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28 Franklin Tech students join National Honor SocietyTURNERS FALLS — Franklin County Technical School recently inducted 28 new students into the National Honor Society, making this the largest group to be honored in the school’s history.With the new...

By DOMENIC POLI

GILL — For the sixth consecutive year, members of the Thomas Memorial Golf & Country Club in Turners Falls and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office TRIAD Program gathered to assemble 150 boxes of food for people in need on Monday — albeit in a new...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Local and state officials gathered alongside health care workers on Monday afternoon to celebrate the return of a community health center to town.The first community health center in western Massachusetts was founded in 1997 in Turners...

By ALEXA LEWIS

The 15th annual March for the Food Bank with Monte Belmonte will once again traverse the 43 miles from Springfield to Greenfield over Monday and Tuesday.The march has come to be known not just for the creative costumes donned by marchers pushing...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Clean Water Facility was presented with a $105,883 bill for using more than 20 million gallons of water during its chlorination process for September and October, an unexpected figure that Superintendent Chelsey Little feels is likely...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The state Department of Conservation and Recreation’s new Indigenous Peoples Partnership Coordinator Leah Hopkins, tasked with fostering relationships and improving the understanding and collaboration between DCR and Indigenous tribes,...

Little Drummer Craft Fair returns Saturday TURNERS FALLS — The annual Little Drummer Craft Fair will be held on Saturday, Nov. 23, beginning at 9 a.m. at Franklin County Technical School, 82 Industrial Blvd. The craft fair will feature more than 55...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School are trying to make fetch a thing for their fall musical production of “Mean Girls Jr.”Based on the “Mean Girls” musical that was adapted from the iconic 2004 film, this production...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — In the days following the presidential election, local LGBTQ organizations began hosting support sessions to help foster community amid rising fears that a second Trump administration will rollback the progress made on rights and legal...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — School Committee members got an inside look at the new veterinary sciences building at Franklin County Technical School this week.Principal Brian Spadafino guided the cohort of members through the 4,800-square-foot building on the...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

Making his way from Springfield to Greenfield during his annual walk to raise money for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, local radio personality Christopher “Monte” Belmonte looks to increase the visibility of one of the country’s greatest...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The state’s remaining Strathmore mills are dwindling, with the former mill complex at 20 Canal St. on track for demolition next year and its only other counterpart, located in Russell, having partially collapsed on Monday.According to...

I’m writing this letter because I’m very worried about the younger generation who have seen hatred and very little leadership from a group of older people acting like immature babies themselves, which means they can’t lead by example and mentor these...

Turners Falls High School students attend Reality Fair TURNERS FALLS — UMassFive College Federal Credit Union and the MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board recently partnered to hold a Reality Fair for the Turners Falls High School junior...

TURNERS FALLS — Several weeks after the power canal was drawn down, FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. has refilled the canal.The power canal was initially scheduled to start refilling with water on Sept. 28 following FirstLight’s annual maintenance. The...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI and ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Bar and restaurant owners in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region are generally pleased after roughly 64% of Massachusetts voters rejected ballot Question 5 on Tuesday, a measure that would have gradually increased how much employers must pay...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Turners Falls High School students debuted a range of creative scarecrows as part of their midterm project in digital filmmaking and theater arts teacher Jonathan Chappell’s class, with five category winners selected. The five winners,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Coin experts across the region are sounding the alarm about an influx of fakes manufactured in China and infiltrating the U.S. market.Chinese-made counterfeits of collector and circulating coins are more rampant than ever, according to...

TURNERS FALLS — The statue of Jesus outside of the former Farren Care Center on Montague City Road has been moved to the front of the Our Lady of Peace Church on 7th Street in Turners Falls.According to the Rev. Stan Aksamit of Our Lady of Peace, the...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — In the days before former Montague Tree Warden Mark Stevens died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 17, he had one last job to complete.On Oct. 3, Stevens, in his pajamas and Crocs, placed “no parking” signs on the side of Avenue A where...