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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI and DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — As the Franklin County Agricultural Society gears up to entertain an estimated 25,000 people from across the region at its 175th Franklin County Fair, society President Michael Nelson said the event is sticking to its agricultural...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Franklin County Agricultural Society has received a $75,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism to complete its $250,000 walkway repaving project, aimed at making the grounds more accessible to disabled...

By SAM FERLAND

CHARLEMONT — Plans have been set to complete three construction projects that aim to make the historic Charlemont Fairgrounds more accessible to the community and draw larger crowds for events.Charlemont plans to pursue three construction projects...

Good morning!UMass opens the 2024 football campaign Saturday against Eastern Michigan at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. The season outlook is bleak. UMass plays at top-ranked Georgia and at Mississippi State, and is home against No. 10 Missouri. Already...

By THE REV. JIMMY PICKETT

I have on my right arm a tattoo that reminds me every day why I serve as a priest in the Episcopal Church.I grew up in Leicester and spent nearly every weekend at my Great Grandmother’s house, an old red farmhouse with a big barn and a large field...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

Growing up spending summers down the road from composer, conductor, and teacher Alice Parker in Hawley, I didn’t know how lucky I was. I assumed everyone attended festive pot-luck parties at which grownups and children alike dressed in costume, ate...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

(Editor’s note: Last week’s column focused on the Colrain home of Jon Lagrèze and Judith Roberts; this week we learn about their garden.)Jonathan “Jon” Lagrèze built his first farm structure before losing any baby teeth. At age 5 – after “borrowing”...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — A study is underway to find affordable wastewater treatment solutions for the Colrain Sewer District.The sewer district has awarded a contract to Westfield environmental engineering firm Wright-Pierce to develop next steps for treating the...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Gordon Randall Kehler was many things to those in his life: a father, brother, friend, pacifist, war-tax resister and social justice activist, to name some.Kehler, known to his loved ones as Randy, died on July 21, at the age of 80, at...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — A $56,775 grant awarded to the Friends of the Franklin County Fairgrounds through the Office of Grants and Research’s Massachusetts Nonprofit Security Grant Program will help improve security at the Wisdom Way fairgrounds.“As we continue...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Community members, musicians, friends, family, and fans are all invited to a concert in honor of the late Hawley composer Alice Parker. Mohawk Trail Concerts will host Remembering Alice: A Joyous Celebration of Alice Parker in Words and Music at 3...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

DEERFIELD — In the 33rd year of the Old Deerfield Painting Group’s art exhibit, local painters are putting downtowns on display.The Old Deerfield Painting Group is a collective of artists of all skill levels. Each year, the group puts on an exhibit to...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Board of License Commissioners voted Tuesday to revoke two entertainment licenses issued to Destiny Klein, owner of a local cannabis-based event hosting company, following allegations that vendors sold psychedelic mushrooms, ketamine...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — The Council on Aging’s foot clinics are seeking a new home, prompting town officials to consider the broader question of where to offer senior services in a town without a senior center.The foot clinic, a by-appointment health clinic hosted...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Years ago, while visiting the Colrain home of Jon Lagrèze and Judith Roberts, two elderly sisters were astonished and amused by an apparatus installed above the stove, from which hung pots and pans. Lagrèze fashioned it from parts of an old conveyor...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HEATH — Crowds showed up in full force for the Heath Fair over the weekend, excited to participate in a time-honored tradition that has been bringing the community together for more than a century. The 106th annual fair, organized by the Heath...

NAMI event to feature conversations on mental healthSHELBURNE FALLS — The Water Street Barn & Studio at 31 Water St. will host an afternoon of live music and conversations on mental health to support the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of...

Good morning!The UMass football program got its Welcome-to-the-MAC moment last month when a Western Michigan alum and social media freak named Garrett, aka @GfedGoCrazy, visited McGuirk Alumni Stadium, home of the Minutemen.Garrett’s hook is the...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — People from various walks of life gathered at the Franklin County Fairgrounds on Thursday for the first day of the three-day SoulFest Christian music festival.In its 26th year, SoulFest secured the Greenfield fairgrounds for the first...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

In a roughly 15-square-foot patch outside Hayden Rouse’s home on Brattleboro Road in Bernardston, a massive gourd can be seen poking its orange head from a plot of land otherwise occupied by pumpkin leaves.In the coming months, Rouse, who has been...