Beacon Hill Roll Call: Dec. 2 to Dec. 6, 2024
‘Beautiful disasters’ inspire monthly storytelling series in Greenfield
Montague Board of Health approves nicotine pouch restriction
Agreement gives Greenfield Police access to schools’ live video under ‘certain instances’
Massachusetts mapping out maternal health upgrades
As I See It: How Trump’s bloodless revolution was gifted by liberal Democrats
After weighing split rate, Whately Selectboard adopts single tax rate of $13.34
Double Edge Theatre eyes eco-friendly housing, new Community Design Center
Tax rate down, assessments up in Deerfield
Valley Bounty: It’s the season of tree-ditions: Kingsbury Christmas Tree Farm in South Deerfield offers cut your own and pre-cut varieties
The Christmas season, for people who celebrate, tends to be full of traditions. Maybe it’s watching the same corny holiday movies every year. Maybe it’s making Grandma’s special cookies, a yellowing index card with her faded cursive handwriting...
They get along swimmingly: 2025 calendar celebrates Franklin County YMCA water fitness class
A rollicking group who bonded through a class at Franklin County’s YMCA in Greenfield have produced a calendar for 2025 that celebrates beautiful humans in their 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. Let’s meet some water nymphs who could grace your wall if you get...
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Sports
Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: Breaking down the UMass hockey team's start to the 2024-25 season
Good morning!The Boston University hockey team arrived in their peppermint stick jerseys on Wednesday and worked the Cole mine in front of 4,649 fans at the Mullins Center. Cole Hutson, an 18-year-old defenseman from Chicago, scored two goals and...
Greenfield hockey preview: Green Wave moving up to challenging Berry Division
HS Roundup: Franklin Tech boys basketball wins opener over St. Mary’s, 50-40 (PHOTOS)
Indoor track: Stellina Moore sets new Mahar school marks in opening meet of the PVIAC season (PHOTOS)
UMass hockey: Boston University scores four unanswered goals, rallies past Minutemen for 4-2 winOpinion
Michelle Spaziani: High municipal employee turnover merits immediate review
The city of Greenfield has hired its third finance director this year. Consistent with my Oct. 22, 2024, letter to the dditor, the high turnover in the first year of Mayor Virginia Desorgher’s administration, especially the continued turnover in the...
Ira Helfand: A bomb survivors warn of nuclear danger
My Turn: Massachusetts’ health system is failing
My Turn: America dodged a bullet
Virginia and Howard Hastings: Every saved kilowatt counts
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Business
Sackrey Construction Co. of Sunderland celebrating 35 years in business
SUNDERLAND — In December 1989, one of the coldest on record in the region, John Sackrey was in Conway with a small team building an addition onto a home.That addition, for an associate working with Berkshire Design Group, kicked off a decades-long...
GCC event highlights outdoor industry jobs
Element Brewing Co. in Millers Falls celebrating 15 years in business
Maple Valley Creamery plans farmstand in South Deerfield
Lifelong home baker starts business, The Sourdog, in Orange
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Arts & Life
Faith Matters: A light that the shadows cannot overcome: Blue Christmas services offer us a space to bring our collective grief
During the last two months of the year, we’re usually overwhelmed with messages to be jolly, we’re expected to show up for events with cheerful smiles, and we’re constantly surrounded by the joyous sounds of the holiday season. And while this is a...
Putting the students front and center: What can education can look like without high stakes testing?
Sounds Local: He’ll play anything you want: Stephen Kellogg will perform an all-request show at Shea Theater, Dec. 19
Speaking of Nature: Introducing the Birch Perch II: Making improvements to my bird observation venue
Conversations over candy-making: Sharing beloved holiday food traditionsObituaries
Richard Baker
Richard (Dick) Baker Shelburne Falls, MA - Richard (Dick) Baker, 83, of Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family at the home of his daughter, on Sunday, November 24th, 2024, after a lengthy battle with... remainder of obit for Richard Baker
Joseph Simkus
Port Richey, FL - Joseph Stephen Simkus Jr., 70, of Port Richey, FL passed away at home on 12/5/24. He was born in Greenfield, MA, the first son of Joseph Simkus and Doris (Schack) Simkus. He graduated from Greenfield High School i... remainder of obit for Joseph Simkus
Rosemarie Dufresne
BUCKLAND, MA - Rosemarie Dufresne, 78, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, with her children by her side. Fondly known as Rose, she was a cornerstone of her community. Rose was passionate about sewing, quiltin... remainder of obit for Rosemarie Dufresne
Roger A. Farrington
Colrain, MA - Roger A. Farrington, 86, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. Roger was born in Colrain on Sept. 18, 1938 the son of George and Jennie (Fairbanks) Farrington. He was a graduate of Arms Academy in Shelburne Falls... remainder of obit for Roger A. Farrington
