday evening for Deerfield’s Annual Town Meeting.The meeting will start at 7 p.m. in Frontier...

By DR. MEGHAN GUMP

 As a family practitioner and the medical director of Valley Medical Group, I care deeply about my patients and our community. During my 20 years of practicing full-spectrum primary care in Franklin County, I have come to value the relationships I...

I met Carolyn Shores Ness when we worked against the fracked gas pipeline. She was the only local Selectperson who thought of using the power of the Board of Health (in Deerfield, the Selectboard is also the BOH) to stop the pipeline, and was even...

It’s a fact: Carolyn Shores Ness is committed to enhancing all aspects of life in Deerfield. Through her eagle eye on fiscal responsibility, she has supported businesses, farms, education, health and safety, seniors, roads and infrastructure,...

By BRENDA DAVIES

Challenge yourself this Earth Day season. Develop a few new habits for the health of our planet!1. Join ‘No Mow May’ (or reduce your mowing). Leave the “weeds” for the pollinators: bees, ants, birds, etc.2. For the planet’s sake, grab a rake. Resist...

By JONATHAN KAHANE

 If you have experienced even a fraction of what I have been subjected to regarding scam phone calls lately, I’m sure that your frustration and anger meters are buried at the high end. It amazes me how various government agencies are able to trace...

By ANNIE MAURER and ALYSSA GOLDEN

 April is Second Chance Month, a time to focus on how our community can support our neighbors in central and western Massachusetts returning from incarceration.As attorneys with Community Legal Aid’s CORI/Re-Entry Unit, we see the life-changing power...

By LIESEL NYGARD

When it comes to protocols for providing emergency medical transportation to infants, the Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and ambulance manufacturers voice similar expectations.But...

By DOMENIC POLI

HAWLEY — Want a military dump truck? If you’ve got the money, one could be yours.Hawley is using municibid.com, an online auction site for government surplus, to sell a 1990 BMY-Harsco M9229A2 6x6 military dump truck. The acceptance of bids from...

By LIESEL NYGARD

State regulators suspended Northfield EMS Chief and Orange EMS Capt. Mark Fortier’s paramedic license over his alleged failure to properly assess a 2-week-old infant during a house call and for refusing the child transportation in an ambulance,...

Hilltown Draw-Around features 12 hours of artistic opportunities SHELBURNE FALLS — Join The Art Garden on Saturday, April 27, from noon to midnight for its 12-hour Hilltown Draw-Around event in the historic Cowell Gymnasium.Participants of all ages...

Good morning!Over 150 gridiron alumni will be at Saturday’s UMass football spring game. Recruited to UMass when they were schoolboys, they’re returning to help coach Don Brown give his players a glimpse of the program’s legacy.Longtime Minutemen...

Working group will consider Farren redevelopment MONTAGUE — In an effort to redevelop the former Farren Care Center site into a residential “Village Center” neighborhood, officials met virtually with the Selectboard on Monday to continue discussing...