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Wizard Costume Ball returns for 28th year in Montague
10-18-2024 4:15 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Brian McCue of Montague says that outside of weddings and funerals, the only way to get people together is to have a party. On Saturday, Oct. 19, what McCue considers to be the best party in western Massachusetts, the Wizard Costume Ball,...


Faith Matters: The urgent need for a prophetic ministry for peace
10-18-2024 11:46 AM

By THE REV. DAVID JONES

I’ve been re-reading “The Prophetic Imagination,” a classic by biblical scholar Walter Brueggemann. In it he talks about the prophetic ministry of churches as being the result of two essential ingredients.The first ingredient is that a church must...


GCC begins search for diversity, equity and inclusion vice president
10-15-2024 6:16 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is searching for a diversity, equity and inclusion vice president after alleged attempts to suppress a less-than-flattering DEI report prompted the GCC Professional Association — the college’s faculty and...


On President Eisenhower’s birthday, remember unity is what America needs
10-13-2024 3:17 PM

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 President Dwight Eisenhower’s birthday on Oct. 14 gives us a quick break from this year’s heated presidential campaign to remember what powers America: Unity.When Eisenhower started campaigning for president in June 1952 he visited his hometown in...


Affordable housing planned for Stone Farm Lane in Greenfield
10-13-2024 9:58 AM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — With 32 acres of land near Stone Farm Lane taken off the speculative market after a land trust purchased it in the summer, two organizations have plans to build affordable — if unconventional — housing.Valley Community Land Trust, a...


Community Health Center hopes to start medication delivery service, mobile health unit
10-11-2024 3:42 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Community Health Center of Franklin County’s CEO used a meeting of people dedicated to community health improvement to explain how the nonprofit she oversees expects to expand its reach with a new location in Turners Falls, a...


Warwick Community School will use new electric van for students
10-06-2024 11:14 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

WARWICK — In just a few weeks, a new school bus will be on the roads of Warwick.That bus, though, is not just any yellow school bus — it will be a blue Kia EV9 Wind adorned with the Warwick Community School & District’s logo, perhaps the first fully...


Learn to hear music differently: Six week course in Montague focuses on ‘The Art of Makam’
10-04-2024 5:17 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Weathervane Community Arts (WCA), in partnership with the Montague Common Hall, will host an inaugural six-class series called “The Art of Makam,” where participants will learn the modal music system of makam, taught by Boston-based musician and...


Simmons University’s library science master’s program relocates to GCC
10-03-2024 6:33 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College is hosting its first-ever graduate program after the Simmons University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) moved its part-time Library and Information Science master’s degree program to GCC this...


Iran fires dozens of missiles into Israel as retaliation for killing of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders
10-01-2024 4:46 PM

By AAMER MADHANI, JULIA FRANKEL and BASSEM MROUE

JERUSALEM — Iran said it fired dozens of missiles into Israel on Tuesday, a sharp escalation of the monthslong conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militias Hezbollah and Hamas. There were no immediate reports of casualties as Israel ordered...


The sweet spot for sweet potatoes: A Greenfield family learned the secrets of spud-growing by trial and error
09-30-2024 3:33 PM

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Ryan Nestor comes from determined people: his grandfather emigrated by himself at age 11 from Greece, found work in restaurants, and became a citizen, homeowner, and family man. Like his grandfather, Nestor is passionate about gardening, and now...


PHOTOS: Bringing families together on National Family Day
09-24-2024 12:12 PM

GREENFIELD — In celebration of National Family Day on Monday, the Communities That Care Coalition’s PEER Ambassadors packed up meals for families at the Family Resource Center.National Family Day celebrates simple, everyday things parents can do to...


Springfield diocese names Greenfield priest as new chancellor
09-23-2024 1:11 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The pastor of Blessed Trinity Parish has been named the next chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.On Nov. 1, the Rev. Michael Pierz will assume some of the duties handled by the Rev. John Lessard, who requested that...


Community college faculty sound alarm on salaries
09-22-2024 2:02 PM

By ALEXA LEWIS

Without greater investment in salaries for faculty and staff at community colleges in Massachusetts, a free tuition program launched this summer to great fanfare may be “doomed to fail.” That’s the alarm some education leaders are sounding as they...


New Salem mail carrier retiring after 40 years on the route
09-17-2024 2:04 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — Wendy Flanders can expect her retirement to arrive in nine business days.Following 40 years on the contracted New Salem route, the letter carrier is hanging up her mailbag for good on Sept. 30 and retiring from the Orange Post...


State climate chief hears from area farmers on putting climate-resilient methods into practice
09-16-2024 5:11 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Two local farms opened their doors to Climate Chief Melissa Hoffer on Monday morning to talk about the challenges brought on by climate change, as well as opportunities for future investments in the industry.The state’s first-ever climate...


$211K grant supports tech upgrades for The United Arc
09-16-2024 12:20 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

TURNERS FALLS — With the help of a $211,331 grant, The United Arc will invest in technology for its staff to better serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the region while streamlining their work.The Turners Falls-based...


Guest columnist William Lambers: When the presidential candidates fed starving children
09-13-2024 1:24 PM

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 Even amid the intense focus on the presidential election, we cannot forget the plight of starving children in Gaza and other war zones. We cannot let these children in need fall off the news radar. Sadly, they do all too often. As history reminds us,...


Reflecting on 25 years of growth: Pleasant Street Community Garden in Greenfield celebrates a quarter century
09-09-2024 2:53 PM

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

The Pleasant Street Community Garden in Greenfield broke ground 25 years ago when local farmer Rich Pascale volunteered to till some land at the corner of School and Pleasant Streets, making it possible for locals to create a community garden on the...


Guest columnist William Lambers: Labor Day can inspire a much needed farm bill
09-02-2024 6:01 AM

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 The night before Labor Day in 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave one of his famous “fireside chats” to the American people. Roosevelt told the nation on radio about the spirit of America’s farmers in facing difficult drought conditions.“No...

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