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By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Stoneleigh-Burnham School reports there is no indication of campus wrongdoing committed by a former employee who is facing up to 20 years in prison on child pornography charges in New York.Matthew Fisher, 50, of South Wales, New York, was...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — With two approvals received in recent days, the discount supermarket chain Aldi can continue moving forward with plans to begin construction in spring 2024 on Mohawk Trail. Just over a week after planners received notification that the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Fourth-grade teachers at Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School Jackie Fuller and Lisa Kuerzel have been recognized for their emphasis on nature education with Mass Audubon’s Conservation Teacher of the Year Award.The two teachers won this...

By JON HUER

On Oct. 7, Hamas, the militant faction of Gaza Palestinians, in a surprise attack, killed more than 1,400 Jews. Three weeks later, the avenging Israeli military has killed close to 9,000 Palestinians in Gaza, and counting. Such attacks and...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Once a patron of the bar and cocktail lounge on Ames Street, John Missale has found himself on a new business venture as the establishment’s new owner.After buying the building that housed The Balkan Lounge in July, the Hadley resident...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Virginia man has made it his mission to preserve in perpetuity a modest monument dedicated in his town to Lt. Col. Russell Hastings, a Greenfield native who was severely wounded in 1864 during the Third Battle of Winchester in the...

I see a lot of hypocrisy among Democrats, and as far as I’m concerned that makes their viewpoints invalid. Here are a few examples.Democrats wanna stop climate change but they still drive gas-powered vehicles, fly on airplanes and heat their homes...

Friday, July 7 1:45 p.m. — False panic/hold-up alarm at Greenfield City Hall on Court Square.2:12 p.m. — Malicious destruction reported on Conway Street.2:24 p.m. — Following a reported disturbance, Ryan R. Adams, 39, of Alden Street in Greenfield,...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Kentucky Fried Chicken/Taco Bell restaurant on the Mohawk Trail was shut down by the Greenfield Health Department on Thursday morning after an inspection found about 30 health and safety-related concerns or violations. Health...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A man who served nearly 10 years in prison after being convicted of manslaughter, motor vehicle homicide and drunken driving in 2011 has been granted a new trial, with the judge who sentenced him now deciding the defendant was deprived of...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — A new, interactive business directory has found a home where Court Square meets Main Street.The kiosk integrates with the city’s visitgreenfieldma.com website, a digital database dedicated to commerce and culture. Visit Greenfield...

Monday, May 8 4:39 p.m. — Nancy Hankin, 68, homeless, was arrested on trespassing charges at Swift Cleaners on Main Street.9:53 p.m. — Jose Antonio Ramos, 44, of Springfield, was arrested on two counts each of vandalizing property and disorderly...

Sunday, April 30 3:02 p.m. — Troy A. Purcell, 52, of Federal Street in Greenfield, was arrested for shoplifting by concealing merchandise (second offense) at Big Y.Monday, May 1 9:36 a.m. — Disturbance reported at the Ford dealership on Main...

To combat climate change and feed humanity, we need both forests and grasslands. Forests and grasslands both provide critical ecosystem services — like storing carbon and providing wildlife habitat — and both deserve protection. Grasslands are...

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

BUCKLAND — Mohawk Trail Regional School Principal Chris Buckland delivered pithy but sensible advice to the 26 graduating seniors and their loved ones who packed the auditorium on Saturday.“Replace the word ‘but’ with ‘and,’” Buckland said. “See which...

Thursday, April 13 12:54 a.m. — Christopher George Hewitt, 27, of South Street in Bernardston, was arrested on charges of negligent operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of property damage and OUI-liquor over .08% following a crash on Davis...

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTHFIELD — The Selectboard voted this week to sign the Flows and Fish Passage Settlement Agreement that FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in late March.Selectboard member Barbara “Bee” Jacque,...

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — The Farm Table restaurant on the Kringle Candle Co. property is set to reopen under new management at the end of May.Restaurateur Ashley Evans, who grew up in Turners Falls, was home from Florida visiting family last year when she...

By KIM CLARK

Thursday, May 4 is International Respect for Chickens Day! This day was declared in 2005 to promote compassion and respectful treatment of chickens and other domestic fowl.Before you begin to guffaw at a day dedicated to fowl, please take a minute to...

By CHRIS LARABEE and MAX BOWEN

A total of $223,079 in state grant funding is headed to four Franklin County and North Quabbin towns to help filter potentially harmful chemicals from their water systems.The Healey-Driscoll administration and the state Department of Environmental...