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By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — One of the Police Department’s most popular officers recently retired from the force following a career that spanned roughly six decades … in dog years.K-9 Orka fulfilled her final shift on Dec. 29 after 7½ years on the job, having joined the...

Orange Selectboard meetings to start at 5:30 p.m.ORANGE — Selectboard meetings will now be held at 5:30 p.m.Chair Tom Smith mentioned at the Jan. 3 meeting he has received comments from people who felt meetings were dragging on too late into the night...

By MAX BOWEN

ORANGE — A fire on Jones Street on Christmas Day is believed to have originated on a stovetop and was accidental, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office.The three-alarm fire, reported at 15 Jones St. at 4:05 p.m., caused significant interior...

New Salem library announces Reading Aloud for Grownups’ 2024 season NEW SALEM — According to the Friends of the New Salem Public Library, the 2024 season of Reading Aloud for Grownups will have three events on Tuesday evenings.Betsy Pelz and Marcia...

By DOMENIC POLI

Editor’s note: The Greenfield Recorder is beginning to publish stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their towns in 2024.ORANGE — The town hopes 16-36 West River St. will rise from the ashes in 2024, two...

Series of genealogy workshops starts Jan. 11NEW SALEM — Genealogy workshops for beginners are set for the New Salem Public Salem Library on Jan. 11, Feb. 8, March 14 and April 11, all starting at 4 p.m.The workshops will be led by Philip Johnson, a...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Ice sculptures are coming back to Starry Starry Night a year after lack of funds meant they couldn’t be ordered in time.Starry Starry Night Committee Chair Crystal Parent said there was enough money in the budget this year to order Summit Ice...

By MAX BOWEN

ORANGE — A three-alarm house fire on Jones Street reported the afternoon of Christmas Day killed two dogs and left the home uninhabitable, according to the Orange Fire Department.The fire was reported at 15 Jones St. at 4:05 p.m. Initially a...

By GENEVIEVE HARRIS-FRASER

I know this street in the Old City, Al Quds, East Jerusalem. I limped along its dusty pathway after sustaining an injury before arriving in Palestine in late December 2005 to attend a Palestinian-Israeli Peace Conference. This street may be the very...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The state’s Division of Animal Health is warning about an outbreak in Franklin County of a highly contagious, potentially fatal disease that spreads between dogs.Symptoms of canine parvovirus, commonly known as parvo, usually develop after a...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Are you making a New Year’s resolution to read more? If so, you’re in luck.The Book Forge at 3 South Main St. has a grand opening scheduled for Jan. 1, and owner Tyler Hauth is putting the finishing touches on the roughly 2,000-square-foot...

Staff Report

ORANGE — The town-owned bridge over Tully River’s west branch is closed until further notice as a precautionary measure in response to severe flood gauge readings.The bridge was closed on Monday at 2 p.m. at the request of the state Department of...

By MAX BOWEN

ORANGE — The state Department of Fire Services has identified the woman who died in the Dec. 13 house fire at 99 West River St. as 65-year-old Debra Marini.Marini and one other resident of the home were hospitalized following a fire reported shortly...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — While some may have spent Black Friday in a food coma or shopping for the hottest bargains, 16 businesses and organizations made sure downtown Orange was again decked out with holiday spirit.The Orange Merchants Group’s sixth annual...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Fran and Mike Bates like to say their new bakery sits “over the top” of their indoor flea market, Bates Down Under. They like to say it so much, in fact, that the business carries that distinction in its name.Over The Top Bakery opened at 90...

By MAX BOWEN

ORANGE — One older adult has died and a second remains hospitalized as a result of injuries sustained in a three-alarm house fire at 99 West River St. on Wednesday night.Authorities have deemed the home a total loss and all four residents have been...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Elementary Teachers Association plans to hold a parent-teacher forum at Orange Town Hall on Thursday evening after being denied a spot inside Fisher Hill Elementary School.David Mastroianni, a special education teacher and the...

Editor’s Note: Due to a new system at the school, outdated student information was printed in a previous honor roll for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s first quarter. Seventh Grade High Honors: Matthew Lee Brazie, Tristan William Dowler, Calvin...