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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

CHARLEMONT — The Academy at Charlemont thanked its 10 graduates for “showing up for the community” time and time again during Saturday’s commencement ceremony.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The 41 graduates in the Class of 2025 at Turners Falls High School were described by Salutatorian Ella Guidaboni as being able to create, cultivate and connect — characteristics she, her peers and school administrators spoke to during their remarks at Friday’s commencement ceremony.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

NORTHFIELD — Before the 36 Pioneer Valley Regional School Class of 2025 graduates were handed their diplomas, their class advisor Brian Campbell challenged them to “show up” for one another as they take the first step into their adult lives.

By SAM FERLAND

GREENFIELD — Four Rivers Charter Public School celebrated the conclusion of the 33 graduates’ high school adventure on Saturday, a ceremony marked by two seniors who shared a heartfelt metaphor.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — For Mohawk Trail’s Class of 2025, graduation marked the end of 12 years of hard work and learning, and the beginning of their next chapter.

By HANNAH MORIN

ATHOL — Despite a threatening sky, the rain held off as 106 graduates of Athol High School’s Class of 2025 marked the occasion on Friday with a celebration of growth, resilience and future promise.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Despite persistent rain showers, 92 Frontier Regional High School seniors graduated on Friday and were encouraged to break barriers.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Who better to give a graduation pep talk than a former NFL cheerleader?

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD – Stoneleigh-Burnham School seniors reflected on their academic achievements and relationships during the 156th commencement ceremony Friday morning.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — On a warm and partly sunny Thursday evening at Franklin County Technical School graduation, Superintendent Richard Martin reminded the Class of 2025 when they kayaked on a pond that formed on the lawn of the school on a cold and icy New England morning.

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

GILL — With a gleeful toss of 190 mortarboards, the Class of 2025 said goodbye to Northfield Mount Hermon School on Sunday, with a cheering crowd that included alumni who still think of the school as “home.”

By SAM FERLAND

DEERFIELD — Deerfield Academy’s 207 graduates were urged to be who they are, fearlessly, by a commencement speaker who seized the opportunity of a lifetime.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

AMHERST — Change is a theme common enough at college commencements — a beginning and an end. But for the UMass Amherst class of 2025, change seemed more pressing and obvious when they received their diplomas Friday night.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — As Greenfield Community College’s 308 graduates step out into a tumultuous world, they were urged to stay grounded in their values by a commencement speaker who one time left the world.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Thirty students who achieved their high school equivalency credentials were honored Thursday, as they were urged to continue their learning journey.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Only a week before they will be put to a special City Council vote on Thursday, the Planning Board voted unanimously to not recommend four proposed zoning amendments that would regulate accessory dwelling units, or ADUs.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City councilors serving on the city’s Economic Development Committee and Planning Board members expressed partial support for a package of proposed zoning amendments regulating accessory dwelling units (ADUs) after a joint public hearing this week.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After the Planning Board voted unanimously to approve a series of housing-related ordinances last week, the Economic Development Committee is expected to discuss them, and potentially vote on them, Tuesday evening.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ROWE — The Planning Board is recommending an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) bylaw that may come to a vote at Annual Town Meeting.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

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.