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By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Greenfield Public Library is holding a series of special programs to raise awareness and foster community among those battling breast cancer.The project is over a year in the making. Last...

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Public Library is hosting a photography exhibit called “The Towns of Franklin County” through Nov. 30.The exhibit features pictures from each of the 26 municipalities in Franklin County. The images, illustrating the...

By CAROLYN BROWN

Valley Players, a local volunteer theater group formed earlier this year, will perform their first full production in Amherst this weekend and next.The show, “Constellations,” by playwright Nick Payne, will be at Munson Memorial Library in Amherst...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Public Libraries have launched a new website.Library Director Jason Sullivan-Flynn said the old website was designed by Mik Muller, president and CEO of Montague WebWorks, and he recently worked with Muller to revamp it....

ERVING — Erving Public Library will host an artist’s reception for fine furniture made by Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts students, instructed by Mitch Ryerson, on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 11 a.m.Wood for this furniture was sourced from Erving with...

SUNDERLAND — Families were welcomed to the Sunderland Public Library Tuesday afternoon to meet Leverett-based author and illustrator Micha Archer and celebrate Title I grant funding for the Union 38 School District.Title I grant funding provides extra...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MILLERS FALLS — The Millers Falls branch of the Montague Public Libraries will close temporarily beginning Thursday, Sept. 26, for interior renovations.According to the Montague Public Libraries’ website, renovations at the Millers Falls Library...

GREENFIELD — The Griswold Memorial, Belding Memorial and Greenfield Public libraries, together with Greenfield Community College and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, will host a screening of Part 1 of Ken Burns’ “College Behind Bars.”This event...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield Public Library Foundation handed Mayor Ginny Desorgher a check for $250,000 on Monday morning, completing a $2 million pledge to reduce the taxpayer burden associated with the new library’s construction.“You don’t see all...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Wheeler Memorial Library’s basement level remains closed to the public following a mid-July flooding, and the director said it will stay that way until the floor is restored — a project that cannot begin until an accessibility ramp is...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Have you ever wanted to figure out your family’s lineage but didn’t know where, or how, to start? If so, you may be in luck with the Sunderland Public Library’s upcoming Introduction to Genealogy series.Beginning Sept. 10, the library is partnering...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

BERNARDSTON — For Easthampton resident Lori Novis, Cushman Library’s new director, libraries offer an essential space for community gathering and connection.“I love [Cushman Library]. It is such an integral part of the community,” Novis said. “It’s a...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

NORTHFIELD — Fans of bingo, books or beer can find entertainment that’s up their alley at a fundraiser, held at The Brewery at Four Star Farms, to buy new furniture for the Children’s Room at Dickinson Memorial Library.The fundraiser will be held...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SHUTESBURY — A decades-long goal came one step closer to fruition on Friday with the groundbreaking ceremony for a new 4,400-square-foot library at 66 Leverett Road. “Some people say it takes a village. I say it takes a plan, and it’s taken 28 years...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As the state experiences record-setting heat this summer, Three County Continuum of Care workers are collecting supplies to distribute “cooling kits” to the region’s homeless population.Standing outside the Greenfield Public Library on...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — Seeking to address issues of digital inequality for accessing legal resources online, a new legal kiosk is now available at the Greenfield Public Library.Representatives from Western New England University School of Law’s Legal Kiosk...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

NORTHFIELD — In an effort to promote sustainability and community, Dickinson Memorial Library is sponsoring an event where residents can get help with repairs from their neighbors.The event, called the Northfield Fix-It Fair, will be held rain or...