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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — A group of seniors are crafting for a cause.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Marking the end of the popular attraction’s repairs, volunteer gardeners from the Bridge of Flowers Committee opened the gates for visitors to explore on Friday.

By VIRGINIA RAY

SHELBURNE FALLS — One year and three weeks after it closed for significant repairs, the Bridge of Flowers has reopened.

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPDEN — After shaking hands with his opponent, Woodland Golf Club’s Patrick Kilcoyne, on the 12th green, Ryan Downes hopped on the back of a golf cart and took the long ride up toward the clubhouse with his caddie — the two all smiles.

By CHRIS LARABEE

Massachusetts experienced a more than 36% decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2024, the state Bureau of Substance Addiction Services reported this week, and local statistics show an even larger drop.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

LEYDEN — Voters will be asked to approve amending the town’s bylaws to regulate short-term rentals and to allow the town moderator to gauge a two-thirds majority vote without counting, among other changes, at a Special Town Meeting next week.

By LUKE MACANNUCO

NORTHFIELD — Outside Northfield Elementary School, Parent-Teacher Organization volunteer Cheryl George watched as a Graves Concrete truck poured the concrete foundation for the school’s new outdoor pavilion.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The search is underway for a new director of finance and operations at the Pioneer Valley Regional School District.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Firefighters formed a line at the Fire Station’s bay doors Wednesday afternoon, applauding as Lt. William Taylor gave his final radio sign-off after 33 years of service and stepped into his retirement.

By NORA M. LEOVICH

Bar advocates, (private attorneys who accept court appointments of criminal cases for indigent defendants), have stopped working. We are not “on strike” – we can’t be. We are not unionized. We are a group of lawyers who have agreed to accept criminal cases and who contract with the state for hourly compensation to work on these cases.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Just like their counterparts in Orange, the Athol girls basketball team will have a new coach next winter.

Good morning!

By DON STEWART

STOCKBRIDGE — The dynamic images of photographic illustrator Walter Wick can be viewed through Oct. 26 in four galleries at Stockbridge’s Norman Rockwell Museum.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Four Franklin County authors have been nominated for the 2025 Mass Book Awards. 

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Photographer and member of the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band, Scott Quanon Menuhkesu (Strong Hawk) Foster, is sharing glimpses into cultures of Native Americans of southern New England through his ongoing “Ways of My Ancestors - We Are Still Here” photography series on display at the Great Falls Discovery Center.

By THE REV. JANET ADAIR HANSEN

Even back when I was ordained to Christian ministry more than 40 years ago, churches would get comments that they “were too political” or sometimes they “were not political enough.” In today’s widely divided society, when other viewpoints are not just seen as different but in a derogatory fashion, the divide between America’s two main political parties seems an unfathomable chasm. Many churches and clergy try to stay out of the fray, trying not to offend members or anyone else in the community. However, claiming to “not be political” is itself a political stance.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

The semifinals and championship match of the 92nd Massachusetts Girls Amateur Championship took place on Thursday at Crumpin-Fox Club, with Westford’s Maddie Smith taking home the title.

By GARRETT COTE

HAMPDEN — The hometown kid has a chance to make history at the 117th Massachusetts Amateur Golf Championship — again.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Despite an anticipated multi-day dam repair that prompted an emergency drawdown of the Connecticut River, FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. confirmed Wednesday that the repairs were completed ahead of schedule.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — South County Senior Center Board of Oversight members, alongside other officials from the three towns, are eyeing yet another potential long-term home for the Senior Center.