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By GREG VINE
ROYALSTON – At its meeting on Oct. 29, the Selectboard set Saturday, Dec. 7, as the tentative date for a Special Town Meeting to decide on how more than $400,000 in free cash should be used.The board will decide at its next meeting on Nov. 19 whether...
By ZICHANG LIU
Massachusetts voters will decide on Election Day whether ride-hailing drivers working for companies like Uber and Lyft should be allowed to unionize, an initiative that if approved would make Massachusetts the first state in the nation to grant such...
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...
By ALISON KUZNITZ
At their first meeting last week, members of a new state panel tasked with combating the scourge of antisemitism in Massachusetts outlined priority issues, as well as the vitriol they have personally experienced over the past year.The commission,...
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – The Selectboard met with Templeton Police Officer Bill Chapman Wednesday night to discuss his interest in becoming the town’s next chief of police.Chapman was asked to meet with the board after its first choice, Templeton Police Officer...
By CHRIS LARABEE
What started as a small tour of orchards around the region has grown into a celebration of the apple, as CiderDays celebrates 30 years of fermentation.From North Adams to Northampton to Phillipston, as well as numerous Franklin County stops in...
By AVA BERGER
Some of the financial contributions to the committees behind the MCAS question on the November ballot follow unfamiliar practices or lack transparency, experts say.Question 2 on the Nov. 5 ballot seeks to end the MCAS as a graduation requirement. The...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
WARWICK — The remains of a woman from Keene, New Hampshire, were found in Warwick, according police in that city who have been investigating a report of a missing person over the past three weeks.The body was identified as 31-year-old Justina Steffy,...
By DOMENIC POLI
A new Franklin County clerk of courts will take the oath of office in January and barring some miraculous write-in campaign, that person will be Benjamin Simanski.The first assistant clerk magistrate for the past 11 years, Simanski is running...
WINCHENDON – The Beals Memorial Library has partnered with the Autism Alliance to become an Autism Welcoming and sensory responsive organization, to better serve individuals with autism and their families and caregivers.This makes the Beals Memorial...
By ALEXA LEWIS
AMHERST — As rural western Massachusetts watches its populations steadily age, reliable, accessible health care only becomes more important. But since the COVID-19 pandemic, workforce shortages in the industry have been more pronounced than before,...
By GREG VINE
ROYALSTON – Royalston Community School fifth and sixth graders visited Town Hall Tuesday morning for a lesson in civics.Town Clerk Barbara Richardson and poll workers arranged to have the students participate in an election all their own. The...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
WARWICK — A police investigation that closed Hastings Heights Road overnight from approximately 7 p.m. last Tuesday to noon Wednesday involved a search for a missing woman from Keene, New Hampshire. Keene Police Det. Joel Chidester said in an...
Petersham Halloween paradePETERSHAM – Thursday Oct. 31, 4:30 to 6 p.m. There will be trick or treating and at 6 p.m., a parade around the common. There will be a Lions Club program in the basement of Town Hall after the parade. Streets on the common...
By Zichang Liu
As Election Day 2024 approaches, political signs are once again sprouting in Massachusetts, from residential lawns to road intersections. Yet, for many residents, these signs serve more like decorative colorful markers dotting the landscape, with...
By Carla CharterA collection of 444 Royalston plant specimens dating from 1895 to 1915 can now be found online. The specimens were collected by Rev. James Bates, pastor of the Second Congregational Church in South Royalston, from 1898-1903.Bates...
By CHRIS LARABEE
A big change will be coming to families who take advantage of the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP).Beginning in December, all families using HIP benefits, regardless of their household size, will see their monthly incentives reduced to $20, which is,...
By GREG VINE
ATHOL — State Rep. Susannah Whipps is seeking reelection to a fifth term and is once again being challenged by Republican Jeffrey Raymond.Whipps represents the 2nd Franklin District, which stretches from Winchendon to Greenfield. Raymond last...
By SAMUEL GELINAS
NORTHAMPTON — Regional human service agencies Pathlight and ServiceNet are merging in a move that leaders say will enable Pathlight’s programming to continue and allow ServiceNet to expand resources it already offers.The organizations’ leaders and...
By ALEXA LEWIS
Mass Audubon has received the largest federal grant in its 128-year history — $25 million to protect 10,000 acres in the Connecticut River watershed, which will include projects in Pioneer Valley municipalities up and down the river.The funding from...
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