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By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Turners Falls High School’s Athletic Leadership Council and Helping Hands Committee accepted a $2,500 check from Montague Elks Lodge 2521 for their charity work within the community during a school assembly Tuesday morning.“The...

The truth about U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos should bring about a new election for that seat. He presented himself as someone that does not exist. This is voting fraud and the people should not have to accept it. He did not tell little white lies but...

By STEVE PFARRER

SPRINGFIELD — Last month, when he stepped down from WRSI 93.9 The River after nearly 17 years of hosting a morning show at the station, Christopher “Monte” Belmonte said he was not stepping away from radio. But the popular radio personality wasn’t...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. has finalized its hydropower-related flows and fish passage plans, the company announced Wednesday in a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.FirstLight, which previously submitted its Amended Final...

Turners Falls Fire District seeks committee members TURNERS FALLS — The Turners Falls Fire District is seeking candidates to fill out its Prudential Committee. A special election will be held on Feb. 15, from noon until 7 p.m. at the district office,...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — After around five years of advocacy, Franklin County Technical School’s aviation program is ready for takeoff within the next two years with help from a $4.2 million state grant.Superintendent Rick Martin accepted the award, which was...

Freshmen First Honors: Jackson Cogswell, Ethan Eichorn, Elsee Galvez Martin, Clara Guidaboni, Cameron Johnson, Michaela Klempner-Siano, Nathaniel Kolakoski, Noah Kolodziej, Curtis Kretchmar, Vaughn LaValley, Estes Lemerise-Reinking, Caleb Lincoln,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Turners Falls man was sentenced Thursday to 12 to 14 years in prison for aggravated rape and abuse of a child.Jeffery Fleury, 55, was found guilty by a Franklin County Superior Court jury last month and Judge Michael Callan issued the...

By MARY BYRNE

Less than three years after Baystate Franklin Medical Center acquired the medical offices on Burnham Street in Turners Falls, Baystate plans to consolidate the practice this fall with its offices on Sanderson Street in Greenfield.The consolidated...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — The ninth annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival will feature around twice as many Native American tribes as last year’s gathering, with “at least 30” slated to be represented this weekend, according to event coordinator Diane...

FreshmenHigh Honors: Devon Brown, Joshua Carey, John Carmichael, Owen Cody, Gianna DiSciullo, Nicolas Drake, Kylee Gamache, Kristine Given, Alexis Guimond-Swan, Caleb Hall, Owen Heilman, Trent Holst, Ryan Kokoszyna, Colby Leete, Kathryn Lengieza,...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — After receiving a major state grant, Franklin County Technical School will begin holding night classes that prioritize helping unemployed and underemployed adult students this fall.The program is made possible by Massachusetts’ Career...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — The family of Turners Falls resident Dylan Lapointe is collecting donations in the wake of his death, which resulted from a car that collapsed onto him due to the failure of a jack stand Tuesday morning.According to his mother, Debi...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Gill resident Rufus Thomas, 40, is facing charges in both Greenfield District Court and Franklin County Superior Court resulting from his alleged trafficking of various drugs, including about 730 bags of fentanyl. Thomas, who had a...

By DOMENIC POLI

SHIRLEY — Gregory Martino, the former Greenfield man sentenced to life imprisonment for what turned out to be the first of four unrelated domestic violence killings in Montague over a 20-month period in the late 1980s, died of cardiac arrest on July...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Christopher Barnes, the new principal of Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School, hopes his breadth of experience can serve as the foundation for a long-lasting relationship with the local school district.After...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — As the world celebrates the return of community events, Santo Taco looks to contribute with a new Mexican food truck.Since originally meeting in Montréal, Canada, Santo Taco co-owners Ivette Mateos and Eric Dew have been looking to...

By DOM POLI

GREENFIELD — A Turners Falls man who was arrested after allegedly beating a man for five hours while interrogating him over alleged stolen marijuana pleaded not guilty Thursday and is being held without the right to bail pending an Aug. 6...