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Beacon Hill Roll Call: June 2 to June 6, 2025
Mount Toby Friends Meetinghouse to host panel talk on supporting immigrants
My Turn: Greenfield school superintendent resignation dismaying
Administrative, transportation positions among cuts in Greenfield school budget
8 design options aired for new or renovated Franklin County Technical School
Mohawk Trail Regional School District proceeds with child sexual abuse prevention plans
Greenfield Public Library to celebrate Worldwide Knit in Public Day
Montague residents hear three design options for Farren redevelopment
Whately Elementary School Committee seat remains in limbo following election
MIAA softball: Greenfield sets up championship clash with Turners Falls after semifinal rout of Hopedale (PHOTOS)
WESTFIELD — After needing to come from behind against West Boylston to reach the MIAA Division 5 Final Four, the Greenfield softball team wasted no time taking command of its semifinal contest against third-seeded Hopedale on Thursday.
Racial justice group raising money to support Mohawk Falafel and Shawarma owner
TURNERS FALLS — To help Ismail Asaad, owner of the Mohawk Falafel and Shawarma food truck, put down roots in Franklin County, the community is banding together to support Asaad’s goal of finding a property where he can reside while also continuing his business.
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Gill-Montague School Committee approves administrative restructuring
Racial justice group raising money to support Mohawk Falafel and Shawarma owner
Turners Falls rallies from 6-run deficit to stun Georgetown, reach MIAA D5 title game
Western Franklin County towns to pursue grant for regional ambulance study
Editors Picks
PHOTO: Freshly coated cupola
Catharsis meets comedy: ‘Customers From Hell’ show will premiere at the Shea Theater on Sunday, June 15
PHOTOS: Shore-ly a good time
‘Meant to only last the summer’: Amherst artist’s wheatpaste murals among those now decorating Montague
Sports
Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: Franklin County on fire as local diamond teams charge toward state glory
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Greenfield’s Youmell tops Franklin County pack at MSTCA West Heptathlon champion
Bulletin Board: Crumpin-Fox Women’s League opens season
Turners Falls rallies from 6-run deficit to stun Georgetown, reach MIAA D5 title game
Final Four No More: Pioneer baseball breaks through, routs Hopedale for spot in D5 championship at Polar ParkOpinion
Thomas Newton: Good for the goose but not for the gander
It seems as though the person currently in charge of our military finds that it is necessary for him to send troops into California. It’s the right thing to do, he says. Let’s put the shoe on the other foot — when hundreds of of people were violently breaking down the doors to the U.S. Capitol, injuring 174 police and within 36 hours, five people died. Where was this head of our military man? Even at the pleas of his closest advisors and family members he was just taking in the action of his “patriots ” on television. This not a person to be in charge of our country nor anything else. His head will swell June 14 at the big parade. Look Mr. Putin, look Kim Jong-un, I have a bigger better parade than you.
Kathy Steinem: The joy of dance on display
Lynne Pledger: Protests for justice and mercy
My Turn: Deliberately missing the point
Lois Ahrens: Massachusetts’ cruelty: life without the possibility of parole
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Business
New Angel’s Edge Barbershop in Greenfield pays homage to late loved ones
GREENFIELD — Stroll into 22 Federal St. and your attention might first be drawn to the cherub on the large mural or the light fixtures shaped like halos. The angelfish swimming in a tank could also catch your eye.
Small businesses air complaints to Mass. lawmakers
Real Estate Transactions, May 30, 2025
Market Basket board alleges CEO in work stoppage plot
Rising costs push small businesses to closure as they demand sweeping reforms from legislatorse-Edition
Arts & Life
Valley Bounty: New farm with an old-fashioned feel: Moody Family Farm in Bernardston opens their farm stand this month
When farming is in the family, the land calls no matter where else life takes you. Aaron Moody, owner-operator of Moody Family Farm, was born in Greenfield, and from the beginning, he knew that he loved working with animals. Three generations of Moody’s family farmed, and young Moody occasionally worked at his uncle’s dairy farm while growing up.
Move over, Dr. Dolittle: Belchertown resident shares her menagerie and helps heal animals
Sounds Local: Returning to their roots: The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow brings annual Mountain Day festival to Berkshire East on Saturday
Speaking of Nature: The pressures of parenthood: Bird dads, like human dads, deserve a happy Father’s Day
Simple and scrumptious: Welsh Rabbit is neither rabbit nor Welsh, but it’s supreme comfort foodObituaries
Richard A. Caracciolo
Greenfield, MA - Richard A. Caracciolo, age 62, of Greenfield, MA, formerly of Syosset, NY, passed away on June 5, 2025. He was a beloved brother to Anne Zimmerman (David) and Mary Dell'Abate (Gary), and a devoted uncle to Ashley Santan... remainder of obit for Richard A. Caracciolo
Stanley Lewandowski Sr.
Stanley W. Lewandowski, Sr. Greenfield, MA - Stanley W. Lewandowski, 91, of Greenfield, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on June 8, 2025. Born on May 8, 1934, in South Deerfield, MA, he was the son of the late Walter and Rose Lewand... remainder of obit for Stanley Lewandowski Sr.
Jane L. Shaughnessy
Greenfield, MA - Jane L. Shaughnessy, 96, of Greenfield, passed away on Sunday, June 8, 2025, at Charlene Manor Extended Care Facility. Born in Queens Village, NY, on February 13, 1929, to Dr. Harry B. Hansen and Signey Anderson Hansen... remainder of obit for Jane L. Shaughnessy
Steven Streeter
Jacksonville Beach, FL - Steven Erwin "Steve" Streeter, 72, passed away on May 23, 2025, in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Born on August 15, 1952, in Westfield, Massachusetts, Steve lived a vibrant and adrenaline-filled life marked by un... remainder of obit for Steven Streeter
