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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
GREENFIELD – Greenfield Community College (GCC) will host the inaugural Franklin County Intergenerational Film Festival on Nov. 14 to showcase and celebrate six short films created by teens and older adults during GCC’s Cyber-Senior Program.The...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD – Police are investigating an alleged armed robbery that took place in the area around the Wendy’s on Federal Street after a man claimed he was robbed of $1,000, according to Officer Marcus Johansson.At approximately 4 p.m. Friday, officer...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
TURNERS FALLS — In the days before former Montague Tree Warden Mark Stevens died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 17, he had one last job to complete.On Oct. 3, Stevens, in his pajamas and Crocs, placed “no parking” signs on the side of Avenue A where...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
WARWICK — The remains of a woman from Keene, New Hampshire, were found in Warwick, according to police in that city who have been investigating a report of a missing person over the past three weeks.The body was identified as 31-year-old Justina...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — The redevelopment of the former Wilson’s Department Store on Main Street is receiving more than $6.3 million as part of an infusion of state grants to foster housing and economic development.The money is part of a pool of $161 million in...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Educators from more than 24 schools and districts gathered at Greenfield Community College Wednesday morning as keynote speaker Gaelin Elmore, a former NFL player, spoke of his tumultuous childhood and how community leaders can assist...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Deputy Police Chief William Gordon will retire this Friday, Nov. 1, closing a 38-year career in law enforcement and leaving behind a number of innovative changes to policing, both in Greenfield and across the country.Gordon, 54, began his...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
NORTHAMPTON — Regional human service agencies Pathlight and ServiceNet are merging in a move that leaders say will enable Pathlight’s programming to continue and allow ServiceNet to expand resources it already offers.The organizations’ leaders and...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — The Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) has selected School Committee member Elizabeth DeNeeve to be a 2024 All-State School Committee Member — the first such recognition presented to a Greenfield School Committee member...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
TURNERS FALLS – FirstLight’s annual drawdown of water has been extended for continued maintenance on the Turners Falls power canal left dike until Oct. 20, three weeks longer than anticipated.According to FirstLight, the planned maintenance project...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Committee Chairs recommended Sara Brown, president and co-founder of Valley Housing Co-op, to fill former At-Large Councilor Penny Ricketts’ seat on Wednesday, narrowing the candidate pool from five to one.The recommendation came a week...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
ORANGE — It wasn’t looking good for the Mahar field hockey team during the third quarter against Turners Falls on Tuesday. The Sens found themselves trailing 5-1 after the Thunder tallied twice in the opening two minutes of the half, dropping Mahar —...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Veterans Memorial at Cushman Park celebrated new additions to the memorial on Saturday, including two new stones at the memorial and three dedicated granite benches.The re-dedication ceremony was attended by around 35...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
ERVING – The Erving School Union 28 district is starting the school year with Shannon White-Cleveland as the new superintendent for K-6 students across New Salem, Wendell, Erving, Leverett and Shutesbury.White-Cleveland has around 30 years of...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — The Franklin County Agricultural Society has received a $75,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism to complete its $250,000 walkway repaving project, aimed at making the grounds more accessible to disabled...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
ORANGE — Carolyn Gilmore was informed by her midwives that the labor process for a second child typically goes faster than the first. However, Gilmore wasn’t expecting to deliver her second child within a half hour of her water breaking, nor in the...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Officials are urging the public to take precautions after the Department of Public Health detected the West Nile virus in Greenfield on Friday morning, a potentially life-threatening virus spread primarily by mosquitoes.Public Health...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD – The Franklin County YMCA signed a contract with Western Mass Demolition Corporation this week to tear down a 182-year-old church, prompting the Historical Commission to consider a delay on the project, according to city officials. An...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Of the city’s estimated 985 multi-family homes, Board of Assessors member Chuck Green said the number of rental units in Greenfield, and their addresses, remain unknown.As the Board of Assessors works to draft a proposed tax rate for City...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — The pre-trial conference for defendant Taaniel Herberger-Brown, the Greenfield man charged with murdering 35-year-old Christopher Hairston of Pittsfield, was continued to Oct. 1 as new details emerged in the case, according to First...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Amid a spike in kindergarten enrollment at the city’s three elementary schools, Superintendent of Schools Karin Patenaude said the district has hired three additional kindergarten teachers.Patenaude said Wednesday that there were 110...
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