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New Bernardston Fire Station is up and running
BERNARDSTON — It’s official. Bernardston’s new Fire Station at 167 Northfield Road is operational and ready to serve the community.

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Sports

UMass Minutewomen earn WNIT berth
AMHERST — The stellar turnaround of Mike Leflar and his UMass women’s basketball team has earned them a chance to play postseason basketball, as their final season representing the Atlantic 10 isn’t over quite yet.
Opinion

Linda Clark: No to the school budget
Once again the schools are looking for more money. Let me remind the public (taxpayers) that the 2024-25 school budget was handed to them. They created six new principal positions to the tune of $600,000 and purchased two new transportation vehicles, while paying the church over $20,000 each school year to park in their lot.





Your Daily Puzzles

An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."

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

Greenfield Starbucks pours its first cup
GREENFIELD — After months of anticipation, the Starbucks at 200 Mohawk Trail opened its doors Thursday morning to serve its first customer: 12-year-old Emma Lanoue, a seventh grader at Pioneer Valley Regional School.




Arts & Life

Speaking of Nature: The bluebird of happiness: Finding solace in the birds at my feeders
As I write this column I am feeling quite under the weather. The flu has come to town and it has me in its grip. I haven’t left the house in days and all I want to do is sleep. That being said, I am also stuck on “teacher time” and I can’t seem to sleep past 5 a.m. With the recent changing of the clocks this puts me in the unhappy position of being awake while it is still dark outside; annoying on a work day, positively miserable when not going to work.
Obituaries

[IMAGE]Robert Fred Bitzer Erving, MA - Robert F. "Bob" Bitzer, of 11 Lillian's Way, passed peacefully on Thursday, March 6, 2025 at the age of 98, at the Quabbin Valley Health Care Assisted Living Center, Athol, MA following a period of ... remainder of obit for Robert Fred Bitzer

Winchester, NH - With heavy heart we announce the passing of our brother Larry, so unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Larry was born in Malone, New York on March 31, 1965, son of Lawrence J. Racicot and Genevieve F. Racicot, wh... remainder of obit for Lawrence Roscoe

Conway, MA - John Daniel Pearsall - son of John and Nellie Pearsall - born August 31, 1945 in Lowell, MA, and resident of Conway since 1975, passed away on March 14, 2025. He had lived a full and diverse life - serving in the Navy for ... remainder of obit for John D. Pearsall

Greenfield , MA - Richard D. Steinecke, 68, of Greenfield, passed away on March 7 after a long period of declining health. He was the son of William Steinecke, Jr and Grace Landman Steinecke and a 1974 graduate of Greenfield High School. ... remainder of obit for Richard D. Steinecke