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Powers Institute Museum open Sunday BERNARDSTON — The Powers Institute Museum at 20 Church St. will be open Sunday, Oct. 6, from 1 to 4 p.m.Attendants will be on hand to assist guests. The building is accessible by elevator and ample parking is...

By CHRIS LARABEE

LEYDEN — With a small Highway Department and one mowing machine, some residents pitched the idea in the September edition of the town newsletter to create the Friends of the Leyden DPW, which would see them mow their frontage to take the load off the...

Library Friends group organizing dog show NORTHFIELD — The Friends of the Dickinson Memorial Library will host a dog show on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m. in the parking lot behind the library.Participants can enter their dog to win a prize in one of 12...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — How can a school’s institutional practices and physical spaces position a district to better serve teachers and students alike? A team from the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is taking a trip to Kentucky in October to see how...

Route 78 paving underway in Warwick WARWICK — According to the Friends of the Warwick Police Department, Route 78 paving is underway, with the following detours in place: ■Northbound traffic will be directed left onto Northfield Road and then right on...

By DOMENIC POLI

Police in Leyden and Colrain say they received reports this week of tampered mailboxes.Bernardston Police Chief James Palmeri said dozens of mailbox doors were deliberately left open along Greenfield Road in Leyden, where his department provides...

Sept. 10: ‘Naturally Beautiful Yards’ with Amy Meltzer NORTHFIELD — Amy Meltzer of the Massachusetts Pollinator Network and Grow Native Massachusetts will lead a program at Dickinson Memorial Library, 115 Main St., on Tuesday, Sept. 10, from 6 to 7...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

LEYDEN — It can take a whole lot of fire to grow some blueberries.The state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), alongside the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife), set fire to 23 acres of blueberry heathland in the Leyden...

Senior Center to host lunch with Chef ClareBERNARDSTON – The Bernardston Senior center will host lunch with Chef Clare at 11:45 a.m. Sept. 5.Broccoli and Cheese stuffed chicken will be served with macaroni and cheese, a roll and a cupcake for a...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — As schools kicked off around the valley this week, Pioneer Valley Regional School District students likely saw the biggest change among schools.The district implemented the use of magnetic Yondr pouches to curb cellphone use among...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The 54 members of the Pioneer Valley Association of Support Personnel (PVASP) will see what administrators say is a “record” pay increase for the union following the approval of a three-year contract.The contract, which was approved by...

By CHRIS LARABEE

More than half a million dollars in Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs grant funding is coming to communities in the Woodlands Partnership Program, with $271,372 coming to western Franklin County.Money from the grants will go toward...

By JACOB NELSON

It’s rare to try an entirely new food as an adult. Rarer still to realize it was growing under your nose the whole time.Before he started farming them in Leyden, Tom Ashley had never eaten a fig outside of a Fig Newton. Even the idea of fig trees...

By LIESEL NYGARD

In honor of his father, Leyden resident Glenn Caffery, 62, has begun his journey of running trails throughout the United States to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s disease.Caffery’s campaign will support the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, a nonprofit...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

LEYDEN — To celebrate an eightfold increase in firefighters and the addition of three vehicles, the Leyden Fire Department is hosting an open house on Saturday, Aug. 3, from noon to 3 p.m.“The Fire Department had dwindled to just one member, which is...

By LIESEL NYGARD

LEYDEN — With the help of donations, Leyden resident Janell Howard was able to create baskets filled with baby supplies for pregnant refugee mothers entering the country. Howard was working to assemble the baskets through a nonprofit called Ascentria...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Three years after the idea was tabled, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee voted to reinitiate discussions regarding the transition of the district’s sixth grade classes from the elementary schools up to Pioneer...

By SAM FERLAND

LEYDEN — The town expects less flooding and water pooling to occur after the installation of a “pond leveler” device in a beaver pond, located in the wetlands adjacent to West Leyden Road, a solution that ultimately saves the beavers and their dam.The...

By SAM FERLAND

LEYDEN — Under the guidance of Emergency Management Director Jeff Miller, the town is shoring up a new emergency management plan with a goal of making a safer, community-centered system.The new system will divide the town into different...

LEYDEN — A man was airlifted to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield late Sunday night after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a tree on Eden Trail near the Bernardston/Leyden line.According to a post on the Bernardston Fire Department’s...