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Hawley voters remedy winter road maintenance spending
Deerfield native to lead regional agricultural group
My Turn: Keeping families intact takes advocacy, resources
Orange residents reject Proposition 2½ override; 15% cuts to departments possible
Orange residents cast their ballots on Proposition 2½ override
Warren blasts Trump, GOP during Pittsfield town hall
PHOTOS: Green River Festival wraps up 39th year
‘Generational damage’: The fallout of cutting climate science research
Ashfield, Shelburne awarded $30K for clean energy project planning
After 36 years with department, Montague police chief to retire
MONTAGUE — After 36 years with the Montague Police Department, including seven years at the helm, Chief Christopher Williams is retiring.
Small group, big impact: Volunteers form community in Greenfield while removing invasive plants
GREENFIELD — Though Japanese knotweed towers over Greenfield resident Wisty Rorabacher at the Green River Swimming and Recreation Area, the scale of the invasive plant species is not a source of intimidation for Rorabacher and her group, the Floodplain Forest Restoration Project.
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Green River Festival brings ‘cultural melting pot’ of music to fairgrounds
With a little help from his community: Northfield Mount Hermon teacher fighting rare form of cancer begins clinical trial
Small group, big impact: Volunteers form community in Greenfield while removing invasive plants
PHOTOS: Green River Festival wraps up 39th year
Montague Police Logs: May 18 to May 26, 2025
UMass climate scientists reeling as Trump administration slashes funding for research
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‘You can just do it forever’: Belly dance classes and shows grow steady local following
Ashfield FilmFest adds new prize in 17th year
PHOTO: Scenic stroll
West County Notebook: June 25, 2025
Sports
Bulletin Board: Keith Burch, Gunnar Moore qualify for Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Championship
Round one of the 2025 Massachusetts Amateur Public Links qualifier took place on Monday at Westover Golf Course in Granby, with the top 14 placers plus ties advancing to the championship round, which is set for July 29-30 at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston.
Orange’s Mitchell Krasco places 38th in triple jump at New Balance Nationals
Bulletin Board: Greenfield Tennis Cup scheduled for Saturday
Bulletin board: Greenfield Post 81 rallies past West Springfield for 1st victory
Major shakeup: New PVIAC league alignments set for 2025-26 season
Opinion
My Turn: The image of Emily Dickinson
Even though I have lived in the Pioneer Valley for almost 40 years and have long been a student of Emily Dickinson’s poetry, yesterday was my first visit to the Dickinson Homestead in Amherst. It’s a wonderful resource, and the museum has done a great job of restoration to give us an idea of the environment from which Dickinson drew much of her inspiration. The tour guides were excellent, and I especially enjoyed the tour of The Evergreens, where our guide Thackeray’s encyclopedic knowledge and deep love for the place made the tour the highlight of my visit.
My Turn: Greenfield Fireworks Triple Trivia fundraiser
Debbie Kates: Column on slavery, Black experience spoke the truth
Letter: No ‘dark money’ in Wendell
Columnist Judy Wagner: The songs of summer
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
Labor of love: Born to Birth doula service settles in at Orange Innovation Center
ORANGE — Felisha Foisy wants to help you, and your baby, out.
Permit approved for Greenfield cat cafe
Racial justice group raising money to support Mohawk Falafel and Shawarma owner
New Angel’s Edge Barbershop in Greenfield pays homage to late loved ones
Small businesses air complaints to Mass. lawmakers
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Arts & Life
Speaking of Nature: The fawns have arrived: Understanding the first months of life for a baby deer
Last week, we observed the first day of summer and Nature seemed to acknowledge the occasion with a change in the weather. The first three weeks of June saw a continuation of the rain that has dampened our collective spirits for weeks and months. Now, in the first full week of summer we have been roasted with high temperatures. This naturally led to some epic humidity, which has been a real treat for anyone who works in an office without air conditioning. Oh what fun it has been.
The prince and the strawberries: Strawberries Romanoff is a piece of Hollywood history
‘I’ve met friends in my books’: Eric Carle Museum celebrates author, illustrator Grace Lin with retrospective exhibition
With a little help from his community: Northfield Mount Hermon teacher fighting rare form of cancer begins clinical trial
Valley Bounty: Rain or shine, strawberries are here: Teddy C. Smiarowski Farm welcomes another pick-your-own seasonObituaries
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
Allison F. Barry
Greenfield, MA - Allison Fredrick Barry, 84, of Congress St. passed away peacefully Saturday May 31, 2025. at home. He was born in Shoreham Vt April 12, 1941, the son of Harold and Mable (DeLong) Barry. He attended local schools. Al... remainder of obit for Allison F. Barry
