Search Results

Keyword search: Automotive

By BELLA LEVAVI

GREENFIELD — The sixth annual Gear Jammer Magazine Truck Show rolled into the Franklin County Fairgrounds on Friday and will continue Saturday, displaying roughly 600 trucks for visitors from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.“If you are gearhead, there are fascinating...

By JAMES PENTLAND

HATFIELD — Working from a foundation laid down by the business it bought at 4 Linseed Road last year, Harrison Diesel Solutions is building a name for itself in the field of heavy equipment maintenance.Husband and wife Drew and Ashley Harrison began...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Municipal Airport is gearing up to host the North Quabbin Cruisers’ Bob Harris Jr. Memorial Harvest Car Show on Sunday.The event, going into its 31st year, is slated for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and will include a craft fair and a swap...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Organizers of the inaugural Northeast Unity Car Show are prepared to have hundreds of automotive enthusiasts park their sweetest rides along First Street on Sunday.The show, put together by Rachel Levey, her husband Nick Kramarczyk and...

By DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE — Calvin and Joan Clark’s business employs 24 people and occupies about 80,000 square feet of Quonset huts at 400 Mohawk Trail. Not bad for something that began out of a three-room apartment in a Colrain farmhouse 50 years ago.Clark’s...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Eric Amato happened to be hanging out with a competitive racing team from Pennsylvania in 2017 when members were performing diagnostics on their failing steering pumps.“I heard them talking about flow rates and pressures, and it just...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The corner of Silver and High streets will soon be the home of a Town Fair Tire location, with the Northeast chain business expecting to open its 113th store by mid- to late August.The company went through the typical permitting process...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Antique Truck Club of America’s 18th annual western Massachusetts truck show rolls back to town on Sunday, May 7.As is tradition, the Yankee Candle Corporate Headquarters on Yankee Candle Way will host the event. Folks from...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Affected vehicles were quickly back on the road after a third-party hauler mistakenly filled an unleaded gasoline storage tank with diesel fuel at a Daniel Shays Highway gas station, and the incident and its ensuing headaches might soon be in...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Passersby may have noticed a new sign on the lawn of the vehicle inspection center on Federal Street, following the business’ change of ownership. The inspection center, now called Z’s Inspection Center, was recently taken over by...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ORANGE — Len Chaloux once owned two 1966 Ford Fairlane GTs, one for drag racing and one for street driving. He sold both cars to pay for a down payment on a house, but always missed the vehicles.When Chaloux retired in 2019, he went on an...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The tradition that is the Orange Drag Strip Reunion will see a checkered flag later this month.The annual gathering of drag racers and hot rod enthusiasts will enjoy its final rendition on Saturday, June 18, at 10 a.m. at the Orange Municipal...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The majority of the 29 exotic high-end vehicles up for auction at the Orange Municipal Airport this weekend once belonged to a New Salem man arrested in August 2020 and found dead in an abandoned Holyoke warehouse two months later.The...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — After 60 years in the family, the Chevrolet dealership on Main Street is changing hands. Dillon Chevrolet will make the transition this week to McGovern Chevrolet of Greenfield, according to Jay Dillon, co-owner of the dealership at 54...