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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
ERVING — As Erving resident Scott Nicholas moves into the role of vice president of the national Oil and Energy Service Professionals organization, the 37-year-old aspires to get a younger generation involved in the field. “If you look at the oil and...
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
SHELBURNE FALLS — Community members enjoyed dinner on the scenic Iron Bridge overlooking the Deerfield River on Sunday, all while raising money for local athletic programming.“This is our biggest event that we spearhead for the year for fundraising,”...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
GREENFIELD — Through four innings Monday night, neither Greenfield Post 81 or Belchertown Post 239 were able to get much going at the plate in their Western Mass. American Legion Junior Division playoff game.Second-seeded Greenfield held a 2-0 lead...
Northfield Golf Club held its club championship over the weekend, and Garrett Hasanbasic was crowned the champion on the men’s side after shooting rounds of 74 and 71 for a two-round total of 145. Doug Field posted the low net score of 132, with...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Some three months after former Finance Director Diana Parsons departed from her role, the city has hired Easthampton resident Stella Chan to oversee the Finance Department.The city originally hired Chan in June as a temporary employee...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — In an effort to bridge the divide between law enforcement and those residing in the city’s Central Business District, the Greenfield Police Department has recruited retired police officer and U.S. Marine Corps veteran Maria Burge as its...
By EVELINE MACDOUGALL
Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about the history and modern-day workings of Wheel-View Farm in Shelburne.Lifelong Shelburne resident Carolyn Wheeler is of the fourth generation to live and actively farm on familial land, and...
By CHRIS LARABEE
WESTFIELD — Franklin and Hampshire county residents got a first-hand opportunity to see the presumptive Democratic nominee for president over the weekend as Vice President Kamala Harris landed in western Massachusetts on Saturday for a fundraising...
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
For over 30 years, Northampton High School alum Joe Mantegna Jr. has coached a basketball camp with the Northampton Parks and Recreation Department.This summer will be the first time he won’t be coaching the camp, but he’s got an excuse. He’s at the...
By DOMENIC POLI
With the state Department of Public Health having reported an adult case of measles in Worcester County earlier this month following international travel, public health officials are advising there are measures people can take to reduce their...
By JEFF LAJOIE
Some of the best amateur golfers in the Commonwealth will test their skills at South Hadley’s Ledges Golf Club this week.The 43rd Massachusetts Amateur Public Links Championship will be played there Tuesday and Wednesday, as the 36-hole stroke play...
Many athletes in the Olympics have to recover multiple times in order to race again. This is particularly true in swimming as athletes can participate in different strokes. For athletes to compete in the finals in most swimming and track events, they...
By EMILEE KLEIN
On Nov. 15, 2022, thousands of Taylor Swift fans glued one eye to the clock and the other eye to their computer screen, counting the seconds until their one-in-a-lifetime chance to see the artist’s cumulative career on stage in the United States’ leg...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
GREENFIELD — After the tee shots on the par-3 Hole No. 15 at Country Club of Greenfield, partners Andy Lesenski and Chris Austin, as well as Sam Wolanske, were on the green during the Championship Flight finals of the 79th Invitational Four Ball at on...
By CONNOR PIGNATELLO
Nine-year old little leaguers batting against Holyoke Hospital in the early 2000s faced an impossible situation.Hit the ball to second base, and it was vacuumed up by Isan Diaz, who debuted for the Miami Marlins in 2019 and played four seasons in the...
By CHRIS LARABEE
DEERFIELD — In an increasingly polarized country, schools have often become battlegrounds for issues relating to free speech and academic freedoms.As the nation prepares for the presidential election — along with continued fallout from college campus...
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
Towns across Franklin County have signed letters in support of a paint recycling bill that advocates say could save municipalities money and help protect the environment.Bernardston, Northfield, Montague, Deerfield, Sunderland and Hawley have signed...
By RICHIE DAVIS
Randy Kehler, who died on Sunday, just a few days after turning 80, was solidly grounded in Gandhi’s principles of non-violence, and planted those deep in the soil of Franklin County, where he’d lived since 1973.I met Randy soon after arriving here as...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — Community members floated numerous proposed projects — from pickleball courts to accessible housing — to support using fiscal year 2025’s round of Community Preservation Act funds during a public hearing on Thursday evening.The state...
By CARLA CHARTER
The development of hydroelectric plants was widespread in the early 20th century. Some provided power to private industries, others to railway systems and the public. Among them was the Athol-Orange Power Plant at Wendell Depot. In 1909, W.G. Webber...
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