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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Beginning this past Monday, Montague is enforcing a new parking restriction that makes it illegal to park a commercial vehicle for more than one hour between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. on all public ways, or in municipal parking lots.

By DOMENIC POLI

TURNERS FALLS — It’s last call at Pioneer Valley Brewery, which is slated to close on Saturday, May 31.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — After a successful inaugural performance last June, the Franklin County Teen Performing Arts Showcase will return to the Shea Theater Arts Center on Friday, May 23.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Franklin County Technical School’s $1.5 million veterinary and animal sciences building, providing a new home for the program’s students and instructors, has been fully operational since the start of 2025.

By DOMENIC POLI

It’s long been said that to sing is to pray twice. And a group of Catholic clergymen in western Massachusetts that truly takes that sentiment to heart is slated to spread some cheer in Franklin County later this month.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — To commemorate the 349th anniversary of the Great Falls Massacre and the 21st anniversary of the 2004 reconciliation ceremony, the annual Day of Remembrance gathering will be held on the lawn behind the Great Falls Discovery Center on Saturday, May 17.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Six Franklin County businesses have benefited from a series of Biz-M-Power grants awarded by MassDevelopment’s Growth Capital Division, with a total of $779,397 being distributed to 62 small businesses across the state.

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

TURNERS FALLS — More than 300 people gathered in Turners Falls Thursday afternoon to honor “May Day” in a downtown parade and rally, calling for resistance against the Trump administration and wider community solidarity.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The 7th annual Música Franklin “Fun Fest” is returning to Unity Park in Turners Falls on Saturday, May 10 for a free, family-friendly day of music and activities, with students getting the chance to showcase their year of musical growth. 

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

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.

First Honors: Ryker Bray, Erick Castellanos, Rowan Deery, Carter Greene, Konrad Henry, Hanna Kyselyova, Rylee Malek, Blake Minckler, Aaron Neupane, Ryan Newton, Madison Phillips, Lilith Sumner, Jacob Torres, Malcolm Tyler, William Tyler and Anthony Warren.

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.