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By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — The South County Senior’s governing document has finally received a long-overdue review.

By ALLEN WOODS

In the movie dramatizing the Watergate scandal, a secretive informant meets a reporter in a dark parking garage and advises him to “follow the money” in order to unravel the mystery involving a botched robbery directed by Richard Nixon’s White House. The actual events (testimony from White House lawyers, a mysterious 18-minute gap in the Oval Office tapes when the crisis was discussed) might have been even more sensational than the movie, but the movie phrase had legs. It is now a directive for understanding controversial government and business actions.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The torch has officially been passed at the New Salem and Wendell fire departments, with Matt O’Donnell replacing longtime Chief Joe Cuneo in the dual role on July 1.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Water and sewer rates are set to increase by 9.5% and 9.7%, respectively, on Jan. 1, the city announced this week.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — After six months as interim principal, Beth Gannon will be sticking around Erving Elementary School as the permanent principal.

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

Barbara Yue traveled more than 7,000 miles from Shanghai to visit the Giving Tree School in Gill.

By JULIAN MENDOZA

In the year since locally filmed drama “Money Game” premiered in Greenfield, the vitality of the film’s message has only gotten stronger, members of the cast and crew say.

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Rick Leskowitz of Buckland is a fascinating figure. He’s a psychiatrist, a bit of a historian and a pioneer in the field of energy medicine. This field aims to explore unseen forces and connections within the human body and between human beings.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Griswold Memorial Library is looking for a new leader.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — Selectboard members had transportation on their minds this week, as they considered a potential public parking bylaw, proposed roadwork from the state Department of Transportation and a resident’s request for access to his property through a municipal lot.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Summer and after-school programming appears to be in jeopardy after the U.S. Department of Education announced it is withholding certain funding, including 21st Century Community Learning Centers grants, for the 2025-2026 school year.

A 21-year-old Granby man and University of Massachusetts Amherst student who was interning for U.S. Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan., died Tuesday from injuries in a triple shooting in Washington, D.C.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — With food insecurity rising across the state and food pantries seeing their highest number of clients since the pandemic, the public is invited to a fundraising event this weekend to support local pantries.

By CHRIS LARABEE

Half of all households in Franklin and Hampshire counties and roughly 2 million adults across the state experienced food insecurity in 2024, according to a new statewide report published by The Greater Boston Food Bank and Mass General Brigham.

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

One of the great things to celebrate about America is our tradition of generosity in feeding the hungry. We are the nation that has saved millions of lives from starvation going back decades. When there are cries for help from abroad, we take action.

By SAM FERLAND

EASTHAMPTON — Greenfield Savings Bank held a groundbreaking event this week to mark the development of a new bank branch on Route 10, envisioned as a southern headquarters in western Massachusetts.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Having first opened its doors in 1905, Greenfield Cooperative Bank is celebrating its 120th anniversary this summer.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The former Polish deli on Thayer Street has been given new life.