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By DOMENIC POLI

GILL — Travel Kuz, the fifth-generation coach, limousine and school bus company headquartered on Main Road, has joined the growing Beacon Mobility family of businesses, it was announced Wednesday.The Gill company, which is nearly 100 years old, will...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — An Athol man recently pleaded not guilty to three sexual assault charges stemming from alleged incidents involving a young girl that occurred prior to the summer of 2013.William T. McBride, 59, of Brattle Street, was arraigned in Orange...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A Millers Falls man who crashed his pickup truck on North King Street near the Hatfield town line Tuesday at 8:50 p.m. was arrested a short time later on a series of charges after fleeing the scene on foot, according to Northampton...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — An Athol man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Wednesday, roughly an hour after 12 deliberating jurors found him guilty of killing 26-year-old Kelsey Clifford in 2019.Keith D. Hamel, 25, was convicted of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Noticing a roughly 11-by-12-foot mural depicting engine components on the side of the Manna House building late Tuesday morning, Rachel Stoler approached three people standing near it in a Bank Row alleyway and asked one if he was the...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The doctor who conducted the autopsy of Kelsey Clifford, the 26-year-old woman found bludgeoned to death outside the Athol Wastewater Treatment Plant in 2019, testified on Tuesday that the victim’s injuries are consistent with a claw...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The boyfriend of the 26-year-old Leominster woman who was beaten to death in November 2019 took the witness stand Monday morning in the trial of the Athol man who is accused of her murder.Kevin McGann spent a couple of hours in Franklin...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE FALLS — Seventeen years after Chris King opened the village staple Mocha Maya’s, he is trying his hand at a new business, this time serving tasty treats next to the Bridge of Flowers.King recently opened his business, The Red Dahlia Cafe at...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — With a May 3, 2023 deadline to upgrade to a REAL ID, the Registry of Motor Vehicles is hosting info sessions across the state to help residents renew their licenses and ID cards in a more efficient manner.At the Northfield Senior Center...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HEATH — The weekend’s 104th Heath Fair had all the traditional activities one would expect: pulling events of all kinds, square dancing and fried dough. But although the three-day fair attracted many visitors to the grounds, it did not go off without...

By MARY BYRNE

Less than three years after Baystate Franklin Medical Center acquired the medical offices on Burnham Street in Turners Falls, Baystate plans to consolidate the practice this fall with its offices on Sanderson Street in Greenfield.The consolidated...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — For the first time in more than 60 years, the Catholic community in Greenfield is united under a single parish, following a recent unification ceremony.During Sunday’s Mass at Holy Trinity Church, residents packed the pews while the Rev....

By CARLA CHARTER

In 1795, Samuel Adams, governor of Massachusetts at the time, signed the charter that created New Salem Academy, making it the ninth academy in the country, according to Daniel Hammock, a member of New Salem Academy’s Class of 1968 and an academy...

By CHRIS LARABEE

With a possible regionalized police department on the horizon, Buckland and Shelburne have reaffirmed their commitment to sharing the services of Police Chief Greg Bardwell through a new agreement.Bardwell, who has been Shelburne’s police chief for...

Wednesday, July 6 11:52 a.m. — Accident reported on West Street.1:05 p.m. — Erratic operation reported on High Street.8:56 p.m. — Accident reported on Oakland Street, referred to another agency.Thursday, July 73:43 p.m. — Welfare check conducted on...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — Exactly 100 years since the state’s first electric freight railway was pulled apart for scrap metal, the town’s Historical Society is inviting the public to learn about the Conway Electric Street Railway.The Historical Society is welcoming...

By CHRIS LARABEE and JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Police arrested a Greenfield man on Thursday after he allegedly threw an incendiary device out the window of an apartment on Union Street, causing an explosion in the backyard.This device was determined to be “a little camping propane...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A developer eyeing the former Rugg Manufacturing Co. property on Newton Street is seeking permission from the Historical Commission to raze the parcel’s two structures to make way for a storage unit facility. “They are unfortunately in...

By RORY SWEETING

NORTHFIELD — Inspired by It Takes a Village in Huntington, volunteers with the Ladies Benevolent Society of Northfield Farms are launching a free children’s clothing closet at the Field Library. A soft opening will be held at the library, located at...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — An employee of the Edward P. Boland Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Leeds was arrested on Thursday and is being charged with uploading and downloading child pornography via the facility’s free public Wi-Fi.Kevin Divoll, 51, of...