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By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

NORTHFIELD — Home organization can feel like a daunting task, especially after years of collecting items.

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

SHELBURNE — In a two-night session that saw votes on 39 warrant articles, Annual Town Meeting voters adopted a nearly $6.24 million budget for fiscal year 2026, approved a new bylaw regulating short-term rentals, and set parameters for large-scale battery energy storage systems.

By LIESEL NYGARD

NORTHFIELD — All but two of the 35 articles on the Annual Town Meeting warrant were approved by the roughly 150 voters who gathered at Pioneer Valley Regional School on Monday, with a tax on short-term rentals being defeated and a property acquisition article being postponed.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

NORTHFIELD — Dan Campbell and Barbara Brassor are vying for a three-year seat on the Selectboard in what is the only contested race on the Tuesday, May 6, election ballot.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GREENFIELD — The Friends of the Greenfield Public Library crowned Christian Drake the adult winner of this year’s Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

ERVING — After successfully expanding the event to Berkshire County for the first time, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western Massachusetts will conclude its annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake fundraiser at French King Bowling Center on Saturday, May 3.

By ADITI THUBE

Mike Kennealy didn’t grow up dreaming of politics as a child of middle-class parents in Reading. His father was a steelworker and his mother was a homemaker. From them, he inherited an understanding of the value of hard work and a deep belief in fairness.

By CHINANU OKOLI

Local brewers and farmers market owners range from enthusiastic to disappointed to indifferent to the state’s new provision allowing brewers to sell beer and other craft beverages at farmers markets, fairs and other agricultural events.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GREENFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Symphony is bringing together various choruses, orchestras and guest soloists from across the region for its season finale, a performance of Carl Orff’s classic “Carmina Burana” and other compositions.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL — Waking up to raw temperatures, rain and 2-3 inches of snow on the ground failed to deter many who signed up to run in the annual Big Cheese 5K, which has become a big part of River Rat Race weekend.

By ALEX CHAISSON

GREENFIELD — Taking inspiration from a Home and Craft Show held by different organizers more than a decade ago, the Franklin County Agricultural Society is bringing the event back to the Franklin County Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday.

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

DEERFIELD — When the New England West Skating Club hosted its yearly exhibition at the Deerfield Academy ice rink on Saturday night, the skaters performed not only for a crowd of family members and friends, but to honor the figure skaters who died in the Jan. 29 American Airlines crash in Washington D.C.

By MAYA MITCHELL

Five years after the first case of what was then a novel coronavirus infection, health care professionals and state legislators worry Massachusetts isn’t ready if another pandemic were to happen.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

SHELBURNE FALLS — “Having a relationship with your own history” is the essence of poetry, says resident Martín Espada — an essence that shines through in his latest book of poetry, “Jailbreak of Sparrows.”

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GREENFIELD — For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, Greenfield High School’s Drama Club is set to put on a full-length production: “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood.”

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

ORANGE — Athol resident Robert G. Osborne’s long and storied career in the art world is on display at the Stage on Main gallery, giving residents a glimpse into some of his earliest creations from the 1960s as well as artwork created within the past decade.

By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — Courageous Strides, a therapeutic riding program, is searching for a new host farm and horses after leasing in Bernardston for six years.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL — An ensemble of musicians from across “the pond” will be leading the annual River Rat Promenade down Main Street this year.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GREENFIELD — This year’s Eventide Singers concert is dedicated to a Greenfield resident who played a crucial role in the a cappella group’s creation: co-founder John Bos, who died in December at 88 years old.

By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM — Before his term ended, former President Joe Biden awarded lifelong Petersham resident Larry Buell and his wife Katja Esser with the President’s Volunteer Service Award.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GILL — After hearing James Asbel’s plans to operate a cider-making facility that also offers retail sales at his 10 Cross Road residence, the Zoning Board of Appeals held off on issuing a special permit this week, pending approval from other town boards and commissions.