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The Franklin County Solid Waste Management District will hold its fall “Clean Sweep” Bulky Waste Recycling Day on Saturday, Oct. 21, from 9 a.m. to noon at three locations. The bulky waste drop-off sites are Mohawk Trail Regional School at 26 Ashfield...

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Tree Committee is seeking up to 10 volunteers to help with its final tree planting event of the season at the John Zon Community Center.The planting will be held Saturday, Oct. 21, at 2 p.m.Gina Siepel, who joined the Tree...

HOLYOKE — A Greenfield woman with no license to carry or FID card was arraigned in Holyoke District Court on Monday after being arrested by police while walking on High Street carrying weapons in a trash bag.Sheri Sulewski, 58, pleaded not guilty on...

GREENFIELD — The public is invited to attend a brief ceremony at Greenfield’s temporary Fire Station on Hope Street on Monday, marking the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The ceremony will be held at 9 a.m.

ORANGE — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will be conducting milling and resurfacing work on a section of Daniel Shays Highway (Route 202) from the New Salem town line to the Athol town line in Orange. The work is scheduled to...

GILL — Route 2 eastbound just west of the Turners Falls-Gill Bridge will be able to reopen to traffic after four or five weeks of work to install an earth support system, the state Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.Following substantial...

AMHERST — Below is a list of Franklin County and North Quabbin students who were named to the dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the spring semester.To qualify, an undergraduate student must receive a 3.5 grade-point average or...

GILL — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is closing Route 2 eastbound just west of the Turners Falls-Gill Bridge until further notice to allow crews to efficiently address slope erosion. Following substantial rainfall on Friday...

SHELBURNE — The Senior Center, in collaboration with the Shelburne Historical Society, plans to take residents back in time to explore life from the 1930s to the 1970s during a program on Tuesday. The presentation, “The Social History Project:...

GREENFIELD — The Franklin County Interfaith Council will host a Death Café on Monday, June 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Second Congregational Church, located at 16 Court Square.Greenfield resident Becca King, an organizer of the Death Café, said...

GREENFIELD — About 150 people gathered for the Franklin County Community Development Corporation’s “Celebrating Entrepreneurs” block party last week, providing an opportunity to get to know local business owners.Two speakers — Revan Schendler of the...

BERNARDSTON — Cushman Library will hold a Book & Bake Sale on the first floor of Town Hall, 38 Church St., on Saturday, June 10, and Sunday, June 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Items for sale include books and movies for all ages, and homemade treats....

NORTHFIELD — The Connecticut River Defenders advocacy group will hold a rally to protest the relicensing of FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Project on Saturday, May 27, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the intersection of Ferry...

GREENFIELD — More than 50 native shrubs, grasses and flowering plants have found homes on either side of the City Hall entrance, following the efforts of Greening Greenfield’s Pollinator Group.The project’s roots date back to the spring of 2022, when...

GREENFIELD – The culminating event of the annual Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest will be held Tuesday at the Geissler Gallery at Stoneleigh Burnham School.The event, during which finalists will read their winning submissions from the three contest...

HAWLEY — While chainsaws are an essential tool for landowners in managing their properties, improper use results in hundreds of injuries every year in the U.S.This spring, the Massachusetts Forest Trust, a conservation education nonprofit, is holding...

GREENFIELD — The 62-year-old Feeding Hills woman who was hurt in a head-on collision on Cheapside Street on May 2 died of her injuries two days later, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.Lyli E. Miodowski was a passenger in the...

BERNARDSTON — There are no contested races on Monday’s annual town election ballot, and two seats for which no one is running.Polls will be open at Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Positions on the ballot are as follows:■Assessor, one seat with a...

GREENFIELD — A 50-year-old Greenfield man in a wheelchair was taken to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with minor injuries after being struck in a crosswalk by a vehicle at the intersection of Main and Wells streets on Thursday morning.A 54-year-old...

GREENFIELD — Franklin County’s YMCA has launched its annual fundraising campaign, with a goal of raising $250,000 to help reduce financial barriers to Y membership and youth programming participation. Phase 1 of the campaign, focusing on individual...