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Ahead of renovations, Memorial Hall Association invites residents to take a seat from historic theater
SHELBURNE FALLS — Community members looking to own a piece of Shelburne Falls history are in luck.

Customer demand drives expansion of Flis Market’s pizza offerings
ERVING — Flis Market has been serving homemade, wood-fired pizza every Wednesday since January, and customer demand has led owners Jon and Liz Flis to expand the offering to Thursdays and Fridays as well.
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Sports

UMass women's lacrosse gears up for Princeton in NCAA Tournament
It’s a Sweet 16 for the UMass women’s lacrosse team. Well, actually, not exactly.


Opinion

My Turn: Fear about the future of medicine
Two weeks ago, the life-saving medication that I receive three times a year was injected through a spinal tap into my cerebrospinal fluid. Call it women’s intuition, but my mom and I both had the feeling that something would be different this time. It could’ve been because the last injection I had in December was particularly brutal due to the build-up of scar tissue that had formed in the area of my spinal canal that they typically drill into. The doctor who does the drilling could feel the scar tissue and see the amount of pain I was in.





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

$200K grant fuels expansion at Radial Dynamics in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — Radial Dynamics, a Greenfield hydraulic engineering company, will steer its way into the future with its new high-tech manufacturing equipment, including a robotic arm that was purchased with the help of a $200,000 grant.


Arts & Life

Sounds Local: Delmhorst’s new album features some unexpected additions
Kris Delmhorst never intended to create an album focused on themes like loss, death and grief, but it turns out these subjects heavily influence many of the songs on her new release, “Ghosts in the Garden.” The Shelburne Falls resident launched her 10th album on March 7 and will hold a record release show at the Iron Horse in Northampton on Friday, May 9, at 7 p.m. She is currently on tour to support the album.

Obituaries

Charlemont, MA - It is with deep sadness to announce the passing of Shane Michael Hunter born on April 26, 1962 to Bruna Tinney (Tonoli) and William Bruce Hunter of Pittsfield, MA. Shane passed on May 2, 2025 at the home he shared with ... remainder of obit for Shane Michael Hunter

Greenfield , MA - Terry Jay Kimball, 64, of Old Albany Road, Greenfield passed away on Friday, May 2, 2025 at Baystate Medical Center with his family by his side. Born in Montague, MA, the 5th of 6 siblings on September 24, 1960 to ... remainder of obit for Terry J. Kimball

Leyden, MA - Paul M. O'Neil died on April 23 at home in Leyden during a short illness. Paul was born in Fall River on February 21, 1949, the son of Paul Francis O'Neil and Dorothy Muriel (Davis) O'Neil. Paul has left his wife of 53 yea... remainder of obit for Paul O'Neil

Amherst, MA - Charles G. (Charlie) Abramson, son of the late Charles E. and Mary (Garvey) Abramson, passed away unexpectedly on April 29, 2025. Charlie graduated from Amherst Regional High School where he played football and baseball, w... remainder of obit for Charles G. Abramson