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Buckland historical survey faces potential federal freeze
Aldi plans June opening in Greenfield
Artspace to open clay studio in Greenfield, renovations to be completed over the summer
Grants to boost gardening programs at Gill and Sheffield elementary schools
Montague enacts new commercial vehicle parking restriction
My Turn: It’s time again for punk
Clean energy measures, $7.68M budget coming to Shutesbury Town Meeting on Saturday
Columnist Judy Wagner: The lions of spring
Columnist Daniel Cantor Yalowitz: The positive power of memory
August opening planned for Tilton Library
SOUTH DEERFIELD — With a late-arriving elevator, Tilton Library’s expected completion date has been moved to August.
For 190 NMH graduates, their ‘best work has only just begun’
GILL — With a gleeful toss of 190 mortarboards, the Class of 2025 said goodbye to Northfield Mount Hermon School on Sunday, with a cheering crowd that included alumni who still think of the school as “home.”
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Kringle Candle selling factory building in Bernardston
Honor Flight to Washington D.C. commemorates military service, sacrifice by Greenfield and Montague veterans
Finding a blend of ‘structure and spontaneity’: Deerfield Academy bids farewell to 207 graduates
Greenfield Police Logs: May 3 to May 11, 20
How to celebrate Memorial Day in 2025
Lawrence Pareles: Senator Schumer must step down as Senate minority leader
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Montague Notebook, May 28, 2025
PHOTOS: Aquatic artwork
South County Notebook: May 24, 2025
Greenfield Recreation Department Notebook: May 27, 2025
Sports
Bulletin Board: Barb Killeen leads way in Tuesday Women’s League at CCG
Barb Killeen finished with the top point quota of plus-five in the Tuesday Women’s League at Country Club of Greenfield this week.
WMass Finals Preview: Greenfield and Pioneer seek baseball titles, Greenfield, Franklin Tech, Turners softball reach championship game
Class C baseball: Top-seeded Drury uses 10-run inning to rally past Athol, advance to play Greenfield in sectional final
HS Roundup: Greenfield baseball, Franklin Tech and Turners softball punch tickets to WMass title games
HS Roundup: Greenfield softball, Pioneer baseball reach Western Mass. championship gamesOpinion
My Turn: Big money and government
Here’s a hypothesis explaining government today. We all know that money in politics is behind both major parties. But this has made me wonder why the Republicans and Democrats have been so much at war with each other over the past decades. I mean, if the billionaires are supporting both parties, what do they really care if one or the other is in control of Congress, or the White House?
Susan Triolo: Remembering George Floyd
Mary McClintock: Nuclear power is not ‘clean’ energy
My Turn: ‘War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.’ — 1984 in 2025
Jerry Markoski: Don’t submit. Resist
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
Rising costs push small businesses to closure as they demand sweeping reforms from legislators
Over 50% of small business owners said they were likely to close or sell their business in the next five years, citing high costs across their businesses as a driving factor, a recent study from UMass Donahue Institute showed.
Orange Farmers Market back at Butterfield Park
‘We had a dream. We did our dream’: Pioneer Valley Brewery closing in Turners Falls
How Trump’s tariff proposals could hit Massachusetts’ biotech industry
Berkshire East owner takes over Burke Mountain ski resort in Vermont
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Arts & Life
Speaking of Nature: A great time to be a red eft: Part two in the three-part life cycle of the Eastern spotted newt
It has been a long, wet, raw month of May and my outdoor time has been curtailed by rotten weather on the weekends. So, it was with the utmost enthusiasm that I capitalized on a rare rain-free Saturday morning to get down to the Thinking Chair and commune with Nature just a bit. The chickadees (at least one of them) were ready to resume the practice of landing on my hat for some treats and I was very happy about that. I was also keen to see what was going on deeper in the forest, so after an hour of quiet observation time I got up out of my chair and headed into the woods.
‘To Stir, with Love’: Cooking asparagus risotto is a combination of chemistry and magic
‘Irving Berlin’s View of the East River’ films in western Mass: Behind the scenes of an indie film set in the Valley
‘When women encourage other women to empower themselves’: Shelburne Falls Area Women’s Club celebrated 100th anniversary
Let’s Talk Relationships: Listening well is a relationship superpower: Advice for building better communicationObituaries
Carmine A. Deprete
Turners Falls, MA - Carmine A. Deprete, 85, of Turnpike Rd. passed away Sunday May 18, 2025. He was born in Montague, MA on October 29, 1939, the son of Carmine and Edvidge (Imbriglio) Deprete. Carmine attended local schools and gradua... remainder of obit for Carmine A. Deprete
Donald James Regan Jr.
Donald James Regan, Jr. Lancaster, OH - Donald James Regan Jr., 77, of Lancaster, went to be with the Lord on May 1, 2025. He was born to the late Natalie Jean Fish and Donald James Regan Sr. on June 18, 1947 in New London, Connecticut. ... remainder of obit for Donald James Regan Jr.
Pamela Jeanne Cullen
Deerfield, MA - Pamela Jeanne Cullen, 74, of Deerfield, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025. She was born on December 13th, 1950 in Springfield, Massachusetts. She was pre-deceased by ... remainder of obit for Pamela Jeanne Cullen
Crystal M. Bouthillier
Crystal "Christy" M Bouthillier Orange, MA - Crystal M. (Berry) Bouthillier, 65, of Orange, passed away on Jan. 14, 2025, at Boston Medical Center with her family by her side. Born in Athol in May of 1959, She was the daughter of the la... remainder of obit for Crystal M. Bouthillier
