GREENFIELD — Massachusetts Environmental Police arrested two brothers Saturday night after they allegedly shot a deer from their truck while in...

LEVERETT — A large-scale housing development, potentially with hundreds of homes and apartments, is being considered for the Kittredge Estate, the...

Towns across Franklin County are starting to adopt flag policies after being approached by an anti-abortion group wanting to fly its banner on...

Hanukkah begins tomorrow night, Dec. 7, at sunset. Sunset arrives earlier and earlier at this time of year as we approach the longest night of the...

BOSTON — After weeks of delays, a $3.1 billion spending bill packed with money for the stretched-thin emergency shelter system and public worker...

MONTAGUE — Town officials are looking internally to fill the shoes of Town Administrator Steve Ellis, who plans to step down from the position at...

MONTAGUE — Informed by data and public feedback, the town is preparing its first-ever Digital Equity Plan in an effort to ensure all its residents...

GREENFIELD — Big Brothers Big Sisters of Franklin County and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County are merging into one organization to...

Day 6 of the Massachusetts shotgun deer hunting season saw 43 deer reported Saturday at Franklin County checking stations.Saturday was the final...

The argument started in 1967. Judge Roy Hofheinz had built the Astrodome two years prior. Some called it the eighth wonder of the world — 18...

AMHERST — Each fan who attended the UMass men’s basketball game on Saturday afternoon rubbed their eyes at one point or another to make sure what...

Sixty minutes weren’t enough for the UMass and Vermont hockey teams on Friday night.The visiting Minutemen trailed into the third period before...

Day 5 of the Massachusetts shotgun deer hunting season saw 38 deer reported Friday at Franklin County checking stations.New Salem’s Robert Lanagan...

AMHERST — UMass men’s basketball head coach Frank Martin had never gone as many days in between games as he did over the past week and a half...

On the route to decarbonization, the state is so far on target with its goals, the Healey administration says, but there is more work to be done...

In many ways, farming is an act of faith. Faith that nature will provide for a harvest, and a farmer’s faith in themselves to figure out whatever...

BUCKLAND — Nine Mohawk Trail Regional School eighth graders were among the more than 130 students from across western Massachusetts to attend a...

It’s hard to throw water on a burning house while trying to rebuild it at the same time, but that’s exactly what addressing climate change requires...

GREENFIELD — As a way to educate the public on the climate crisis, The LAVA Center at 324 Main St. is hosting theater, film and photography events,...

BOSTON — Massachusetts needs to shift from an era of statewide planning for climate policy to the key details of implementing it, according to a...

As the high school hardwood season prepares for opening night on Thursday, a pair of Franklin County schools will not be sponsoring varsity...

ATHOL — Eighty-seven seconds at the end of the first half Thursday proved more than enough to turn the annual Thanksgiving Day game irreversibly in...

TURNERS FALLS — Make it four wins in a row on Thanksgiving for the Franklin Tech football team. The Eagles were firing on all cylinders, scoring...

A tradition that began in 1894, the 82nd Thanksgiving meeting between Athol and Mahar on Thursday will feature two programs on the rise. The Bears...