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SHELBURNE – A Vermont man was arrested in Keene, New Hampshire, for allegedly breaking into Aubuchon Hardware two weeks ago and stealing goods and cash.

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the 60-year-old South Deerfield man who was fatally struck by a train Monday evening as Michael Arietta.

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GREENFIELD — The U.S. Attorney’s Office has filed a joint complaint with the state Attorney General’s Office under the federal and Massachusetts False Claims Acts against 19 skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts and Connecticut owned by the health care company RegalCare, which operates a rehabilitation clinic on Laurel Street.

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SHELBURNE — The Planning Board announced Tuesday that a controversial bylaw regulating food trucks will be withdrawn from Annual Town Meeting consideration this spring as town counsel advised it needs to be “thought through more carefully.”

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GREENFIELD — The School Committee approved a $29 million budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, representing a nearly 8% increase over the current fiscal year.

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GREENFIELD — Hazardous materials crews have cleared asbestos from the former Zion Korean Church in accordance with an agreement between a farm owner in Barre and Franklin County’s YMCA to move the historic building in the months ahead, saving it from demolition.

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — A 60-year-old man from South Deerfield was killed Monday after he was struck by a northbound Amtrak train, according to Northwestern District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Laurie Loisel.

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — An adult was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with injuries described by Deerfield Police Chief John Paciorek as being “life-threatening at minimum” after being struck by a northbound Amtrak train.

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GREENFIELD — As the state-funded Days Inn shelter, which has predominantly housed Haitian immigrants and refugees, prepares to close its doors on Friday, the five families still living there are ready to move to new lodgings, according to ServiceNet, the human service agency that runs the shelter.

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GREENFIELD — The Zoning Board of Appeals further continued Viridi Wireless’ presentation to request a variance and special permit to build a 170-foot cell tower near 112 Newton St. following a two-hour presentation Thursday evening.

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GREENFIELD — The city’s plans to demolish the former District 7 School at 46 Severance St. prompted discussion of tracking and mapping Greenfield’s city-owned historic structures during a Historical Commission meeting Thursday night.

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GREENFIELD — As the city heads into its fiscal year 2026 budget season, an ongoing conflict over transparency between the School Department and City Council has re-emerged.

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GREENFIELD — City Council voted unanimously to approve the $1.9 million purchase of a new ladder truck for the Fire Department Wednesday night, following a unanimous vote of approval at a Ways and Means Committee meeting the night before.

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GREENFIELD — The Franklin Community Co-op’s plans to expand Green Fields Market remain in limbo as negotiations continue between Cleary Jewelers and the parties involved with converting the former Wilson’s Department Store into a mixed-use development.

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High winds and subfreezing temperatures brought power outages to more than 2,000 homes in western Massachusetts on Sunday and Monday, prompting Eversource crews to work through “treacherous” conditions, according to company spokesperson Priscilla Ress.

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HAWLEY — A patient was treated for smoke inhalation out of an “abundance of caution,” after a shed attached to a home on West Hawley Road caught fire Monday morning, according to Hawley Fire Lt. Hussain Hamdan.

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WHATELY — A 53-year-old man from Chicopee was injured after he lost control of his 2021 GMC Canyon truck traveling southbound on Interstate 91 Friday evening, according to State Police.

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GREENFIELD — The Planning Board discussed potentially drafting guidelines regulating street-facing, ground-floor cannabis dispensaries on Thursday, with some members asserting that the state’s mandate that cannabis businesses have opaque or obscured windows makes their presence a form of “blight” on downtown Greenfield.

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TURNERS FALLS — The portion of Avenue A between Third and Fourth streets was closed Friday afternoon as firefighters worked to control a gas leak that was reported in the basement of The Upper Bend cafe.

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GREENFIELD — The Cannabis Control Commission (CCC), the state’s regulatory body for marijuana products, said it will continue to raise its standards for testing after cannabis contaminated with mold and mildew was reported in more than 20 dispensaries, including those in Greenfield, Montague, Northampton and Easthampton.