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Discussion continues on finding safer encampment areas for homeless in Greenfield
‘We’re feeling the love and the support’: Greenfield Fire captain welcomed home after cancer diagnosis
United Way’s June diaper drive wrapping up
Charlemont Planning Board grants special permit to Oxbow Resort owner
As I See It: Jefferson, Jesus and Marx — America’s founding fathers and ‘socialists’ all!
Beacon Hill Roll Call: June 16 to June 20, 2025
Orange adopts $28.4M budget on Annual Town Meeting’s third night
Reps with state’s Federal Funds & Infrastructure Office speak to changing landscape
40 years later, Gill resident recalls effort to preserve Red Bridge featuring Jurassic armored mud balls
GILL — Forty years ago this month, Gill resident Terri Rice remembers when the silence of anticipation broke inside Gill Town Hall.
Shelburne Falls nonprofit seeks to pair gardeners, land owners in effort to reduce food insecurity
SHELBURNE FALLS — A group of gardeners, landowners and sustainability enthusiasts is looking to reduce the number of people in Franklin County who struggle with food insecurity.
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Franklin Tech student from Orange found shot, killed in NH
Montague Police officer faces assault charges
Community Action project to create all-in-one service center, food pantry in Greenfield faces funding hurdles
Moldavite Dreams on the move: Business returning to Shelburne Falls roots
Aldi grocery store opens in Greenfield
Real Estate Transactions: June 27, 2025
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PHOTOS: River recreation
Greenfield Middle School Honor Roll, Fourth Quarter
Regional Notebook: June 27, 2025
Of rapids and rainbows: LGBTQ outdoors enthusiasts enjoyed Pride Day on the River
Sports
Turners Falls roots, Amherst future: Jack Putala set to lead Hurricanes football program
AMHERST — The Amherst Regional High School football team will be under new direction next season, as 24-year old Jack Putala steps in to take the reins of the Hurricane program. Putala served as Amherst’a defensive coordinator for the last three seasons and is replacing Vinnie Guiel, who coached the team from 2022-2024.
Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: A Life in the Crowd, Dick Quinn steps away after decades behind the scenes at Williams
Phillips takes over at Mahar, aims to build girls hoops powerhouse
Bulletin Board: CCG’s Andy Lesenski qualifies for 2025 Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Championship
Minutemen reload: 11 newcomers set to suit up as UMass completes 2025-26 rosterOpinion
My Turn: It’s time for reusable take-out containers
Though much could be said about the Trump administration’s retreat from climate action and the disappearance of funding to state and local governments, there is still a lot we can do on a local level without needing any government action or funding.
Henry Morgan: How Trump's ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill’ threatens educational opportunity for working-class Americans
My Turn: Our generation’s ‘rendezvous with destiny’
Tom Tolg: Regime change
Kathe Geist: Foreign students
Your Daily Puzzles
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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.
Moldavite Dreams on the move: Business returning to Shelburne Falls roots
Labor of love: Born to Birth doula service settles in at Orange Innovation Center
Permit approved for Greenfield cat cafe
Racial justice group raising money to support Mohawk Falafel and Shawarma ownere-Edition
Arts & Life
Life’s a drag! A day in the life of producer and queen, Magnolia Masquerade
On most days, Andrew Curran, better known as his drag persona Magnolia Masquerade, is a whirlwind of activity, brainstorming ideas for future shows, creating the props that will bring them to life, running the rehearsals with other drag queens who fill out the cast — but he looks almost peaceful in the hours leading up to one of his performances. Starting around 2 p.m., Curran plops himself down in front of a tiny, well-lit mirror in his bedroom to prepare for Magnolia’s performance that evening at Last Ditch in Greenfield. Abba and a mix of show tunes plays quietly as a gentle breeze wafts in through his open window, sunlight streaming in the room.
A novel retirement plan: Jonathan Lash’s debut work of fiction, ‘What Death Revealed,’ draws from his time as an attorney in 1970s D.C.
Valley Bounty: Small but mighty market: Great Falls Farmers Market continues to grow deep community connections
Faith Matters: Human rights are bestowed by God: I have become a reluctant protestor before it’s too late to do anything
Sounds Local: West coast sound comes to western Mass: Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff plays the Shea Theater this FridayObituaries
Elizabeth Carlisle
Winchendon, MA - It is with great sadness that we announce the death at 97 years of Elizabeth Winning Carlisle, beloved mother, grandmother and great- grandmother, not to mention matriarch of the Carlisle family. Betsy lived for 59 ... remainder of obit for Elizabeth Carlisle
Helen L. Pearson
Greenfield, MA - Helen L. (Chagnon) Pearson, 88, passed away peacefully at home on June 15, 2025, with her children by her side. Born August 25, 1936, to Leah (Lebeau) and Valerien Chagnon, Helen was a lifelong resident of Turners Falls... remainder of obit for Helen L. Pearson
Robert Lively
Robert "Bob" Lively Bernardston, MA - Robert "Bob" E. Lively, of Bernardston, MA., passed away at home on June 19, 2025 after a period of failing health. He was born in Fresno, California, September 19, 1945, to Robert E. Lively Sr. and ... remainder of obit for Robert Lively
Phillip Tedesco III
Phillip "Tedd" Tedesco III Shelburne, MA - It is with a full heart and a sense of peace, that we mark the passing of Phillip "Tedd" Tedesco III of Shelburne Falls, MA on June 15, 2025 after a long illness. Tedd was born on August 28, 194... remainder of obit for Phillip Tedesco III
