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Summer is almost here, and with it will come deadly heat waves supercharged by the climate crisis. Yet in 27 states, it’s perfectly legal for utility companies to shut off electricity on the hottest days of summer for nonpayment, leaving individuals and families without air conditioning in extreme temperatures and threatening their health and safety.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee voted to begin the search for an interim superintendent within the next month as Superintendent Brian Beck announced his resignation, effective June 30.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — With $27,540 to spend before June 30, Gill Elementary School Principal Walter Huston says expansion of the Gill Elementary garden and the development of a garden at Sheffield Elementary is the name of the game. 

Hidden somewhere in the 1,000-plus page, “One Big Beautiful Bill” — among the tax breaks for billionaires, drilling and mining rights on public lands, and cuts to Medicaid and SNAP — there is also a golden ticket for Trump himself. It is here, in a section that reads, “No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued ...”

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 ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Math Interventionist Veronica Hirst says when she works with students at Hillcrest Elementary School, she wants to help them understand what makes the number five, a five.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — John Ward will return to the Selectboard, having securing the seat in an uncontested race in Monday’s town election.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Former Gill Selectboard member John Ward is seeking to return to the board for a three-year term in an uncontested race.

By CHRIS LARABEE

With its regional agreement sent off to the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for a technical review, the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board is expecting to bring its new school district proposal to voters in the fall.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Just over 20 residents gave unanimous approval to all three articles, involving officer positions, Franklin Regional Council of Governments charter amendments and revolving fund spending limits, during the first part of Gill’s Annual Town Meeting on Monday.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GILL — There were no reported injuries after a recycling truck hit an F.M. Kuzmeskus school bus carrying children on Main Road Friday afternoon.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — The first part of Annual Town Meeting on Monday, May 5, will ask voters to weigh in on officer positions, Franklin Regional Council of Governments charter amendments and revolving fund spending limits.

GILL — The public is invited to an opening reception on Friday, May 2, at 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Northfield Mount Hermon School’s Rhodes Arts Center for “Japanese Pop Art & Landscape,” an exhibit highlighting the work of Greenfield artist Kimiko Donohoe that will be on display through May 30.

There have been a lot of questions about how a former Fox TV host may have mangled the handling of sensitive (if not classified) military information regarding the bombing of Yemen. But there are other questions that are raised by this incident. Why are we bombing Yemen? Is that really helping anybody? If so, who? What is our interest in all of this and how many Yemenis is America willing to sacrifice for this interest? Should we maybe be discussing these questions as well?

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — As the Gill Elementary School roof project through the Massachusetts School Building Authority continues to make progress, the town is seeking a $915,000 grant through the Green School Works Implementation Grants program to help fund the installation of a metal roof, insulation and solar panels.

With all the belly-aching, temper tantrums, hysteria and foot stomping like petulant children, the liberals writing into this newspaper since Donald Trump was re-elected have taken all the space on the opinion page. I tried to wait it out, but they are the gift that keeps on giving.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Gill-Montague Regional School District School Committee has approved sending a statement of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) to expand the Sheffield Elementary School building, bringing Sheffield and Hillcrest students under one roof.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — What began as a group of eight or nine residents convening weekly on Friday afternoons to protest the Trump administration has grown into a standout that draws together people from across the region, some of whom are continuing their lifelong activism while others are just getting started.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Residents came before the Selectboard on Monday to discuss the status of immigrant sanctuary in Gill, police response to possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in town, and options for community outreach and information sharing on immigration rights.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — In recognition of her work to grow the music program at Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School, music instructor Alyssa Comeau received a 2025 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award.

Once the mud settles, isn’t it amazing, what can be found, under the rocks, after the swamp is drained.