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Pioneer Valley residents, legislators speak to ‘urgent’ need for more rural school funding
Orange Annual Town Meeting will continue tonight to discuss budget
Montague Planning Board OKs permit for battery storage facility
Rally planned in Greenfield Saturday to support immigrant rights
New emergency management director appointed in Colrain
Traffic impacts of proposed Sunderland Dollar General reviewed
Pioneer’s Innovation Career Pathways environmental science program shows results
NORTHFIELD — A revitalized greenhouse and garden, rehabilitation of the school’s cross-country trail and work with the Franklin Land Trust are all highlights of Pioneer Valley Regional School’s nascent Innovation Career Pathways environmental science program.
Cub Scouts recycling efforts bears fruit with new bench in Bernardston
BERNARDSTON — Leaders and members of Cub Scouts Pack 3 braved the heat Monday evening to install a new bench in Cushman Park.
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Franklin Tech student from Orange found shot, killed in NH
After 36 years with department, Montague police chief to retire
Tests show flow of contamination from former Lunt Silversmiths site in Greenfield
PHOTOS: Green River Festival wraps up 39th year
Community Action project to create all-in-one service center, food pantry in Greenfield faces funding hurdles
Small group, big impact: Volunteers form community in Greenfield while removing invasive plants
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‘You can just do it forever’: Belly dance classes and shows grow steady local following
PHOTO: Beating the heat
Greenfield Notebook: June 25, 2025
West County Notebook: June 25, 2025
Sports
Bulletin Board: Kajka, Magic take down Defenders in summer softball action
Emily Kajka struck out seven and didn’t allow a hit in three innings work in the circle for the Magic, which scored 10 runs in the first to take down the Defenders, 16-1, in five innings during a Franklin County Summer Softball League Contest Wednesday at Murphy Park.
Bulletin Board: Ginger Cat Sealcoating wins GMLB AA championship
From the diamond to the fairway, Franklin County athletes power through the heat
Planting the seeds of a lifetime sport: Country Club of Greenfield’s Youth Golf Camp celebrating 34th year this week
Bulletin Board: Keith Burch, Gunnar Moore qualify for Massachusetts Amateur Public Links ChampionshipOpinion
My Turn: Troubled waters
One of the treasures of the Connecticut River, as we learned there are many, is Annette Spaulding, master diver and water world explorer. Affectionately known to Connecticut River Defenders as the “little mermaid” of especially this heritage river, as designated in 1998.
Juliet Seaver: Remembering our common humanity
Eveline MacDougall: News article provided realistic confusion, nuance
My Turn: Keeping families intact takes advocacy, resources
My Turn: The image of Emily Dickinson
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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
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
Sounds Local: West coast sound comes to western Mass: Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff plays the Shea Theater this Friday
In the 1970s, the California sound played a significant role in shaping mainstream music. Back then, you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing a song by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Jackson Browne, or Linda Ronstadt.
Speaking of Nature: The fawns have arrived: Understanding the first months of life for a baby deer
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 trialObituaries
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
