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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — To help improve health care equity and community trust, Baystate Health’s Wellness on Wheels, or WOW Bus, is making stops across western Massachusetts to provide free health screenings.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

A Turners Falls business wants to help you with your honey-do list, no matter who that honey may be.

By JULIAN MENDOZA

In the year since locally filmed drama “Money Game” premiered in Greenfield, the vitality of the film’s message has only gotten stronger, members of the cast and crew say.

MONTAGUE — The Selectboard has established a police chief hiring committee and is poised to appoint members on July 7.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — To repair one of the bascule gates at the Turners Falls dam that caused 445 gallons of hydraulic fluid to spill into the Connecticut River last month, FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. will be lowering water levels upstream of the dam during the week of July 7.

First Honors: Ryker Bray, Rowan Deery, Brenna Guilbault, Konrad Henry, Rylee Malek, Blake Minckler, Aaron Neupane, Aerilyn Perez, Madison Phillips, Lilith Sumner, Malcolm Tyler, William Tyler and Anthony Warren.

By JIM SIMON

While many of the legacy farmers markets in the Valley have been in existence for decades and have dozens of vendors with thousands of customers in a single day, there are many smaller markets that hold their own and help form deep connections in their communities. The Great Falls Farmers Market is one such market, serving as an essential connector for consumers with limited access to fresh food and for farms looking for places to sell their products.

By SHERYL HUNTER

In the 1970s, the California sound played a significant role in shaping mainstream music. Back then, you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing a song by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Jackson Browne, or Linda Ronstadt.

TURNERS FALLS — The last of the focus groups the village has been holding, with help from consultant Ann Burke, about the rural downtown coordinator pilot project wrapped up on June 17, with members of the public engaging in a focus group to share their thoughts on what downtown Turners Falls could be.

Franklin County has unique 200-million-year-old features called Jurassic armored mud balls (“JAMBs”). Hopefully, many readers have heard about these. The Massachusetts Legislature is considering recognizing JAMBs as the official state “Sedimentary Structure,” in addition to over 50 other distinctly Massachusetts items such as Podokesaurus (state dinosaur), Dinosaur Footprints (state fossil), and Boston Crème (state donut).

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By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

TURNERS FALLS — As a final send-off, Franklin County Technical School’s Class of 2025 gave a $5,000 donation to the school’s new food pantry, which was established to meet an increase in student demand for food.

By CHRIS LARABEE

TURNERS FALLS — Several police departments were staged outside an apartment building Monday afternoon near the corner of Turners Falls Road and Avenue C as a crisis negotiation team worked to remove a man from the building after a reported domestic violence incident.

By JEFF LAJOIE

AMHERST — As the innings ticked by Saturday – seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th – and tension grew across Sortino Field, the opportunity arose for someone to etch their name into Franklin County softball lore on the sport’s biggest stage.

By CHRIS LARABEE

MONTAGUE CENTER — The Montague Center Fire Department has officially pinned its new chief.

By CAROLYN BROWN

Most people who have worked retail and food service jobs have dealt with customers who were rude, annoying, or just plain strange. A new comedy TV series written and filmed in the Pioneer Valley wants to answer the question: what if those customers were actually from Hell?

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The Franklin County Technical School Committee reviewed eight design options on Wednesday for constructing a new school or renovating the existing building.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — To help Ismail Asaad, owner of the Mohawk Falafel and Shawarma food truck, put down roots in Franklin County, the community is banding together to support Asaad’s goal of finding a property where he can reside while also continuing his business.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — An administrative reorganization in the Gill-Montague Regional School District for the next school year, which includes cutting the family engagement coordinator role, was approved by the School Committee this week.

By MARC BURDICK

The week of May 18-24 marked the 51st Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week in the United States. This year's theme was We Care. For Everyone. As a 35-year career professional and paramedic in EMS I think it's important to recognize our profession and my colleagues. but also and perhaps more importantly acknowledge an opportunity to discuss that EMS in the U.S. and locally are in crisis.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The 41 graduates in the Class of 2025 at Turners Falls High School were described by Salutatorian Ella Guidaboni as being able to create, cultivate and connect — characteristics she, her peers and school administrators spoke to during their remarks at Friday’s commencement ceremony.