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Colrain voters elect new town clerk
05-15-2025 2:16 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Voters have elected Emma Coburn to be the new town clerk.

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With traveling Busload of Books, husband and wife look to inspire love of reading
05-10-2025 9:00 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — To the delight of students at Colrain Central School, the Busload of Books recently rolled to town.


Contests for town clerk, library trustee on Colrain ballot
05-09-2025 3:55 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Residents will decide the outcome of contested races for town clerk and library trustee in this year’s town election on Tuesday.


Local meals tax, $5.29M budget approved in Colrain
05-07-2025 1:00 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — In just an hour and half, Colrain residents approved all 25 articles on the Annual Town Meeting warrant on Tuesday, thus adopting a local meals tax and approving a $5.29 million budget for fiscal year 2026.


West County Notebook: May 7, 2025
05-06-2025 9:26 AM

COLRAIN — Applications to vote by mail in this year’s town election are due back to the Town Clerk’s Office by Thursday, May 8.


Colrain voters to decide on $850K fire truck, meals tax
05-03-2025 11:50 AM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Voters will be asked to consider adopting a local meals tax, buying a new fire truck for $850,000 and approving a $5.29 million budget for fiscal year 2026 at Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, May 6.


FEMA cuts impact hazard mitigation efforts in Whately, Colrain
04-30-2025 5:30 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to end its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program has town officials in Whately and Colrain going back to the drawing board to figure out how to fund hazard mitigation work in their communities.


Colrain preps $5.29M budget with increases for Highway Department, legal fees
04-21-2025 7:00 AM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Selectboard is expected to vote on a $5.29 million fiscal year 2026 budget to recommend to voters at Annual Town Meeting.


250 years later, Colrain to celebrate ties to Revolutionary War this weekend
04-18-2025 2:47 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Residents are invited to honor the soldiers of Colrain’s past and the town’s involvement in the American Revolution on Sunday with doughnuts, a cemetery tour and tales of determination.


Martin Dagoberto Lydgate Driggs: Defending a cornerstone of American democracy
04-17-2025 10:53 AM

There’s no shortage of urgent issues demanding our attention. In moments like these, we each have to choose something local and worth fighting for. For me, that’s our library.


Colrain, Connecticut River Conservancy awarded funds for Lower Reservoir Dam removal
04-10-2025 4:59 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Connecticut River Conservancy and the town of Colrain have been awarded $224,100 from the Barnhardt Manufacturing Co. sulfuric acid spill settlement fund to support removing the Colrain Lower Reservoir Dam as part of efforts to restore the North River.


West County Notebook: April 9, 2025
04-08-2025 12:43 PM

SHELBURNE — The Town Clerk’s Office will offer additional voter registration hours on Thursday, April 10, from 10:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. for those who are not currently registered to vote in Shelburne but would like to attend the April 22 Special Town Meeting.


Colrain zoning board approves variance for Call Road cell tower
04-03-2025 4:49 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Tarpon Towers and Verizon have made it over the first hurdle to constructing a 125-foot cell tower on Call Road.


West County Notebook: April 4, 2025
04-03-2025 2:27 PM

HEATH — The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office will host a rabies clinic from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 12, at the Jacobs Road Municipal Center in Heath.


PHOTOS: Inspiring stargazers
03-25-2025 11:36 AM


David Greenberg: Town hall a chance to ask questions
03-17-2025 5:09 PM

Republican representatives have been told to hide from their constituents. Apparently, destroying the entire government and crashing the economy is not what voters had in mind.


Franklin County towns get $350K for climate change planning
03-15-2025 4:31 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD and CHRIS LARABEE

Four Franklin County towns have received Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Planning 2.0 (MVP 2.0) grants totaling $350,000 for climate change planning projects.


Colrain Central School teacher recognized for work with school’s youngest learners
03-15-2025 3:31 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — In her fifth year teaching kindergarten and fostering independence in Colrain Central School’s youngest learners, Grace Ahrensdorf has been named a winner of the 2025 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award.


Hager’s Farm sugarhouse fire quickly extinguished in Colrain
03-12-2025 9:16 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The sugarhouse at Hager’s Farm on Merrifield Lane sustained minor damage during a fire that was quickly extinguished Wednesday evening.


125-foot cell tower proposed in Colrain
03-06-2025 5:44 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Planning Board has told the applicants behind a proposed 125-foot cell tower on Call Road, a project the applicants say is crucial to improving service coverage, to conduct a balloon test seven days prior to a hearing that is tentatively set for April 1.


West County Notebook: Feb. 27, 2025
02-27-2025 9:55 AM

HEATH — Residents can prepare for St. Patrick’s Day with “A Celtic Celebration” at the Heath Free Public Library, located at 18 Jacobs Road, on Saturday, March 1, at 3 p.m.

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