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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — After more than a decade of planning, the West County Senior Services District has officially come to fruition.

ASHFIELD — Attendees of an upcoming workshop can learn how mint is harvested and distilled into oils with Hannah Morano, founder of Sweet Birch Herbals. The workshop will be held Saturday, July 19, at 2 p.m. at her farm, located at 686 Creamery Road.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — Selectboard members had transportation on their minds this week, as they considered a potential public parking bylaw, proposed roadwork from the state Department of Transportation and a resident’s request for access to his property through a municipal lot.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SHELBURNE FALLS — The remaining alumni of Arms Academy gathered over the weekend to celebrate their 10th all-class reunion, with alumni coming from across the U.S. and Canada to remember their alma mater.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

The towns of Shelburne and Ashfield have been awarded a total of $30,000 in Municipal Energy Technical Assistance (META) grants from the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources to support clean energy project planning.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — Having made progress toward its affordable housing goals, Shelburne may see smaller Community Development Block Grant awards in the future.

Would a Trump supporter explain to me why, if the National Guard can be called out to protect ICE enforcement, why wasn’t it called out when the U.S. Capital was being attacked? He says he has the power today, 2025. He also had it in 2020 but didn’t use it when our nation’s Congress was overrun. It was a demonstration that got so out of hand that people did die. That leads to the question of what’s more important: ensuring the peaceful passage of a democracy’s power or making sure police can grab up criminals?

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — A regional ambulance service for western Franklin County may be inching closer to fruition after years of discussion.

ASHFIELD — A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held on Sunday, June 8, to celebrate the opening of Ashfield’s new tennis courts at Belding Memorial Park.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BUCKLAND — For Mohawk Trail’s Class of 2025, graduation marked the end of 12 years of hard work and learning, and the beginning of their next chapter.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — Residents want town officials and engineers to consider potential impacts on abutters as they begin planning for the repair or replacement of an old bridge on Bardwell’s Ferry Road at Dragon Brook.

By DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE — The Shelburne Falls Memorial Day Committee’s plan to use a rotating system to honor the four local men who were killed fighting in Vietnam will continue on Monday when Specialist Ronald E. Wissman is celebrated during Memorial Day festivities.

Shame on the United States for its deafening silence in the face of the ongoing savage and relentless war being waged against Palestinians in Gaza. As the world witnesses the ever-mounting civilian casualties, the wanton destruction of homes, hospitals, and schools, the withholding of food aid, and the desperate cries of the Palestinian people, the U.S. government’s refusal to speak out or act decisively is a stain on its conscience and its global standing.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — With no contested races, Tuesday’s town election ushered in a new Selectboard member, Rodney McBride, and saw write-in votes decide the fate of four positions with no candidates on the ballot.

CHARLEMONT — The Department of Conservation and Recreation will be closing the day use area at the Mohawk Trail State Forest from May 23 through June 6 to accommodate storm damage repair work along the trails.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SHELBURNE — Rodney McBride, 69, is seeking a three-year term on the Selectboard in an uncontested race.

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

SHELBURNE — In a two-night session that saw votes on 39 warrant articles, Annual Town Meeting voters adopted a nearly $6.24 million budget for fiscal year 2026, approved a new bylaw regulating short-term rentals, and set parameters for large-scale battery energy storage systems.

SHELBURNE — After tackling the financial articles on the Annual Town Meeting warrant, Shelburne voters agreed to continue the meeting to tonight (Wednesday, May 7) at 6:30 p.m. in the second-floor auditorium at Memorial Hall to take up the remaining articles that address zoning bylaws and a short-term rental bylaw.