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Four suspects in kidnapping case arraigned
05-01-2023 6:15 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD – Four of six North Quabbin residents facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from an alleged Feb. 1 incident were arraigned Monday afternoon in Franklin County Superior Court, where their cases have been transferred from...


Four Rivers wins Amherst tournament
05-01-2023 10:17 AM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

GRANBY — Olivia Vassar hurled herself across the corner of the end zone and clasped the disc in her hands as her knees slid across the damp turf.She exemplified the declaration the Four Rivers girls ultimate team made at halftime of Sunday’s Amherst...


Fisher Hill Elementary playground nears completion
04-30-2023 5:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – Construction is coming along on what will be the new playgrounds at Fisher Hill Elementary School, and the local superintendent said students can look forward to the recreation areas opening in late August or early...


Franklin Chamber highlights community partnerships
04-30-2023 5:00 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD – Collaboration is the name of the business game in Franklin County, and the Chamber of Commerce’s monthly breakfast Friday morning highlighted some community partners that can help businesses of any stage and type get their feet underneath...


UMass spring game: Defense seals victory with blocked kick as Minutemen aim to play complementary football in the fall
04-30-2023 11:56 AM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – The offense faced a third and one with three minutes left holding a two-point lead. A first down could all but seal the game.UMass handed the ball off to transfer running back Jalen John, and he plowed ahead for the conversion.Had it not...


Frontier, Mahar and Mohawk Trail represent locals in Steele Relays
04-29-2023 10:09 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Track athletes from Frontier, Mohawk Trail and Mahar braved the rain and cold to compete in the 2023 Dr. George Steele Relays on Saturday. The Frontier girls 4x100-meter hurdles team earned a first place finish, completing the race...


Baseball: Braeden Tsipenyuk scores game-winning run as Pioneer walks off with 4-3 win over Oxford
04-28-2023 9:27 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

NORTHFIELD — It’s safe to say the next iteration of the MIAA Division 5 baseball power rankings will look a little different. Oxford, which held the No. 1 spot in the initial MIAA power rankings that were released Friday, came to Franklin County for a...


Dan Keller to step down from Wendell Selectboard, run for Assessor
04-28-2023 5:17 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL – Dan Keller has said he will not seek re-election to the Selectboard in the 2023 election, but he never promised his name wouldn’t appear elsewhere on the ballot.The 20-year Selectboard veteran opted to retire from the three-member board, but...


Petition for Warwick Fire Station on Town Meeting warrant
04-28-2023 5:16 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

WARWICK — A quarrel about the new Fire Station’s condition has made its way onto the Annual Town Meeting warrant, in the form of a citizen’s petition article asking voters for a $250,000 upgrade.Resident and former volunteer firefighter William Lyman...


DA’s office already accommodating requests for new trials under breathalyzer ruling
04-27-2023 5:46 PM

By JAMES PENTLAND

NORTHAMPTON — A Supreme Judicial Court ruling that alcohol tests given with a certain type of breathalyzer were invalid evidence in drunken-driving prosecutions between 2011 and 2019 will not affect area prosecutors’ approach to such cases.The Boston...


UMass football: Offense has ‘shown real progress’ in offensive coordinator Steve Casula’s second spring 
04-25-2023 4:54 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Steve Casula examined every aspect of the UMass football team’s offense in the offseason.The Minutemen finished last in the country scoring just 12.5 points per game and were third from the bottom gaining just 265.8 yards per contest. They...


Transfer portal: Angelique Ngalakulondi commits to Missouri; Tafara Gapare headed to Georgia Tech
04-25-2023 4:52 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Another former Minuteman is headed to the Power 5.Former UMass men’s basketball forward Tafara Gapare announced his commitment to Georgia Tech on Tuesday. The former four-star recruit originally pledged to DePaul as a member of the Class of 2023...


Residents opt to demolish IP Mill
04-25-2023 3:14 PM

By JULIAN MENDOZA

ERVING — Residents overwhelmingly supported a one-time capital exclusion to fund demolition of the former International Paper Mill when polled during a public discussion at Erving Elementary School on Monday evening.The $3,700,000 override, paired...


Softball: Franklin Tech holds off Hopkins Academy, 11-9 (PHOTOS)
04-24-2023 8:44 PM

By HANNAH BEVIS

HADLEY — With the pressure mounting in Monday afternoon’s softball game between Franklin Tech and Hopkins Academy, you could cut the tension with a knife. A game that initially seemed over in the first few innings – the visiting Eagles raced out to a...


NEPM’s Latino Advisory Board resigns in wake of station’s layoffs
04-21-2023 4:01 PM

By JAMES PENTLAND

SPRINGFIELD — New England Public Media’s Latino Advisory Board has resigned en masse over recent layoffs that its members say disproportionately affected people of color, despite NEPM management’s repeated assurances of its commitment to a...


H.S. Roundup: Turners baseball gets bats going in win over Hoosac
04-19-2023 9:07 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

TURNERS FALLS — The Turners Falls baseball team had scored eight runs in its first four games, but you’d never know it with the way it hit the ball on Wednesday against Hoosac Valley. The Thunder mustered 13 hits in five innings, with each part of the...


UMass basketball: Frank Martin coached Minutemen for more than a year without fully executed contract
04-19-2023 5:48 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

Frank Martin coached his first season as the UMass men’s basketball coach without a fully executed contract, according to documents obtained Wednesday.The Daily Hampshire Gazette requested Martin’s contract last April after he was hired in late March,...


UMass football: Gino Campiotti embracing another switch from QB to tight end
04-18-2023 3:40 PM

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

AMHERST – Gino Campiotti raced toward the front pylon. This year he met the football there from inside the end zone and hauled in a catch for a (spring practice) touchdown as a tight end rather than diving to score from outside like last season when...


27% of Orange kindergartners recommended to repeat year
04-17-2023 5:02 PM

By MARY BYRNE

ORANGE — Chronic absenteeism of the district’s youngest pupils has resulted in a higher number of kindergarten students than usual being recommended for retention, according to school administrators.Superintendent Elizabeth Teahan-Zielinski recently...


Memories remain strong for those near the finish line
04-16-2023 10:17 PM

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Sunderland’s Sara Smiarowski was taking pictures with her 2-month old daughter and husband, holding her medal with pride after completing the 117th Boston Marathon when she heard a loud boom. “I just thought it was fireworks for Patriots Day,”...

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