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BHN lands nearly $939K to expand child mental health support
Nearly $334K heading to Franklin County farms
Beacon Hill Roll Call: July 14 to July 18, 2025
Blooming Backpacks drive ends Aug. 5
Greenfield Middle School receives Safe Routes to School award for bike rodeos
As I See It: Why there will be no more elections
Fire chiefs, local officials advocate for new building authority
Forum to consider regionalization options between Leyden, Bernardston
Path of a champion: Leverett native Glenn Wong Jr. played key role in Oklahoma City Thunder’s NBA title run
New living quarters arrive for Northfield EMS
NORTHFIELD — Northfield EMS paramedics and EMTs settled into their new, temporary digs on Wednesday, as the ambulance service officially moved into living quarters next to its current base of operations at 41 Main St.
Celebrate Indigenous culture and history: 12th annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival returns to Unity Park, Aug. 2
The annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival returns to Unity Park for the 12th year on Saturday, Aug. 2 and Sunday, Aug. 3, with special events on Friday, Aug. 1, to lead into the weekend celebration of Indigenous culture and history.
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Erving man, 60, found dead in Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area identified
Chicopee man, 21, drowns at Conway Community Swimming Pool
Greenfield residents concerned with condo proposal
Marine vet becomes Blessed Trinity Parish’s newest priest in Greenfield
Chicopee man who drowned in Conway identified
‘Now it feels like a village’: Chaos Corner in Millers Falls changing ownership
Editors Picks
South County reporter bids adieu after four years
‘Like I'm standing in a room of giants’: Meet Elana Casey, new associate director of the Augusta Savage Gallery at UMass Amherst
PHOTO: Avian creations
‘Everybody wants to tell their story’: Ten historical societies participating in Hilltown History Trail, Aug. 2
Sports
Bulletin Board: Frontier, Greenfield punch tickets to DRIVE League semifinals
GREENFIELD — The intensity was high at Nichols Gymnasium on Thursday during the boys varsity quarterfinals of the DRIVE League.
Joe Harasymiak, Minutemen speak at MAC Football Media Day ahead of 2025 season
80th Invitational Four Ball: Shaun Fleming celebrates competing in tournament for 40th time
Greenfield 8U Ducks impress at Cal Ripken Regionals
UMass announces its 2025 Hall of Fame Class
Opinion
Judy Franklin: Massachusetts Medicare For All bills must pass now
We can protect ourselves and our medical providers by passing Massachusetts Medicare For All as proposed in bills S.860 and H.1405. The Healthcare Finance Committee must vote to pass these bills. President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are kicking millions of people off health care. Medicaid, Medicare, and the ACA will be severely cut. Alarmingly, a new model of claim validation uses artificial intelligence. UnitedHealthcare is a notorious example. AI is imprecise and fallible; UnitedHealthcare’s AI denied approximately 33% of valid claims. The new budget mandates using AI to “reduce and recoup improper payments” made by Medicare, with quotas. One in three Massachusetts residents, including half of all children and the disabled, rely on Medicaid (MassHealth), and hundreds of thousands more obtain insurance from the ACA (Health Connector). More than 1.4 million residents are enrolled in Medicare.
My Turn: How did empathy become the enemy?
Linda Clark: GoFundMe needed for local farmers
Barry De Jasu: Too many Dems choose decorum and just observe disaster
My Turn: A glimmer of hope in the abominable budget
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
Tri-State Precision in Northfield marks 60 years
NORTHFIELD — From infrastructure supporting the Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Station to nuclear material filters and machinery pieces for a variety of high-tech industries, Tri-State Precision has done a little bit of everything as it marks its 60th anniversary.
Greenfield’s Rite Aid closing
New owner bringing ‘right energy’ to Main Street Bar & Grille in Greenfield
Sidehill Farm yogurt biz changes hands in Hawley
Breaking down barriers in trade work: Collective of LGBTQ handy service workers in high demande-Edition
Arts & Life
Meet the Bluebird Lady of Birnam Road: Northfield resident shares avian hobby with neighbors
Anyone seeing a bluebird up close can understand why this feathered friend symbolizes happiness. Our eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) captures the hearts of many with their vibrant plumage, and Susan Brock of Northfield is a devotee who helps spread the joy to others.
Valley Bounty: The joy of blueberry season: Sobieski’s River Valley Farm in Whately has been growing blueberries since 1977
Sounds Local: There’s no place like home: Western Mass turned West Coast country singer Rosie Porter tours old stomping grounds 
Speaking of Nature: Like floating jewels: A single blossom on a fragrant water lily blooms for only three days
Worth every penny: Cherry season is short and sweet
Obituaries
Joseph R. Canuel
Greenfield, MA - Joseph R. Canuel, age 65, of 49 Maple Street, Greenfield MA. was unexpectedly "Called Home", on Sunday July 20, 2025, in the presence of his loving wife. He was born in Providence, RI on November 29, 1959, the son of th... remainder of obit for Joseph R. Canuel
Deanna J. Lovett
Northfield, MA - Deanna Jean (Wright) Lovett, 63, of Northfield, MA passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on July 21, 2025, at Baystate Medical Center. She was born in Montague, MA, on February 16, 1962. Deanna attended local ... remainder of obit for Deanna J. Lovett
Adele Elizabeth Clark
Adele Elizabeth (Loving) Clark Greenfield , MA - Adele Elizabeth Clark, 83, passed Tuesday evening, July 22, 2025 at Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Greenfield, MA. A native of Boston, MA, she was born the daughter of Elizabeth M. Lovi... remainder of obit for Adele Elizabeth Clark
Katherine Ann Hall
Katherine Ann (DuSell) Hall Fort Lauderdale, FL - It is with heavy hearts that we announce our dear Katie passed away unexpectedly in her sleep on July 17, 2025 at the age of 37. She was born on May 15, 1988 and grew up in Greenfield, M... remainder of obit for Katherine Ann Hall
