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Beacon Hill Roll Call: March 10 to March 14, 2025
Two personal care attendants plead guilty in Medicaid fraud
Leader of Food Bank of Western Massachusetts worried about SNAP reductions
Tensions rise over Greenfield school budget talks
My Turn: Forgotten foes — The return of preventable infections
Orange Selectboard prioritizes library roof, housing as uses for CDBG money
Demilitarize Western Mass activists arrested after occupying L3Harris lobby
PHOTOS: A Main Street welcome
Macbeth, up close and personal: Second annual Montague Shakespeare Festival puts a new spin on the ‘psychological dark power drama’
By the pricking of my thumbs, “Macbeth” to Franklin County comes!
Fight like a girl: Professional boxer launches women-only, all-level classes in Greenfield
Local author, naturalist and former boxer Vanessa Chakour is leading a women’s boxing class at Franklin County’s YMCA.
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Greenfield Police arrest Turners Falls man on gun, home invasion charges
McGovern town hall relays concern for federal institutions, calls to strengthen Democratic Party
Out with fast fashion, in with sustainability: The Sparkle Cave clothing store opens in Greenfield
‘A catalyst to a vibrant downtown’: Ja’Duke opening Greenfield location next week
PHOTOS: A Main Street welcome
Real Estate Transactions: March 21, 2025
Editors Picks
PHOTO: Warm weather ushers in spring cleanup
Greenfield Notebook: March 21, 2025
Two NYC comedians walk into a bar: Four Phantoms to host comedy bingo night, March 29
Business Briefs: March 21, 2025
Sports
Smith College reaches Div. III National Championship Game for second straight year following 49-47 victory over Wisconsin-Oshkosh
It’ll be a rematch in the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball National Championship game.
UMass women’s basketball: Minutewomen cruise past Stonehill, 86-40, in opening round of WNIT 
A winning culture: Former coach Perry Messer reflects on Pioneer’s unbeaten season
On the Ridge with Joe Judd: How to live with bears
HS Notebook: State tourney runs for Western Mass. teams measure up with past yearsOpinion
My Turn: My missing security, peace and belonging
My Turn: Racist history of US must be taught, but in all its complexity
My Turn: The threat to constitutional rule
Dr. Joseph Viadero: Franklin County Y launches 2025 annual campaign
Julia Duncan: Delighted with USAID purge
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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
Out with fast fashion, in with sustainability: The Sparkle Cave clothing store opens in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — Rejecting fast fashion and focusing on sustainability is the ethos of a new handmade and upcycled clothing and accessories store that opened its doors to shoppers on Wednesday.
Greenfield Starbucks pours its first cup
Greenfield Starbucks provides update for opening day
A ‘grande’ opening ahead: Greenfield Starbucks to open its doors Monday
Ashfield’s historic Elmer’s Store seeing new life with opening of Wicked Good Café e-Edition
Arts & Life
‘My camera goes with me everywhere’: Regional artists featured in Deerfield Valley Art Association’s annual photography exhibit
The Deerfield Valley Art Association’s fifth annual photography exhibit will be on display at the Fiddleheads Gallery through March 30.
Savant in our sights: TEOLOS gallery in Greenfield to exhibit six decades of work by multi-faceted artist Peter Ruhf
Climb every mountain: Valley photographer’s new book chronicles transformative Appalachian Trail thru-hike
Sounds Local: Orange gets a ‘petit’ new music series: Plus more live music to catch this weekend
Speaking of Nature: The bluebird of happiness: Finding solace in the birds at my feedersObituaries
Italia Bompastore
Italia (Bove) Bompastore Greenfield, MA - Italia (Bove) Bompastore, 95, of Lillian Street died Tuesday 3/18/25 at home. She was born in Avezzano, Italy on March 2, 1930, the daughter of Saverio and Camilla (LoRusso) Bove. Italia married... remainder of obit for Italia Bompastore
Tanya Bolston
Chicopee, MA - Tanya (Russo) Bolston, 55, of Chicopee, MA, passed away peacefully on March 12, 2025 at Holyoke Medical Center. She grew up in Greenfield, MA, where her father, Richard Russo, taught at Greenfield High School and her moth... remainder of obit for Tanya Bolston
John Sayer
John "Jack" Sayer Greenfield, MA - February 21, 1963 March 17, 2025 It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of John "Jack" Sayer, of Greenfield, MA, on March 17th, after a courageous 9-year battle with cancer. Born in Con... remainder of obit for John Sayer
Donna Mae Sumner
Hawley, MA - Donna Mae Sumner passed away at her home on March 16, 2025. Donna was born on February 13, 1940 (although she always claimed she was 29!) to Paul and Ruth (Hammond) Webster in Hartford, Connecticut. Donna attended and gradu... remainder of obit for Donna Mae Sumner
