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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL – The Selectboard and Finance Committee met with Police Chief Christopher Redmond on Monday to continue to discuss the possible addition of a third, full-time police officer to the department. The meeting focused on examining data that Redmond...

By AVA BERGER

Some of the financial contributions to the committees behind the MCAS question on the November ballot follow unfamiliar practices or lack transparency, experts say.Question 2 on the Nov. 5 ballot seeks to end the MCAS as a graduation requirement. The...

By Staff Report

STOW — With 47 active brush fires reported statewide, including 18 in the past 24 hours, local and state officials are urging residents to use extra caution with any open flame or other heat source outdoors.“The dry, sunny, breezy weather is great...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Massachusetts’ three resort casinos are largely having a positive impact on the economy, even as a downturn in business for restaurants and bars in and around Springfield may be attributed to the fact that visitors who are playing slot...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — State Auditor Diana DiZoglio ran on the promise of bringing transparency and accountability to the Massachusetts Legislature. Now, after a failed attempt to audit the Legislature last year, she is asking for support from voters. As part...

By SAM DRYSALE

BOSTON — Treasurer Deb Goldberg is beginning to look for a new chair of the Cannabis Control Commission, despite an upcoming legislative hearing that could redefine how the regulatory agency’s leadership is appointed.Amid a slew of controversies at...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — House and Senate Democrats announced a breakthrough Thursday morning on “comprehensive climate and clean energy siting and permitting legislation,” calling for a vote soon on a major bill that stumbled at the traditional end of formal...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — State Sen. Jo Comerford is continuing her push to officially erase the memory of Christopher Columbus from the second Monday of October, and in its place make the day one of recognition for Indigenous peoples, as dozens of states have...

By MARA MELLITS

Earlier this year, a nationwide outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in cows caused panic for dairy farmers everywhere. Now, Massachusetts has become the only state to test all of its dairy herds, from 95 farms, and achieve 100% negative...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

On the morning of Oct. 7, 2023, Ronny Almog awoke and checked Facebook and Israeli news on his computer and quickly realized something was wrong.“I called my mom in Israel, and I told her, it seems like there is a very intense war,” said Almog, who...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

The fight over the fate of a sweeping new gun law expanded to another front late last week with a second lawsuit challenging the measure’s constitutionality.Gino Recchia and the Bellingham gun shop he owns, Mass Armament, filed a complaint in federal...

By ZICHANG LIU

BOSTON — Not long after state Sen. Jo Comerford took office in 2019, a constituent reached out for help after they received a bill from MassHealth in the wake of a family member’s death.The state was seeking to recover expenses associated with caring...

TURNERS FALLS — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) will hold a public information and input session regarding FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s application for a water quality certification from MassDEP.The...

By MARA MELLITS

Owners of Kei vehicles, rejoice. The temporarily restricted vehicles can now be legally registered again with the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.Kei is short for keijidosha, which means “light vehicle” in Japanese. They’re small, not...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Opponents of a major new gun law say they have collected a bit less than half of the signatures they need by early next month to suspend the measure until voters would potentially get a chance to decide its fate in 2026.A group of gun owners and...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Without greater investment in salaries for faculty and staff at community colleges in Massachusetts, a free tuition program launched this summer to great fanfare may be “doomed to fail.” That’s the alarm some education leaders are sounding as they...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — State housing officials kicked off outreach efforts on accessory dwelling units to municipal leaders last week as they prepare for zoning changes embedded in the Affordable Homes Act to take effect in February.Staff from the Executive Office...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With a scope of work laid out, the Selectboard has approved a remediation plan for wetlands violations that occurred in the wake of emergency work done in July 2023.Speaking to the Selectboard on Wednesday, Police Chief and Emergency...

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — Paul Revere rode up Beacon Street blaring the news of rapidly approaching redcoats while Gov. Maura Healey trumpeted a message of her own, calling for Massachusetts to “show off our state over the next two years” as it prepares for center...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — A commission tasked with considering the structure and sustainability of the state’s beleaguered emergency family shelter system is up against a quickly approaching deadline, with still broad disagreement amongst its members about what...