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ORANGE — Members of Orange American Legion Post 172 have voted to rename the organization after a deceased comrade, and the decision now goes to...

ORANGE — Retired Lt. Col. Glenn Scott noticed a few snafus in one of Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s Army Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps...

Franklin County school ceremonies thank veterans for their service

11/10/23

In anticipation of Veterans Day on Saturday, Erving Elementary School took the time to thank locals for their military service early.Reprising...

GREENFIELD — A Virginia man has made it his mission to preserve in perpetuity a modest monument dedicated in his town to Lt. Col. Russell Hastings,...

ORANGE – The Massachusetts Peace Statue in the center of Memorial Park is getting some work done, thanks to a matching state grant paying for its...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since the end of the Vietnam War, about 300,000 American military veterans have died from exposure to Agent Orange. One of those...

GREENFIELD — The homes of at least 10 local veterans will be repaired or modified by the end of 2023, thanks to a $25,000 grant from Meals on...

ERVING — Veterans gathered at the French King Restaurant on Wednesday to honor the lives lost at Pearl Harbor on the 81st anniversary of the attack...

Local vets hail PACT Act

8/19/22

GREENFIELD — Officials with the Upper Pioneer Valley Veterans’ Services District hope the recent passage of the bill known as the PACT Act will...

Local military veterans and their advocates breathed a sigh of relief Monday when news broke that Northampton’s Veterans Affairs medical center...

2 Orange vets receive Quilts of Valor

5/13/22

ORANGE — Joe Young thought he was only giving a talk about his hike on the Appalachian Trail. Edward Day had an inkling.Both military veterans...

ORANGE — Following hesitation about putting an obsolete piece of military equipment on display in Memorial Park, the Selectboard’s representative...

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