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BERNARDSTON — The Falltown String Band is coming to the Bernardston Senior Center on March 17 for the center’s Monday Cafe series.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — More environmental education opportunities will be coming to Pioneer Valley Regional School in the fall, as the school received $75,000 to boost its environmental science Innovation Career Pathway program.

BERNARDSTON — The United Church of Bernardston at 58 Church St. will host its penultimate roast beef supper of the season on Saturday, March 8.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BERNARDSTON — The Selectboard voted last week to opt out of early mail-in voting for the annual town election this spring, though Town Clerk Christina Slocum-Wysk will offer at least three days of early in-person voting.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

BERNARDSTON — After ironing out a few conditions, the Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously Thursday to grant the owners of Incandescent Brewing the special permit they need to open.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

BERNARDSTON — From her home on Shaw Road surrounded by rolling fields and horse stables, Melissa Murphy crafts custom embroidered apparel for local businesses.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Just five and a half months after implementing a cellphone ban for students, the effects are clear to Pioneer Valley Regional School District administrators: students are paying more attention in class and socializing among themselves instead of through a screen.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While other districts are currently setting their competency determinations in the wake of Question 2, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District will instead take its time.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee last week approved the administration’s $17.46 million budget for fiscal year 2026, thus sending the proposal along for Annual Town Meeting approval.

BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Kiwanis Club’s second in a series of chicken pot pie fundraisers will be held this weekend, with proceeds benefiting Cub Scouts Pack 3, Greenfield’s local troop.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School administrators said they are deepening their commitment to investing in curriculum, staff compensation and facilities in the fiscal year 2026 budget presentation last week.

BERNARDSTON — The United Church of Bernardston’s next Second Saturday Roast Beef Supper will be held Saturday, Feb. 8, with seatings at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Suppers will continue on the second Saturday of each month through April.

NORTHFIELD — Free used puzzles will be available at Dickinson Memorial Library on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BERNARDSTON — Volunteers are sought for a family and community programming committee that will be tasked with organizing and running community events, similar to the Recreation Commission but with less of a sports focus.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BERNARDSTON — The Selectboard has given its initial blessings to Greenfield construction company BRJ Builders to develop apartments and potentially retail space at 19 South St., the former site of the Four Leaf Clover Restaurant.

BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Kiwanis Club’s annual chicken pot pie dinner fundraising series is returning this weekend, with proceeds from the first dinner going toward the Pioneer Valley Regional School’s athletic booster programs.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While the Winchester High School Selection Committee only moved Hinsdale High School to the next stage in its process of finding an anchor school for high schoolers from Winchester, New Hampshire, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is planning on staying in the mix as a choice school.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

As the organization explores a new assessment model amid regionalization, the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for Northfield EMS is seeing an increase in the contributions paid by the four communities it serves.

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — The fire chief gave Selectboard and Fire Station Building Committee members a tour of the future station at 167 Northfield Road on Wednesday evening, saying he expects the department will be operating out of the facility by April.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — While the Pioneer Valley Regional School District opted last summer to revisit the idea of moving the sixth grade classes to the middle and high school, the conversation is again being put on pause.