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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

History lovers take note: the fourth annual Hilltown History Trail will take place on Aug. 2.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Five Franklin County farms have been awarded a total of $333,750 in grants from the state Department of Agricultural Resources.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

MONTAGUE — A 60-year-old man from Erving was found dead in the Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area Tuesday evening, according to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Just days before Main Street Bar & Grille was expected to change ownership, the purchasing party, Greenfield resident Ivan Tristan, canceled the sale.

By CHRIS LARABEE

COLRAIN — Residents who are interested in supporting pollinators are invited to join the Colrain Pollinator Project on Sunday, July 27, for a biodiversity presentation and meadow walk.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — To honor the legacy of civil rights activist and politician John Lewis on the fifth anniversary of his death in 2020, 160 people gathered on the Greenfield Common to join the “Good Trouble Lives On” rallies taking place across Massachusetts and the United States on Thursday.

Good morning!If Ted Williams was to rise from the dead and see that Tuesday’s All Star game was decided by a “swing off,” his response wouldn’t have been suitable for print in a family newspaper. In Ted’s day, swing-offs happened at Benny Goodman concerts.

By BISHOP DOUG FISHER

Recently, my friends from high school and I went to Iowa to visit the place where the iconic movie “Field of Dreams” was made. We rented the field and played baseball for two hours. It was just like the movie.

ASHFIELD — Attendees of an upcoming workshop can learn how mint is harvested and distilled into oils with Hannah Morano, founder of Sweet Birch Herbals. The workshop will be held Saturday, July 19, at 2 p.m. at her farm, located at 686 Creamery Road.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — After serving Franklin County residents for more than 16 years, Main Street Bar & Grille co-owners Christina Guevin-Gurney and Tom Gurney have sold the 94 Main St. business to longtime bar owner and first-time restaurateur Ivan Tristan.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

GREENFIELD — Arranging books and various sewing supplies, Marianne Snow waited for visitors to arrive at the Greenfield Public Library’s first drop-in mending clinic on Tuesday.

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 MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — The annual Summer Day on the Buckland Common will offer community summer fun for the 10th year on Saturday, July 19.

Good morning!

By THE REV. JANET ADAIR HANSEN

Even back when I was ordained to Christian ministry more than 40 years ago, churches would get comments that they “were too political” or sometimes they “were not political enough.” In today’s widely divided society, when other viewpoints are not just seen as different but in a derogatory fashion, the divide between America’s two main political parties seems an unfathomable chasm. Many churches and clergy try to stay out of the fray, trying not to offend members or anyone else in the community. However, claiming to “not be political” is itself a political stance.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Highway Department is seeking its next superintendent, with the ideal candidate being someone who can effectively balance administrative tasks with fieldwork alongside the crew.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Selectboard on Tuesday approved doubling from $250 to $500 the individual fees for a special permit, a site plan review and a zoning variance, as well as the cost for an applicant to appeal a decision made by the building commissioner.

ASHFIELD — Sanderson Academy alumni and music lovers are invited to attend a Sanderson reunion concert on Sunday, July 13.

The Trump administration has been slashing funding for a broad array of “wasteful” government programs in the name of “efficiency.” Among the victims are funding for research grants. Science is probably “under the radar” for most people, but the irrational, destructive cuts are affecting the advancement of medicine, technology and environmental science; achievements we depend on which have been developed by private businesses applying basic research discoveries funded by taxpayer supported institutions, such as the National Institutes of Health.