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ORANGE — The town is looking at $264,000 in utility savings thanks to a net-metering contract with the community solar field in Warren, according to the Orange Energy Committee’s chairman.Henry Oertel went before the Selectboard last week to give his...

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GREENFIELD — Authorities are working to identify human remains found Wednesday morning on Rawson Island by children enrolled in an environmental philosophy program.Laurie Loisel, spokesperson with the Northwestern district attorney’s office, said the...

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LEYDEN — The state attorney general visited town on Wednesday to follow through on a promise to ensure western Massachusetts residents don’t feel left out of the political conversation.Andrea Joy Campbell spoke inside Town Hall for about an hour,...

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ORANGE – The member-based community workshop operating out of the Orange Innovation Center has two upcoming initiatives aimed at fostering the creativity of young people and the community at large.LaunchSpace has planned an ice cream social fundraiser...

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GREENFIELD — A North Adams woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two charges stemming from a crash that killed a 66-year-old Colrain motorcyclist on Route 2 in Charlemont on April 12.Melissa C. Repka, 38, was charged in Greenfield District Court with...

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NEW SALEM — Residents will head to the ballot box next week to vote on a debt-exclusion override for a new Fire Department pumper truck following the measure’s approval at annual Town Meeting in July.Voters gave their blessing to a $616,000...

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GREENFIELD — It might not be a “Nigerian prince” requesting financial help with a promise of being handsomely rewarded later, but that social media post about a special on air duct cleaning should still give one pause.The Greenfield Police Department...

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To all of you out there reading this online or in print, there is something I desperately need to confess: For a portion of my July, I have been drinking on the job.But, in my defense, my editor told me to.The number of craft breweries has exploded...

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BOSTON — The state’s highest court upheld on Monday the 2007 conviction of a Greenfield man serving two consecutive life sentences in prison for the strangulation death of Brandy Waryasz and her unborn son in April 2005.The Massachusetts Supreme...

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Donald Harty was hiking the Panorama Trail in Yosemite National Park last year when his cellphone rang despite spotty reception.The voice on the other end was that of Jeremy Bucci, then the chief trial counsel for the Northwestern District Attorney’s...

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GREENFIELD — A Franklin County Superior Court judge on Thursday declined to adjust the bail of one of the Holyoke men facing drug and gun charges after allegedly leading police on a vehicle chase and foot pursuit in January 2022.Judge David Hodge...

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GREENFIELD –- A Franklin County Superior Court judge has set a tentative August date for a rescheduled bail hearing for the Bernardston man who has pleaded not guilty to witness intimidation and violating a restraining order aimed at protecting a...

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GREENFIELD — Three people who allegedly stole merchandise from a Home Depot store in New Hampshire were arrested in Greenfield on Wednesday morning following a police pursuit that ended on Duren Drive two hours later.Jahnie Cox, 20, of Brooklyn, New...

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GREENFIELD — Four of the men connected to a cocaine trafficking syndicate that partially operated out of a Greenfield barbershop officially started their prison sentences Tuesday morning.Brothers Daniel Rice Jr., 40, and Brandon Rice, 37, as well as...

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ORANGE — Residents will adopt an 8% budget increase for fiscal year 2024 if they give their blessing to the suggested figures with no edits at Annual Town Meeting.Voters who convene at Town Hall on Tuesday will be presented with a proposed $26.9...

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GREENFIELD — A New Hampshire man is being held on $3,000 bail after authorities say he was stopped in Bernardston while wearing a tactical vest and in possession of firearms and knives while impersonating a police officer in a decommissioned...

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Memories come flooding back to retired Judge David Ross as he strolls the halls, offices and rooms at Orange District Court. Following 24 years on the bench, the Amherst resident hung up his black robe for good on April 28.But the stories he...

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GREENFIELD — A Charlemont man found guilty last week of four child sexual abuse charges has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.Richard Tinkham, 59, was convicted by a Franklin County Superior Court jury of one count of aggravated rape and abuse of a...

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GREENFIELD — Opposing attorneys and a Franklin County Superior Court judge convened Tuesday afternoon to work toward determining the fate of a Gill man who was deemed not competent to stand trial for allegedly shooting at another man and that man’s...

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ORANGE — The town is scheduled to discuss Wednesday the contract a public service veteran has proposed as he vies to take the reins as interim town administrator for six months to a year.The Selectboard interviewed Carter Terenzini, most recently the...