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By VIRGINIA RAY

SHELBURNE FALLS — One year and three weeks after it closed for significant repairs, the Bridge of Flowers has reopened.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

GREENFIELD — There’s no training needed for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Western Massachusetts’ annual Point 5K, but participants should bring their appetites.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

NORTHFIELD — Seven decades of service will come to a close this summer with the dissolution of the Northfield Kiwanis Club.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

NORTHFIELD — Outside Northfield Elementary School, Parent-Teacher Organization volunteer Cheryl George watched as a Graves Concrete truck poured the concrete foundation for the school’s new outdoor pavilion.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

Piti Theatre Co.’s annual DinoFest is evolving into something larger this year: Dino Trail Week.

By GRACE CHAI

NORTHAMPTON — After 15 years directing harm reduction at Tapestry, Liz Whynott recently accepted a new post as senior program officer at RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to funding and collaborating on solutions to end the overdose crisis in Massachusetts.

By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL

In 2012, Massachusetts residents came close to legalizing medical aid in dying.

By NAOMI SCULLY-BRISTOL

On a winter day in 2023, Joan Cenedella turned to her partner of almost 30 years, Fran Volkmann, and said she would like a bowl of chocolate ice cream. Volkmann said she could get it for her, “but you know it will slow down what you’re trying to do.”

By LUKE MACANNUCO

The painted gaze of Littlefox, a Native American woman from Minneapolis, follows viewers who enter The LAVA Center to view the arts venue’s current exhibit, “Portraits in RED: Missing and Murdered Indigenous People” by artist and activist Nayana LaFond.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

SHELBURNE FALLS — Sunny blue skies greeted attendees of the annual Fourth of July parade and chicken barbecue on Friday.

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

Barbara Yue traveled more than 7,000 miles from Shanghai to visit the Giving Tree School in Gill.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

With its newest event, the Montague Retreat Center hopes to offer “a weekend art and cultural immersion with nature as our muse.”

By JULIAN MENDOZA

In the year since locally filmed drama “Money Game” premiered in Greenfield, the vitality of the film’s message has only gotten stronger, members of the cast and crew say.

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Rick Leskowitz of Buckland is a fascinating figure. He’s a psychiatrist, a bit of a historian and a pioneer in the field of energy medicine. This field aims to explore unseen forces and connections within the human body and between human beings.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

GREENFIELD — In addition to beloved staples, the Recreation Department is introducing new vendors and musicians at this year’s Independence Day celebration, slated for Saturday, July 5.

By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — A third annual fundraising dinner on Saturday, July 12, will raise money for a therapeutic riding program’s scholarship fund.

By GRACE CHAI

A new commission tasked with making recommendations on ways to address public health and safety concerns posed by the proliferation of xylazine as an additive to illicit drugs met for the first time last week at the first of five public hearings.

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

TURNERS FALLS — As a final send-off, Franklin County Technical School’s Class of 2025 gave a $5,000 donation to the school’s new food pantry, which was established to meet an increase in student demand for food.

By SHERYL HUNTER

GREENFIELD — There will be music, music and more music when the 39th annual Green River Festival returns to the Franklin County Fairgrounds this weekend.

By GREG VINE

ORANGE — The nationwide “No Kings Day” protests brought an estimated 600 people to Memorial Park over the weekend as residents came together to voice opposition to a range of policies under the Trump administration.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

GREENFIELD — With a new name, the Greenfield-based organization previously known as the New England Learning Center for Women in Transition, or NELCWIT, hopes to be more inclusive of all people who experience domestic or sexual violence.