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By GARRETT COTE

GREENFIELD — Chris Brown directs traffic at the top of the key. He tells his teammate, Troy Snell, to set a down screen for Ethan Slavin. Slavin comes off of it, catches the ball and throws it right back to Brown, who rips through and attacks the paint. Brown comes to a jump stop and pump fakes.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Two Ashfield residents will be opening their gardens to visitors seeking a tour today, Saturday, July 19, as part of a nationwide Open Garden Day, organized by the Garden Conservancy.

By JEFF LAJOIE

Evelyn King drained the game-winning 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting the Athol girls basketball team to a thrilling 35-34 victory over Hopkins Academy in a Franklin Tech Summer Basketball League contest on Thursday night in Turners Falls.

By JEFF LAJOIE

It would’ve been easy for the Greenfield Post 81 Senior American Legion team to call it a summer. With one game remaining in their season on Wednesday night, Post 81 was already eliminated from postseason consideration with a lengthy trip to Chicopee to play Aldenville Post 337 at Szot Park on tap.

By JEFF LAJOIE

Raine Wonsey struck out 14 in six innings of work, helping sixth-seeded Menace edge No. 3 Magic, 3-2, in a Franklin County Summer Softball League quarterfinal round playoff contest on Wednesday at Murphy Park.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the region braces for high temperatures of 91 degrees Thursday, the city has opened cooling centers in several publicly owned buildings.

By GARRETT COTE

GREENFIELD — Make it nine wins in a row for the Belchertown Post 239 Senior American Legion baseball team, as it scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back en route to an 11-3 victory over Greenfield Post 81 on Tuesday evening at Vets Field.

By JEFF LAJOIE

A dominant effort in the championship game propelled the Valley Storm 14U Black softball team to a title at the Greylock Thunder Summer Storm Tournament over the weekend in North Adams.

By JEFF LAJOIE

A dream summer continued for the Greenfield 8U All-Stars on Monday night.

By RYAN AMES

All things are not quiet within UMass athletics’ new conference home.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Greenfield’s Toby Campbell and his friends were trying to figure out ways to have fun this summer.

By RYAN AMES

Medals were abundant for area athletes over the weekend during the Bay State Games competition, as all five West teams that competed finished with some hardware to take home.

By JEFF LAJOIE

Andy Lesenski’s dominance continued over the weekend.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to take on the cleanup of contaminated soil on First Street that has delayed the development of six affordable homes by Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Hunter Donahue and Hayden Girard each cracked two hits as the Greenfield Post 81 Junior Legion squad improved to 11-1 on the season with a 13-6 victory victory over Belchertown on Thursday at Vets Field.

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPDEN — After shaking hands with his opponent, Woodland Golf Club’s Patrick Kilcoyne, on the 12th green, Ryan Downes hopped on the back of a golf cart and took the long ride up toward the clubhouse with his caddie — the two all smiles.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

LEYDEN — Voters will be asked to approve amending the town’s bylaws to regulate short-term rentals and to allow the town moderator to gauge a two-thirds majority vote without counting, among other changes, at a Special Town Meeting next week.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Just like their counterparts in Orange, the Athol girls basketball team will have a new coach next winter.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Four Franklin County authors have been nominated for the 2025 Mass Book Awards. 

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The semifinals and championship match of the 92nd Massachusetts Girls Amateur Championship took place on Thursday at Crumpin-Fox Club, with Westford’s Maddie Smith taking home the title.

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPDEN — The hometown kid has a chance to make history at the 117th Massachusetts Amateur Golf Championship — again.