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By CHRIS LARABEE

BOSTON — With the long-awaited announcement of storm damage relief funding at the Massachusetts Municipal Association’s annual conference this past weekend, Deerfield and Conway, as well as 35 other communities around the state, are finding themselves...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Authorities on Monday identified the three victims of the fatal plane crash on the Greenfield-Leyden line on Sunday.Fredrika Ballard, 53, of Southwick, William Hampton, 68, of Indian Orchard, and Chad Davidson, 29, of Woodstock,...

HADLEY — A 33-year-old Sunderland man died Saturday after he was struck by a car while walking along the edge of Route 116 in Hadley, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.Hadley Police, State Police assigned to the DA’s office and...

By JAMES PENTLAND

Western and central Massachusetts farmers are receiving a boost from $23.3 million in disaster relief from a philanthropic fund set up in the wake of July’s devastating floods and further state aid announced by the Healey-Driscoll administration.The...

By CHRIS LARABEE

With towns across Massachusetts suffering millions of dollars worth of damages due to torrential rainstorms throughout the summer, local legislators Rep. Natalie Blais and Sen. Jo Comerford have introduced legislation that could take some of the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Town officials are getting up to speed on their emergency preparedness plans by learning the basic principles of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and considering how they might play a role during potential disasters. “We are...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

More than 200 farms across western and central Massachusetts have started receiving checks from the Massachusetts Farm Resiliency Fund, and the governor said Thursday that the fund will keep accepting donations to be ready to help the next time severe...

By DOMENIC POLI

ATHOL — The three-alarm fire that killed a woman at 92 Fern St. on Thursday morning was likely accidental and originated at a gas stove in the kitchen, according to the state Department of Fire Services.When reached Friday, Jake Wark, a spokesperson...

By DOMENIC POLI

The Flood of 1936 caused widespread devastation in the Northeast and led to the passage of federal legislation aimed at mitigating damage caused by natural disasters. But the lawmakers who greenlighted the work would likely never have predicted that...

By CHRIS LARABEE and JULIAN MENDOZA

With damage assessments sent to state and federal partners, the Deerfield and Conway selectboards are working together to bring more storm damage relief to their hard-hit communities, while other local towns look to prepare themselves in anticipation...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — As farms around the region determine their plans going forward following unprecedented rainstorms, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and several other state and federal partners emphasized the opportunity in this moment to prepare farmers for a changing...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Emergency management officials are continuing to evaluate what is now estimated to be $300,000 in damage caused by heavy rainstorms over the last month.“We were lucky in the first storm, the damage was relatively minor,” said Fire Chief...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — After nearly 21 inches of rain, Conway is figuring out how to pick up the pieces of roads that washed away following unprecedented storms in July.Week after week and storm after storm, the small town has been hammered by rain, wiping away...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A federal disaster area declaration for the region is being sought by the U.S. senators from Massachusetts and the U.S. representatives for the state’s four westernmost counties following the floods that have destroyed crops at area farms and the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

DEERFIELD — As farmers assess the impact of last week’s flooding on their livelihoods and the future of the season’s crops, federal lawmakers visited the area on Saturday to see the damage firsthand.U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Jim...

By PAUL FRANZ and CHRIS LARABEE

GILL — Five people were injured Friday morning in a three-car crash that forced a four-hour closure of Route 2 in Gill just east of Barton Cove, according to police.At approximately 8:42 a.m., an Audi C5 and a Hyundai Azera collided head on near the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

BERNARDSTON — After just three weeks in business, the Falltown Grill caught fire early Wednesday morning.“We know it started high in the ceiling area,” Fire Chief Peter Shedd said of the fire’s origins.Shedd explained employees had left the South...