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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) fueled cyclists and pedestrians Tuesday morning, continuing its Bay State Bike Month tradition of the Bike Breakfast for the 12th year.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — In the 28 years since the Franklin Regional Council of Governments’ (FRCOG) charter was first created, no amendments have been made.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

The Greenfield-based Franklin Regional Council of Governments and the Mass Rural Water Association in Northfield have been awarded a total of $85,419 as part of the state’s inaugural Drought Resiliency and Water Efficiency Grant Program.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — Walk into Kelly Tyler’s new office at 9 Morse Village Road and you’ll see some large pieces of paper on the wall, serving as a reminder of the short-term and long-term projects handled by the town coordinator.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Additional resources for people and their families in opioid addiction recovery journeys are coming to the region with the help of a grant program leveraging national opioid settlement funds distributed to communities.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Town officials believe they are already in compliance with 10 remedial measures that were recommended by the Office of the Inspector General after discovering that Orange lacked formal policies regarding credit card use by employees.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — Town officials are eyeing an operating budget of just over $5.9 million for fiscal year 2026, representing a 6.7% increase from this fiscal year’s numbers.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Community and nonprofit leaders convened at the Franklin Regional Council of Governments’ offices this week to share an update on advocacy efforts for some of the most vulnerable populations: children and caregivers.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard voted unanimously this week to offer its part-time community development director job to Tracy Murphy, the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission’s senior planner.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — Voters will be asked to take care of a few administrative tasks, including transferring opioid settlement funds to new accounts and setting priorities for Community Preservation Act funding, during a Special Town Meeting on April 22.

By COLLIN BINKLEY and CHRIS MEGERIAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department, according to a White House official, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that’s been a longtime target of conservatives.

By MITCH FINK

President Donald Trump’s return to office has raised questions about the future of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding Massachusetts secured for its east-west rail plan.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — After nearly six years at the helm, Town Administrator Heather Butler announced Tuesday that she plans to resign in April.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard will look slightly different at this week’s meeting, as a write-in candidate unseated the vice chair during Monday’s annual town election.

By ZEKE MILLER and MICHELLE L. PRICE

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump vowed to keep up his campaign of “swift and unrelenting action” in reorienting the nation’s economy, immigration and foreign policy in an unyielding address before Congress that left Democratic legislators to register their dissent with stone faces, placards calling out “lies,” and one legislator’s ejection.

By EMILEE KLEIN

HADLEY — The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Department Service’s Northeast regional headquarters in Hadley is proposed to close on Aug. 31 as part of the federal General Services Administration initiative to end leases for 164 federal office spaces nationwide, according to a list leaked by a government whistleblower.

By COLIN A. YOUNG

The Trump administration’s ongoing push to trim back the federal workforce and spending is continuing to raise angst, with recent rounds of cuts drawing the ire of a leading local veterans organization and the New England Aquarium.

By COLIN A. YOUNG

Gov. Maura Healey signed a $425 million bill Friday to fund the emergency shelter system through June and make temporary and permanent reforms to address the cost and security of the system.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

The Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) has recognized the towns of Leyden and Phillipston for their 2023 annual town reports.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WASHINGTON — The South Deerfield woman arrested at the U.S. Capitol this week for telling police she wanted to kill top Republicans conceded to detention on Thursday and a hearing is set for April 1, according to federal court documents.

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — State legislators representing Hampshire and Franklin counties signaled that they were prepared to defend protections for immigrants, the environment and transgender people in Massachusetts as the federal administration under President Donald Trump moves to limit or scrap them.