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By MADISON SCHOFIELD
CHARLEMONT — Voters will be asked to approve reorganizing the town’s bylaws into a single document with chapters organized by category during a Special Town Meeting on Tuesday, July 22.
By DOMENIC POLI
Criminal defense lawyers in Franklin County are sounding the alarm on a problem that is reportedly brewing as a result of inadequate compensation from the state.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
Federal funding for public broadcasting is on the chopping block following the Recession Package of 2025’s approval by Congress this week, paving a new path of uncertainty for local public broadcasting in western Massachusetts and nationwide.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
GREENFIELD — To honor the legacy of civil rights activist and politician John Lewis on the fifth anniversary of his death in 2020, 160 people gathered on the Greenfield Common to join the “Good Trouble Lives On” rallies taking place across Massachusetts and the United States on Thursday.
By CHRIS LARABEE
DEERFIELD — Following five months of hearings, the Zoning Board of Appeals has granted two special permits for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter to construct a new, expanded facility at the end of Plain Road East.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — For the second year, the Greenfield Tree Committee is partnering with Sugarloaf Gardens Nursery Manager Dan Ziomek, a plant and soil scientist, to lead residents on the Crossroads Tree Tour next week.
Good morning!If Ted Williams was to rise from the dead and see that Tuesday’s All Star game was decided by a “swing off,” his response wouldn’t have been suitable for print in a family newspaper. In Ted’s day, swing-offs happened at Benny Goodman concerts.
By DOMENIC POLI
WENDELL — The Wendell Country Store’s owner plans to appeal a $1,000 state fine after an employee sold cigarettes to an underage customer.
By GARRETT COTE
GREENFIELD — Chris Brown directs traffic at the top of the key. He tells his teammate, Troy Snell, to set a down screen for Ethan Slavin. Slavin comes off of it, catches the ball and throws it right back to Brown, who rips through and attacks the paint. Brown comes to a jump stop and pump fakes.
By CHRIS LARABEE
GREENFIELD — The MassHire Franklin Hampshire Career Center and the MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board officially merged this month, as the agencies seek to bring coordinated, comprehensive employment services to the North Quabbin region and Franklin and Hampshire counties.
By DOMENIC POLI
GREENFIELD — The Rite Aid location at 107 Main St. is closing its doors as part of the corporation’s latest round of closures following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in May.
By DON STEWART
You can view more than 80 objets d’art, ranging from monumental paintings, woodcuts, and fine embroidery to stained glass, all direct from England, at Williamstown’s Clark Art Institute through Sept. 14.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
Two Ashfield residents will be opening their gardens to visitors seeking a tour today, Saturday, July 19, as part of a nationwide Open Garden Day, organized by the Garden Conservancy.
By TINKY WEISBLAT
Book Review: “The Wonder and Happiness of Being Old” by Sophy Burnham (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 256 pages)
By LISA GOODRICH
The Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts are among the oldest mountain formations in the country, continuing the Green Mountain Range from Vermont to the south. The Hilltowns are the eastern foothills of the Berkshires, with 22 sparsely populated towns, including the two western Franklin county towns of Ashfield and Shelburne. They are separated by approximately 10 miles as the crow flies, and over 800 feet of elevation; yet both are home to timeless, friendly seasonal farmers markets.
By EVELINE MACDOUGALL
The western Massachusetts farming community is made up of hardworking folks who generally work with family members or small crews, but who also keep tabs on one another through farmers markets, agricultural meetings, and other events. When a farmer experiences hardships, their peers care deeply and offer support when possible. Over the last few years, concerned locals have followed staggering and mysterious challenges faced by Danny Botkin of Laughing Dog Farm in Gill. Botkin is widely considered a regional hero due to his generous dedication to educating others about seed saving, four-season gardening, and other aspects of growing and eating organically grown produce.
By ALLEN WOODS
That phrase has repeatedly elbowed aside many others in my memories of a thoroughly joyful jazz performance in Brattleboro, Vermont last May. Ednea Owens is an under-40 stand-up bass player who has the presence to lead a stage full of Julliard-trained musicians in a performance that managed to be both disciplined and unrestrained.
By JEFF LAJOIE
Evelyn King drained the game-winning 3-pointer with 10 seconds remaining in overtime, lifting the Athol girls basketball team to a thrilling 35-34 victory over Hopkins Academy in a Franklin Tech Summer Basketball League contest on Thursday night in Turners Falls.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — City Council voted unanimously in favor of an ordinance to create a Parking Benefit District in the downtown area, to be used to reinvest parking funds into public projects aimed at attracting businesses.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — After more than an hour of public comment, City Council voted 10-1 to declare the parking lot at 53 Hope St. as surplus Wednesday evening and to draft a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a developer to build housing on the site.
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