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WOW Bus makes a house call: Mobile health clinic stops monthly in Turners Falls
TURNERS FALLS — To help improve health care equity and community trust, Baystate Health’s Wellness on Wheels, or WOW Bus, is making stops across western Massachusetts to provide free health screenings.

Erving Elementary School’s interim principal takes on permanent role
ERVING — After six months as interim principal, Beth Gannon will be sticking around Erving Elementary School as the permanent principal.
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Sports

Western Mass. set to host 117th Mass. Amateur at GreatHorse this week
For the first time in nearly a decade, Western Massachusetts will play host to the state’s biggest amateur golf tournament.


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

‘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.




Arts & Life

Sounds Local: Shows galore planned for July 4
The long Fourth of July weekend is upon us, and if you are looking to enjoy some live music as you celebrate America’s birthday, you will have plenty of options — and some of them are even free!



Obituaries

Turners Falls, MA - Jane Elizabeth (Stebbins) Dion, 65, of Park Villa Apartments, passed peacefully at home from this life to the next, on Wednesday June 25, 2025, after years of failing health and living courageously with her many illn... remainder of obit for Jane Elizabeth Dion

Brattleboro, VT - Roseanne Patricia Tenanes passed away peacefully on May 11th, 2025 at Pine Heights in Brattleboro, VT surrounded by her daughters Denise and Doreen and granddaughter Nikole. She was born on Independence Day and she di... remainder of obit for Roseanne Patricia Tenanes

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