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Montague OKs $135K for DPW purchases, starting PILOT negotiations
‘Neighbors helping neighbors’: Whately hosting biweekly seed, plant exchanges
Colrain voters elect new town clerk
Funding for fire truck, cemetery expansion OK’d in Erving
My Turn: Everyone is entitled to due process
Saturday event to remember Great Falls Massacre, 349 years later
Rowe ballot features contests for Selectboard, Finance Committee
Goldman announces write-in campaign for Montague Selectboard
Healey energy bill sets stage for reintroduction of nuclear
Greenfield’s Bee Festival celebrates 15th year this weekend
GREENFIELD – The city will host its 15th annual Bee Festival Saturday, featuring the unveiling of the city’s first bee sculpture to be stationed at the Big E festival this summer.
Six Franklin County businesses get funding boost through Biz-M-Power grants, fundraising
Six Franklin County businesses have benefited from a series of Biz-M-Power grants awarded by MassDevelopment’s Growth Capital Division, with a total of $779,397 being distributed to 62 small businesses across the state.
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Longtime farmers retire, close Butynski’s Farm Stand in Greenfield
Gill-Montague superintendent announces plans to resign
Greenfield’s MacKenzie Paulin records 1,000th career strikeout in win over Mount Greylock
Dog shelter clears first hurdle with Deerfield Planning Board approval
HS Roundup: Frontier boys track stays unbeaten with win over Greenfield
Montague Police Logs: April 22 to April 27, 2025
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Sports
The Real Score with Emily Must: Teeing Up the Next Generation of Sport Leaders
As the weather turns and the spring flowers bloom, you may be thinking of picking up a new outdoor activity and I hope golf is at the top of that list. While long considered a sport for the elites in country clubs, recent research by the National Golf Foundation has reported some encouraging new trends. The number of golf trials has hit record or near-record levels in recent years, with 3 million or more on-course beginners starting every year since 2020.
HS Roundup: Pioneer baseball moves to 16-0 following 8-1 win over Greenfield (PHOTOS)
Bulletin board: Mohawk Trail alum Grace Poplawski tabbed at Westfield State’s Female Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year
HS Softball: Big fifth inning leads Hampshire Regional past Greenfield, 4-2
UMass hockey: Minutemen unveil 2025-26 schedule; open at home against Northern MichiganOpinion
My Turn: How wealth and privilege prevent much-needed housing
Amherst College blithely contributed to the housing shortage in Amherst. That was the takeaway of a recent Gazette article about the liberal arts college’s request to demolish two historic properties, which, according to the article, was purchased to prevent a housing development by outbidding private housing developers with $4.3 million in 2003. It’s an astonishing case of wealth and privilege preventing the construction of much-needed housing, regardless of the detriment to others, while irresponsibly allowing two historic homes to fall into a state of disrepair.
Rachael Cowan: Medicaid HCBS needs your support
Genevieve Harris-Fraser: The Zionist agenda
Rowan Redman: If you want to use oil, use it on a different planet!
Ramona Brewster: Protect the ocean
Your Daily Puzzles
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A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Business
Longtime farmers retire, close Butynski’s Farm Stand in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — It’s the end of an era for local agriculture, as Butynski’s Farm Stand has ceased operations following the retirement of the four people in charge of it.
Customer demand drives expansion of Flis Market’s pizza offerings
$200K grant fuels expansion at Radial Dynamics in Greenfield
As Shady Glen Diner awaits buyer, current owner extends hours, shores up staffing
Expanding child care options: Hilltown Children’s Center opens in Shelburne
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Arts & Life
Sounds Local: StrangeCreekCampout returns next weekend: Family-friendly camping, jamming, and over 60 bands on three stages
For music fans, there is nothing better than enjoying music in the great outdoors, and we are about to have that experience when the StrangeCreek Campout kicks off festival season on Memorial Day weekend. The StrangeCreek Campout, now in its 21st year, will take place at Camp Kee-wanee in Greenfield, from May 23 to 26. Presented by Wormtown Trading Co. out of Worcester, this weekend festival features camping and music from over 60 bands performing on three stages, along with late-night shows in cabins in the woods.
Speaking of Nature: Learning bird songs: Ninety percent of bird-finding is done with one’s ears
Make America cake again: How to bake an Election Cake
Block and roll: Roller Derby, the ‘sport for misfits,’ finds a home in the Valley
The pipes, the pipes are calling: Orange man services organs throughout New England, beyondObituaries
Raymond Wilson
Rowe, MA - Raymond Wilson, 79, passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Douglas, MA Raymond was born on August 16, 1945, in Rossington, England, to the late Henry Havelock Wilson and Eveline (Jones) Wilson. Raymond earned a degree in... remainder of obit for Raymond Wilson
Douglas R. Gordon
Greenfield, MA - Douglas Robert Gordon, Doug to his family and friends, passed unexpectedly at home on May 8, 2025. Doug was born on March 2, 1954 in Greenfield, MA where he was raised by his father Ralph E. Gordon Sr and his beloved g... remainder of obit for Douglas R. Gordon
Judith L. Hastings
Montague, MA - Judy L. (Jock) Hastings, 75, of Randall Rd. passed away Tuesday May 6, 2025, at Baystate Franklin Medical Center. She was born in Malone, NY, the daughter of Elwin and Marjorie (LaFlesh) Jock. She attended local schools a... remainder of obit for Judith L. Hastings
Ann De Roode
Bernardston, MA - Ann (Littlehale) de Roode returned home to her Creator on Thursday, May 8th, one day into her 89th year. She was the youngest of four children born to Dr. Roy Frederick Littlehale and Marjorie (Stoyle) Littlehale. Anti... remainder of obit for Ann De Roode
