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GREENFIELD — Combining art and activism, the latest Artspace Community Arts Center exhibit aims to explore what the future may hold.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Local businesses rallied to help a Shelburne Falls couple whose home caught fire Saturday night, providing them with a place to stay and getting started on repairs, while also providing snacks and drinks for firefighters.

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COLRAIN — Town officials are preparing to update the town’s master plan that will outline their goals for municipal facilities, services, infrastructure and economic development for the next decade.

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ASHFIELD — The deteriorating bridge over Bear River on Beldingville Road has been approved for replacement by the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT), meaning the project will now enter the design phase.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ROWE — Residents will be tasked with voting on five articles, including proposals to buy a new truck for the Highway Department and cruiser for the Police Department, at an upcoming Special Town Meeting on Monday, Jan. 27.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Effective Feb. 1, Colrain Transfer Station users will have to abide by a new set a rules geared toward keeping the property a clean and safe environment for attendants and patrons.

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GREENFIELD — During the Board of Health’s first meeting since it dissolved in August due to lack of staffing, health officials suspended Country Mart’s tobacco license for 30 days and fined the business $5,000 after it accumulated four flavored tobacco sales violations within 36 months.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE — As the West County Food Pantry’s funding sources shift, the Selectboard is exploring the possibility of allocating funding and potentially asking voters to appropriate funds during Annual Town Meeting.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — After almost 18 years in business, Mo’s Fudge Factor on State Street is ready to make some changes.

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COLRAIN — One student was transported to the hospital for a minor injury after a school bus struck a bridge on Foundry Village Road over the North River on Tuesday.

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BUCKLAND — With a $22.6 million budget proposal for fiscal year 2026 as a starting point, the Mohawk Trail Regional School District Budget Subcommittee will be working over the next few weeks to see what line items could potentially be trimmed.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HEATH — Local quilters helping North Carolina hurricane victims have already surpassed their goal and finished 14 quilts, and they have no intention of slowing down.

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BUCKLAND — Mohawk Trail Regional School students may have a new math class to take next fall as the school is considering offering an Integrated Math program that would combine elements of the geometry and algebra into one course, rather than two separate classes.

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BUCKLAND — There’s a new nonprofit in town.

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HAWLEY — Thursday was a National Day of Mourning in honor of President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, and even in the small town of Hawley, residents reflected on and celebrated the life of America’s 39th president.

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The Smithsonian is coming to the Mohawk Trail Regional School. The school has been selected to host the traveling “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” exhibit in spring 2025. 

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GREENFIELD — Human rights activists will march down Main Street and gather at the Greenfield Common on Saturday to call for the closure of Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. detention camp located in Cuba, as well as raise money to pay reparations to the people who have been held there over the past 23 years.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — Turners Falls DJ Robert “Bobby C” Campbell is feeling grateful for the community’s support as well-wishes continue to flow in while he heals from injuries sustained during a crash last week.

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BUCKLAND — For one night only, Mohawk Trail Regional School will host a performance of “And Then There Was One,” a murder mystery following 10 individuals invited to a mansion on a small island, who then die one by one until only one person is left.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — As town officials have begun to review budget proposals for fiscal year 2026, Ashfield’s various boards and committees warn the town will need to invest more in professional consulting services in the coming years, and more residents will...

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ASHFIELD — The temporary wooden structure atop the Town Hall roof has been secured, after heavy winds nearly blew it off last week. Stuart Harris, chair of the Town Hall Building Committee, said that wind gusts between 2:15 and 4:30 a.m. on Thursday...