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Greenfield Savings Banks breaks ground on Easthampton branch
EASTHAMPTON — Greenfield Savings Bank held a groundbreaking event this week to mark the development of a new bank branch on Route 10, envisioned as a southern headquarters in western Massachusetts.

‘We’re trying a new adventure’: International Cafe and Deli opens in South Deerfield
SOUTH DEERFIELD — The former Polish deli on Thayer Street has been given new life.
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Sports

Community classics return: A look at Franklin County’s summer sports staples
As we head into Fourth of July weekend, the summer season is in full swing.


Opinion

My Turn: Dalai Lama an inspiration at 90
I want to say happy 90th birthday to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, whose birthday is July 6. He has been my inspiration since I first went with my father on a religious pilgrimage to Lhasa, Tibet, at about age 7 in the early 1980s. It took us about three months to walk there from our village in the Khampa region of eastern Tibet. When we got inside the Jhokang Temple, I was truly amazed to see huge statues and also pictures on a wall of the Dalai Lama and other religious leaders.





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

Aldi grocery store opens in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — More than 150 eager customers formed a line outside the city’s new Aldi grocery store in the moments before it opened Thursday morning.


Arts & Life

Speaking of Nature: The most beautiful local butterfly? The Question Mark is a species of forests and forest edges
As we begin the month of July, we find ourselves in an interesting moment in the year. Most of the birds have already had their first round of chicks and some species may try for another round of breeding. Other species of birds have made their one and only attempt at reproduction and, successful or not, they will not try again. It is something that you can actually hear across the landscape in the early morning. Some species are still singing, while others are now quiet.


Obituaries

Carole J. (Corboy) Sierakoski Shelburne , MA - Carole Jane (Corboy) Sierakoski, 83, a resident of Shelburne Center Road, passed peacefully at home on Friday, June 27, 2025 following a period of declining health. A native of Sault Saint M... remainder of obit for Carole J. Sierakoski

Whately, MA - Thomas Joseph Breen, passed away at Mass General Hospital Boston on June 23, 2025 surrounded by his loved ones. Tom was born in Northampton to Lillian (Blanchard) and Edward Breen on April 29, 1956. He was raised in Hay... remainder of obit for Thomas Breen

Mapleton, IL - Mary E. Stoltz, 78, of Mapleton, IL, passed away peacefully at 10:11 a.m. on Thursday, June 26, 2025, in the home she cherished, surrounded by family. Mary was born on July 6, 1946, in Montague, MA, to Walter and Helen ... remainder of obit for Mary Stoltz

Bernardston, MA - Susan M. Patch (1943-2025) 82, of Bernardston, died Friday June 27 at Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, peacefully surrounded by her loving family as she listened to their reminiscing, their tears and the... remainder of obit for Susan Patch