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Dec. 9: Next roast beef supper BERNARDSTON — The United Church of Bernardston at 58 Church St. will hold its next Second Saturday Roast Beef Supper on Saturday, Dec. 9, with seatings at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.At a price of $15, each meal includes roast...

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — Members of an extremist animal rights group have claimed responsibility for the destruction of fencing and release of approximately 500 birds at Fullflight Game Farm shortly after Thanksgiving.People affiliated with the Animal Liberation...

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — Residents are urged to lock their homes and vehicles as police search for two males who reportedly fled on foot following an Interstate 91 pursuit that ended in the area of mile marker 52.4 on Thursday.Sgt. John Richardson, with the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

BERNARDSTON — The holiday season kicks off this weekend in Bernardston, as the community’s annual toy drive joins the Kiwanis Club’s traditional holiday events. Locals can bring new, unwrapped toys for kids ranging in age from newborn to teenage to...

By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — Lifelong Franklin County residents Jesse and Amber Snow have purchased the Country Corner Store and restored its former name of Marshalls Country Store, harkening back to its 1960s roots. Gill resident Jeff Klein, 60, owned the 44 Church...

By MARY BYRNE and BELLA LEVAVI

Thanks to charity efforts across Franklin County, organizers have spread thanks far beyond their own dinner tables by distributing Thanksgiving meals to families in need.Helping HandsWith help from about a dozen Turners Falls High School students and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Just days after more than 40 town officials, school representatives and other stakeholders convened to consider what regionalization of the Gill-Montague and Pioneer Valley regional school districts might entail, the Pioneer School...

Winery event to mark 11th anniversaryNORTHFIELD — To celebrate its 11th anniversary, Cameron’s Winery at 1046 Millers Falls Road will host a Wine, Cider and Brews Dinner Pirate Party on Saturday, Nov. 18, starting at 7 p.m.Greenfield’s El Greco...

By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — The town launched a new website earlier this month, replacing its 7-year-old site with something fresh.Lou Bordeaux, who served as town coordinator until his retirement on Nov. 11, said he built the town’s new website after noticing how...

Every day the U.S. Postal Service contributes a percentage of breast cancer research stamp sales to charity, and we really ramp it up for October. District Manager Mike Rakes even challenged our district that if we sold over $1 million of stamps, he...

By BELLA LEVAVI

BERNARDSTON — Marking the near-completion of an $88,000 grant-funded project to bring digital literacy tools to seniors, the Bernardston Senior Center held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new computer lab on Tuesday.“It is tremendous,” Senior Center...

Volunteers planting treesNORTHFIELD — Volunteers will meet behind Town Hall at 69 Main St. starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, to plant five new evergreens to enhance the area behind the historic town fountain to the left of Town Hall. They will...

Cider pairing kicks off CiderDays weekend NORTHFIELD — Cameron’s Winery will kick off CiderDays weekend on Friday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. with a pairing of nine cider varieties with nine foods. Tickets are $30 per person and can be reserved by calling...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Ahead of this week’s second public forum on facilities planning, the consulting company leading the process briefed the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee on its initial survey data.At the School Committee’s Oct. 26...

By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — Therapeutic riding wasn’t the kind of treatment that Northfield resident and military veteran Guy Gilbert expected to use for his post-traumatic stress disorder — until he met the horse.Gilbert met Logan, an American quarter horse...

By MARY BYRNE

NORTHFIELD — After a review of four years worth of financial data for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District, officials recommended Thursday that the district return $740,214 to its three member towns, decreasing the overall assessment compared...

By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — Lou Bordeaux says he has had “the experience of a lifetime” as Bernardston’s town coordinator over the past five years.Come Nov. 11, Bordeaux will retire from his role in town government that saw him wear several hats. In addition to...

New rural affairs director to speak at Friends of Schell Bridge meeting NORTHFIELD — Massachusetts Rural Affairs Director Anne Gobi will be the keynote speaker at the Friends of Schell Bridge annual meeting on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 9:30 a.m. at The...

Monthly puzzle swap planned for Saturday NORTHFIELD — Free used puzzles will be available at Dickinson Memorial Library on Saturday, Oct. 7, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.Attendees are advised to park in the back and enter through the side door of the library....