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By CHRIS LARABEE

WARWICK — With no contested races, there were no surprises in Monday’s town election.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Students from across the Pioneer Valley were honored last week for their work in creating positive change in the world during the 25th annual Peacemaker Awards ceremony.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WARWICK — For the second consecutive year, there are no contested races in the town election.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD – Thirty-three teams of four teed off at the Country Club of Greenfield on Monday as part of the Greenfield Kiwanis Club’s annual golf tournament to raise money for Warm the Children.

WARWICK — In what marks the third of five events to be presented in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Dan Thomas Trio will perform at Town Hall, 12 Athol Road, on Saturday, May 10, from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

By CHRIS LARABEE

With its regional agreement sent off to the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for a technical review, the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board is expecting to bring its new school district proposal to voters in the fall.

By DOMENIC POLI

WARWICK — Residents on Monday adopted Annual Town Meeting’s 26 articles, which included accepting the First Parish Unitarian Church and Meetinghouse and 32 acres on Hastings Pond Road as a gift from the First Parish and Religious Society.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — Residents will decide whether the town should take ownership of the First Parish Unitarian Church and Meetinghouse, as well as consider its commitment to pursuing green energy and the town’s fiscal year 2026 budget, during Annual Town Meeting.

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTHFIELD — The Open Space Committee recently announced its former chair as the 2024 Citizen Stewardship Award winner.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WARWICK — With a May 2021 contract signed between the town and Charter Communications, Warwick residents were expecting to finally receive fiber-optic internet service in one of the county’s most rural communities.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — The driver of a Jeep was transported by helicopter for treatment of serious injuries Friday evening following a crash on Winchester Road near its intersection with Flower Hill Road.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Northampton author Joshua Shanley says he gets a scary feeling when entering some of the defunct Cold War buildings still standing across Massachusetts.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Fourth Grade Newton Elementary School teacher Rachel Haag said she knew she had been selected for a Grinspoon Award when Superintendent Karin Patenaude and Assistant Superintendent Stephen Sullivan walked into her office with flowers one day.

By DOMENIC POLI

Salamander Hollow Healing Habitat has a perfect recommendation rating on Hipcamp, a website and mobile app offering outdoor stays and camping experiences. Its profile page includes 431 ratings and 354 positive reviews. And within the next year the property will receive some special thanks in a film’s closing credits.

NORTHFIELD — Northfield EMS Chief Matt Wolkenbreit will lead a free “Lifesaver Awareness” training at Dickinson Memorial Library on Thursday, April 17, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

BERNARDSTON — Cub Scout packs 3 and 18 are hosting their annual pinewood derby on Saturday, April 5, at Bernardston Elementary School, 37 School Road.

The Franklin County Solid Waste Management District is collaborating with the towns of Leverett, Montague, Northfield and Warwick next month to hold special recycling collections for blocky Styrofoam packing material.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — A quarter-century after receiving a Peacemaker Award for her efforts at Greenfield High School and in the community, Jamie Poremba still draws on those experiences in her career today.

By LOUISE DOUD