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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Amid an increased demand for primary care, the Community Health Center of Franklin County plans to open a Turners Falls location in December, with primary medical care available to anyone, regardless of insurance, income or...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College has received a $200,000 grant to develop training programs in mechatronics, or robotic engineering, and industrial machine maintenance. This initiative, funded through the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 Recently, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley and her son Huck traveled with CARE to see poverty-fighting projects in Honduras. As Williams-Paisley posted on Instagram, “We got to see what happens when we invest in women and climate resilience, and...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

WARWICK — Just one year after it reopened its doors to students in kindergarten through sixth grade, Warwick Community School is adding a preschool program to serve children ages 3 to 5.“The preschool will be following the same mission and vision —...

By DOMENIC POLI

TURNERS FALLS — Grandparents raising their grandchildren were advised about the importance of understanding the legal system and commended for their dedication during an event held by The United Arc on Thursday.The advocacy organization’s Grandparent...

By ALEXA LEWIS

An initiative that its supporters describe as “historic” and a “generational game-changer” is now reality — community college is free for all Massachusetts residents without bachelor’s degrees.The new MassEducate program included in the state’s fiscal...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The 20th annual Blooming Backpacks drive has begun and will continue to collect new backpacks filled with school supplies through Aug. 8.The event, organized by Women’s Way, an affinity group of the local United Way of the Franklin &...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Community members floated numerous proposed projects — from pickleball courts to accessible housing — to support using fiscal year 2025’s round of Community Preservation Act funds during a public hearing on Thursday evening.The state...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After serving as executive director at Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) for the last 16 years, Philip Korman is stepping down from his position at the end of August with the hope of welcoming a fresh perspective to...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — The Christmas in July celebration has been a local tradition since 2003. In the last four years, though, cancellations or delays have become secondary traditions, impacting the event’s continuity.Longtime organizer Sharon Constantine is hopeful...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — What was once the site of an old farmhouse is now being transformed into an affordable, all-electric one-bedroom home at 184 Petty Plain Road with help from Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity.The idea for the project, funded using...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — As the middle of summer vacation approaches, most Frontier Regional School students are likely working, taking trips with friends and enjoying all their free time.For Connor Mabius, however, this break serves as a chance to sit in the...

By JILL COLVIN and JULIE CARR SMYTH

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd.Trump was showing off a chart of border crossing numbers when bangs started ringing through the crowd. Trump...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 Right before the 4th of July in 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt praised Americans for lending a “neighborly and sympathetic hand” to those in need.In a letter published by newspapers around the nation, Roosevelt wrote about the National War...

By DOMENIC POLI

TURNERS FALLS — The nuclear family is defined as a father, a mother and their child or children living in one household.But various circumstances often disrupt that “perfect picture,” and an American family can take on many forms. In fact, information...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Four up-and-coming entrepreneurs got a boost and split $10,000 to invest into their growing businesses Thursday night in the fourth installment of the “Take the Floor” pitch competition.The competition is a part of the Franklin County...

By THE REV. MICK COMSTOCK

I came to Heath in the summer of 1970, just out of seminary, as pastor of the Heath Union Evangelical Church and the Rowe Community Church. It didn’t take me long to learn that the pastorate was no longer a bully pulpit but was still a bully...

By The Associated Press

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traded barbs and a variety of false and misleading information as they faced off in their first debate of the 2024 election.Trump falsely represented the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Fifty-three out of 62 voting members of the Greenfield Community College Professional Association, the college’s faculty and staff union, voted in favor of Provost Chet Jordan’s dismissal Tuesday after GCC allegedly suppressed a...