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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Just days before Main Street Bar & Grille was expected to change ownership, the purchasing party, Greenfield resident Ivan Tristan, canceled the sale.

By EMILEE KLEIN

Instead of selling fresh food on the busiest brunch weekend of the year, the Williamsburg Snack Bar spent Mother’s Day pumping 3 inches of water out of its restaurant.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — As Tilton Library’s expansion project hit an unexpected hurdle with the elevator, its capital campaign got a boost from a local civic engagement group.

By DOUGLAS MAYO

In 1968 the world I lived in got a bit bigger. It was a time of national conflict set in motion by the calls for change. As a 9-year-old boy, I too struggled and began a personal journey for change that continues to this day.

By THE REV. ANDREA AYVAZIAN

During the 1980s, the legendary Frances Crowe and I were co-chairs of the Peace Committee of the New England office of the American Friends Service Committee, based in Cambridge. Three times a year, we got into Frances’ red Datsun and drove to Cambridge to co-facilitate lengthy meetings with peace activists from all over New England.

By BILL DANIELSON

We find ourselves in the middle of “deep summer.” Air conditioners are running at full tilt and many outdoor activities are restricted to the early-morning hours before things get really uncomfortable. I know that I frequently find myself thinking about jumping into a pond in the middle of a hot summer afternoon. Pools of dark water that hide secrets from us are very alluring when the temperature rises and the idea of quietly floating in a lake or pond is something that will resonate with many of you. As it happens, I was lucky enough to get the chance to do just that when visiting my brother up in Maine.

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Regional School District School Committee didn’t have to look too far to find its new director of finance and operations.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

Crumpin-Fox Club held its Senior Club Championship over the weekend and it came down to a playoff to determine the champion.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Advocates for single-payer health care say creating a Massachusetts Healthcare Trust could save the state $37.36 billion in health insurance costs.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s newest doctors were introduced to Franklin County on Friday through a tour of some not-so-hidden gems in the local health care system.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Replacement of the 79-year-old bridge carrying North Main Street over the railroad tracks is expected to begin sometime later this year, according to the state Department of Transportation.

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — The release of 2024 statistics earlier this month indicated crime was down in Massachusetts last year, which the Healey administration said shows the state’s “strong momentum” toward reducing crime and maintaining public safety.

By ISAAC MASS

I am a 14-year criminal defense attorney in private practice primarily representing indigent clients in rural Franklin County.  At first, I joked that I was like Atticus Finch, I worked for hickory nuts.  This grinding job that puts you in touch with people’s most vulnerable moments eventually loses its literary romance.  You realize that fighting for justice is simply not economically sustainable.  Passion and zeal give way to children’s college tuition and funding retirement.  Yet I still feel the call to demand justice.

On Dec. 3, 2024, South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol attempted a self-coup by declaring emergency martial law. He and his wife were facing various criminal charges, and his party had only about one third of the seats in the National Assembly, the legislature. Yoon sent soldiers to the legislators’ building to prevent them from exercising their constitutional power to vote down the martial law. They still managed to vote, aided by citizens who surrounded the building to delay the soldiers. On April 4, the Constitutional Court impeached Yoon, who is currently in jail and on trial for insurrection.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — In Biblical fashion, Blessed Trinity Parish’s newest priest felt a clarifying call to the vocation during 40 days in a Middle Eastern desert, while he was serving his country in the U.S. Marine Corps.

By TINKY WEISBLAT

My father used to say that we are all cheap in our own ways. I prefer to use the terms “frugal,” “economical,” or “cost conscious.” Still, I knew what he meant. Whatever our budgets may be (and mine is sometimes very small), we each establish personal priorities about how we want to use those budgets.

By GRACE CHAI

BOSTON — A veteran of the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office and longtime appellate attorney has been nominated to become a Superior Court judge by Gov. Maura Healey.

By ROB OKUN

“The press is the people’s window to the truth, and we need that window to be clear and unobstructed.” — Ronald Reagan, White House briefing for the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 17, 1986.

By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ

Kudos to Temple Israel of Greenfield! Its leadership took a huge risk recently, inviting five Palestinians and Israelis to provide deeply personal sharing about their lives back home. Given the “great divide” bifurcating folks into pro and anti Israeli/Palestinian factions, all present knew they would be entering swirling controversy no matter what was spoken by whom. The full group of nine visitors included two co-organizers/coordinators, one who had lived in Palestine for 32 years and the other who resided in Israel for 11 years.