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By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — For its work in closing the digital divide in Franklin County and the North Quabbin, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance has named the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) a 2024 Digital Inclusion Trailblazer.

By ALEXA LEWIS

TikTok users around the region were greeting the looming U.S. ban of popular social media platform TikTok with emotions ranging from sadness to anger to skepticism, with many arguing that a government ban constitutes a limit on free speech.

By JANE KAUFMAN

It looks so benign.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Franklin County Technical School students and local senior citizens celebrated their “Tech Tuesday” partnership on Tuesday, marking the first year of tech support that will continue into 2026 thanks to additional grant funding.Tech...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Members of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the public have expressed an interest in hearing a presentation by an expert from New Hampshire before taking any further action on the 170-foot monopole cell tower being proposed for Newton...

By ZICHANG LIU

In an era where communication is no longer confined to one medium, Massachusetts’ wiretap law remains frozen in time, a 56-year-old statute that doesn’t entirely fit into the realities of today’s digital landscape, raising questions for lawmakers,...

By AMALIA WOMPA

BERNARDSTON — From the moment she became director of the Bernardston Senior Center, Jennifer Reynolds observed a theme not just in her own town, but in other communities with significantly higher populations of senior citizens: a chronic lack of...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — With the telecommunications company Viridi Wireless scheduled to present its application to build a 170-foot monopole cell tower on Newton Street before the Zoning Board of Appeals next month, a group of residents neighboring the site are...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — One of the banners advertising the work of the Alliance for Digital Equity depicts a web of vital life activities linked to a center point labeled “the internet.” The idea is to highlight the importance of making the internet accessible...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — GCET General Manager John Lunt mapped out plans for two separate projects this week after the internet service provider received more than $1.2 million in federal grant funding administered through the Massachusetts Broadband Institute...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to recommend that Mayor Ginny Desorgher restore internet provider GCET’s budget “as close as possible” to its original $1,035,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.The vote followed a...

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....

By CHRIS LARABEE

TURNERS FALLS — With the help of a $211,331 grant, The United Arc will invest in technology for its staff to better serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the region while streamlining their work.The Turners Falls-based...

By ALEXA LEWIS

CHICOPEE — Imagine waking up to find that electronic technology has stopped working.Cellphones are down, traffic signals are dark and navigation systems are offline. The infrastructure behind modern life would be completely shut down, eventually...

By AMALIA WOMPA

BERNARDSTON — With the new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant town website that’s launching on Sept. 13, residents will be able to pay bills, stay informed about meeting topics, register their children for recreational activities and...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The internet is littered with reports of two NASA astronauts “stranded” at the International Space Station and how they will survive until they can be brought home in 2025. But a Shelburne resident and retired colleague says Sunita “Suni”...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Selectboard is introducing a new policy for Zoom meeting participation following a “Zoom-bombing,” or hacking, incident during the Aug. 5 meeting.Going forward, Executive Assistant Wendy Bogusz said, any person participating in a...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — As Mayor Ginny Desorgher mulls whether to allocate the remaining $400,000 of the $1,035,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money that the former mayor promised to Greenfield Community Energy and Technology (GCET), the internet...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

The town of Charlemont and the Frontier and Union 38 regional school districts will further their efforts to protect against the growing risk of cyber attacks thanks to a pair of grants awarded through the state’s Municipal Local Cybersecurity Grant...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

SHELBURNE FALLS — In an effort to promote post-pandemic revitalization, a digital platform for businesses and community organizations aims to make real-world impacts by connecting local communities and attracting tourists to Shelburne Falls and the...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A local electronics repair shop that rebranded at the beginning of the year has moved into a new space downtown, albeit a little sooner than anticipated.Rubber Duck Tech Repair owner Daniel Adams and his wife, Sarah Rooney, both 37, told...