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HARTFORD, Conn. — A Greenfield man has been arrested and accused of a Jan. 29 murder in Connecticut’s capital. Jordan Register, 21, of Chapman Street, was taken into custody in Springfield by the Massachusetts State Police Fugitive Unit and...

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BERNARDSTON — Three Vermonters face charges following their arrests while traveling on Interstate 91 early Monday morning with suspected narcotics in the vehicle they were in.Benjamin Kendall, 31, of Vershire, Vt., Brooke Rowell, 37, of Concord, Vt.,...

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ORANGE — Roughly 20 acres at 300 Daniel Shays Highway is expected to be the site of a campground again soon, as husband and wife Michael and Chrystal Snow prepare Quabbin Pines RV Resort for business. The Snows purchased the property, formerly the...

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WENDELL — Leverett Police Officer Meghan Gallo has been sworn in as Wendell’s new animal control officer.Gallo, 26, takes over for longtime animal control officer Maggie Houghton, who recently stepped down after moving up her planned retirement date....

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GREENFIELD — One person was killed and two others were airlifted to hospitals following a head-on collision on the Route 2 bypass between Exit 27 and Adams Road in Greenfield on Sunday evening.A Ford Explorer crossed the centerline into the westbound...

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Data shows that sales of soft drinks and alcoholic beverages are up as people take to their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a lot of empty bottles and cans laying around and consumers looking for a place to bring them.Starting June 5,...

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NEW SALEM — It’s the end of one era and the start of another at the New Salem General Store, which is set to have new owners Monday.Natalie and Jeffrey Reynolds are slated to take over from Rick and Lori Oliver, who about a quarter-century ago...

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GREENFIELD — Shortly before he was deployed to Vietnam to serve his country, Army 1st Lt. Bernard James Lovett Jr. had a nice dinner at the house of fellow Greenfield Junior High School teacher Courtney Woodcock and his wife.The three broke bread and...

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ATHOL — Quabbin Valley Healthcare is now in its third month of new ownership.Scott Wheeler and several partners from Blupoint Healthcare purchased the facility at 821 Daniel Shays Highway from Cambridge Healthcare Group on Jan. 1. Wheeler said except...

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GREENFIELD — An Orange man facing 18 charges related to inappropriate sexual behavior is being held without bail at the Franklin County House of Correction.Donald Grenier, 80, has pleaded not guilty to nine counts of indecent assault and battery on a...

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Editor’s Note: This story is part of a week-long series about the state of farming in Franklin County.Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But, other times, that smoke you’re holding is wrapped in a tobacco leaf grown along the Connecticut River — in...

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DEERFIELD — Deerfield Academy is, for the second time this month, mourning the death of a former student who came from a powerful American family.David Koch, the libertarian billionaire businessman who graduated from the prestigious institution in...

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GREENFIELD – The mother and daughter traumatized by the arson of two barns on their property five years ago had their voices heard the day one of the men convicted in that crime was sentenced to an extra year in prison for a probation violation.Lisa...

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GREENFIELD — Letting those New Year’s resolutions fall by the wayside just got a bit more difficult, as a Planet Fitness franchise has opened in the Big Y plaza.Tom Sullivan, who has owned a Planet Fitness in Gardner for five years, said the new...

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When North Quabbin residents get frustrated with the Statehouse politicians and bureaucrats in Boston, sometimes they hint that they’ll shut off the water.But these people aren’t plumbers. They’re alluding to the Quabbin Reservoir, the largest inland...

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ORANGE — Rexnord Corp. has sold the Rodney Hunt Fontaine Inc. factory in Orange to the American arm of a company based in India, the purchasing company’s president said Tuesday afternoon.Ranjit Nair of JASH USA Inc. said he could not disclose how much...

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ORANGE — Fans of the novelist Stephen King, especially those living in Orange, may soon have a conversation starter about their hometown.Hulu, a subscription video-on-demand service, has picked Orange as a filming location for an upcoming...

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ORANGE — Anthony Cutaia has one foot in the door of the recreational marijuana industry.The Orange resident opened the Good Vibes smoke shop at 9 East Main St. in mid-September to sell tobacco and smoking accessories. He hopes the store will...

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GREENFIELD — Nearly 30 people started 2017 without jobs following the closure of Greenfield’s Burger King, which shut down at the end of the business day on Dec. 31.Increasing costs and declining sales played a large factor in the decision to close...