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I just learned that Marina Goldman is running a write-in campaign for the Selectboard. What a great opportunity for the Town of Montague! Marina is smart, compassionate, a committed listener and will work tirelessly to bring positive and reasoned energy to our town government. A 36- year town resident and nurse practitioner, she has raised her family here and has roots and family ties to Turners, Millers and Montague Center. She will support quality schools, work to create housing our residents can afford, and continue to diversify our tax base with cultural and economic development. Please join me in writing in Marina Goldman for Montague Selectboard on town election day, Tuesday May 20.

1:03 p.m. — Caller states a taxi almost hit her and two other people while they were crossing the street while on a crosswalk on Avenue A. Area checked, unable to locate vehicle.

2:23 a.m. — Caller reports he sneezed and drove into a parked vehicle on the side of the road on Third Street. Damage to other vehicle’s mirror. Officer advised.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Montague Soapbox Derby will not return for 2025, due to members of the Soapbox Planning Committee not being available to plan the race this year.

TURNERS FALLS — Beginning Monday, May 12, a portion of the Canalside Rail Trail Bike Path from the 11th Street Bridge to Depot Street will be closed as FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. completes a maintenance project on the power canal’s left dike.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The first 17 articles were approved Wednesday during the first part of Montague’s Annual Town Meeting, with the $12.75 million operating budget, school assessments and the first few capital projects passing after spirited discussion.

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

MONTAGUE — After falling by the wayside, the Mother’s Day breakfast hosted by Montague Elks Lodge 2521 is returning on Sunday, May 11.

I support Marina Goldman running for the Montague Selectboard. A write-in campaign for her election is in the works for the May 20 special election.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Residents will consider 31 articles during the Wednesday, May 7 Annual Town Meeting that will mark a “number of firsts” for Montague, according to Town Administrator Walter Ramsey.

By H. PATRICIA HYNES

No one wrote more powerfully about humans’ poisoning the Earth and its consequences than biologist Rachel Carson — with a focus on one contaminant, the pesticide DDT. She traced its toxicity through the food chain of nature and the loss of beneficial insects and birds, and then warned of the ultimate destruction of the natural world. Other environmental writers of the time were perplexed by the tidal wave of impact “Silent Spring” had compared to their books: it was both the accuracy of her science and the powerful beauty of her science writing. The award-winning “Silent Spring” was translated into all the languages of the industrial world, influenced key environmental legislation and spurred the creation of the US EPA. It was a gift that kept on giving. That was 1962.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Turtle crossing season is in full swing, and new signs along Montague City Road are urging drivers to take it slow and steady, so the turtles can win their race.

By CHRIS LARABEE

Across the United States, beekeepers are facing their greatest crisis in decades, with more than 1 million colonies reported lost in the last 10 months.

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.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

LAKE PLEASANT — Following a six-month hiatus, The National Spiritual Alliance is coming out of hibernation.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — After hearing estimates in February that could potentially exceed the town’s $10 million budget, the Selectboard signed a $17,250 contract with Tighe & Bond on Monday to create an alternative demolition design for the former Strathmore mill complex at 20 Canal St.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The two candidates for Selectboard, incumbent Christopher Boutwell and former selectman Edward Voudren, introduced themselves to voters and spoke to their vision for Montague during a forum ahead of the May 20 town election.

3:56 p.m. — Reporting party from Station Street states that a dual-wheeled truck keeps running over the corner of his property and damaging the lawn. Reporting party has no description, but states it has happened multiple times in the last month.

By DOMENIC POLI and CHRIS LARABEE

SPRINGFIELD — A Turners Falls man has pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of child sexual abuse material and is scheduled to be sentenced on July 30.

MONTAGUE — Selectboard candidates Christopher Boutwell and Edward Voudren will participant in a public forum held by the Montague Public Libraries, in partnership with the Montague Reporter and Montague Community Television, on Sunday, April 27, at 4:30 p.m.