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Veterans services offered monthly ERVING — The Erving Senior & Community Center at 1 Care Drive offers veterans services on the first Wednesday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m.For more information, call the center at 413-423-3649.Social painting...

It is time for the Republicans to step up and save the Grand Old Party. To do so would be a sacrifice personally and temporarily for Republicans. They must throw him out of the party and let him run independently. If the Republicans really love their...

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 JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Song, poetry and testimony will flow freely at the Shea Theater Arts Center on Saturday as environmental advocates protest FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s operations on the Connecticut River.The Connecticut River Defenders’ “A...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — The future of a planned housing development on First Street is uncertain after environmental tests showed six contaminants in the parcel’s soil.A Phase II Environmental Site Assessment was conducted at the town-owned, 0.65-acre lot by...

By OLIVIA TUSINSKI

As an urban renewal professional, I can honestly say there was little in the 2022 master plan for the Strathmore complex in Montague that I could get behind.Developed by Dietz Architects of Springfield, the final vision for the site proposed its...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

The late Pioneer Valley poet James Tate, whose work earned him a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, will be present in spirit for this week’s reading session at Unnameable Books in Turners Falls.The event, part of a reading series held weekly at...

TURNERS FALLS — The White Bridge, which carries Turners Falls Road over the Connecticut River, is closed through Friday, Nov. 10, from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily as the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) conducts maintenance work.Traffic...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Nine Franklin County Technical School students embraced last week’s national FFA Convention and Expo as an invaluable opportunity to connect with agriculturally inclined youth from all over the country.FFA, which originally stood for...

Turners Falls Water Department bills mailed Wednesday TURNERS FALLS — The Turners Falls Water Department’s semi-annual water bills, due Dec. 1, were mailed Nov. 1. There is a $20 charge for bills submitted late. Payments can be dropped off or mailed...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — After a fallout with her personal and professional partner in 2022 led to the closure of Deerfield’s Arts & Antiques on Routes 5 and 10, Danielle Marie began searching for “something that felt right.” With Sweet Phoenix, her new...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

MONTAGUE — Town officials have affirmed that the Strathmore mill complex’s Building 11 is beyond repair, having observed the extent of its deterioration at a site tour Monday morning.A private party composed of Town Administrator Steve Ellis,...

By BELLA LEVAVI

TURNERS FALLS — By connecting with women working in trades on Friday, Franklin County Technical School’s freshmen girls had the chance to consider what career paths might be right for them, potentially in a traditionally male-dominated field.Gathered...

By DOMENIC POLI

TURNERS FALLS — Emergency personnel rescued a man who was clinging to debris in the Turners Falls power canal at around noon on Friday and transported him to the hospital.The Turners Falls Fire Department was dispatched at 11:25 a.m. for a report of a...

By BELLA LEVAVI

TURNERS FALLS — The former Hubie’s Tavern is entering a new chapter. The beloved tavern and restaurant at 66 Avenue A has been transformed into a bookstore owned by Adam Tobin and Penelope Bloodworth. As the only bookstore in the village of Turners...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — No one was harmed after a problem with the heating unit filled Walgreens on Avenue A with a thick haze and forced the store’s evacuation on Tuesday afternoon, according to Deputy Fire Chief Kyle Cogswell.The Fire Department was...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. has completed interim repair work at the Turners Falls Dam, the company announced Friday.The hydropower company began an investigation into the Turners Falls dam’s bascule gate pistons this August...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Saturday’s inaugural Falls Festival is being postponed until next autumn due to anticipated inclement weather, Town Administrator and Festival Committee member Steve Ellis announced Wednesday evening.The Falls Festival, which would...