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By MARTHA RULLMAN
By ELIZABETH LAREAU WHITCOMB
By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES
NORTHFIELD — With a four-day lineup of festivities, the first-ever Winter Weekend Festival is making the most of the fresh snow, including through its featured event: a snowman contest.
By CHRIS LARABEE
NORTHFIELD — Pioneer Valley Regional School administrators said they are deepening their commitment to investing in curriculum, staff compensation and facilities in the fiscal year 2026 budget presentation last week.
By LIESEL NYGARD
Two Franklin County towns are each receiving a $15,000 grant as part of a program that trains town officials on how to engage in public art projects most effectively.
By JOHN ADAMS
BERNARDSTON — The United Church of Bernardston’s next Second Saturday Roast Beef Supper will be held Saturday, Feb. 8, with seatings at 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Suppers will continue on the second Saturday of each month through April.
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
NORTHFIELD — The Northfield Fire Department has found a used rescue truck in New York to replace its 1986 GMC rescue truck.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
TURNERS FALLS — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has issued a draft decision approving a water quality certification for FirstLight Hydro Generating Co., marking the latest required step in FirstLight’s relicensing process through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
NORTHFIELD — Free used puzzles will be available at Dickinson Memorial Library on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
By LIESEL NYGARD
NORTHFIELD — The town is working to enhance its municipal website by upgrading its software, which hasn’t been done in nearly 10 years.
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
NORTHFIELD — Selectboard members signed two letters of support this week as the town looks to make up the funding gap preventing the Schell Bridge reconstruction project from moving forward.
By JUDY WAGNER
Winter can be a time of clarity. The colors of flowers, shrubs and grasses are stripped down to earth tones. Trees have lost their camouflaging leaves, baring the dark branches highlighted against chill blue or frost-colored skies ripe with unshed snow. The branch patterns are bold, or lacy, sometimes tangled with strangling vine designs. Broken branches become apparent; the squirrels’ nests, often precarious at the tips of limbs, are exposed.
Hip hip hooray! President Donald Trump is back in the White House where he belongs, and, as expected, liberals everywhere are freaking out. Maybe I’ll put on my MAGA hat when I go to the supermarket. Yeah, I think I will. It’s time to ruffle some feathers.
BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Kiwanis Club’s annual chicken pot pie dinner fundraising series is returning this weekend, with proceeds from the first dinner going toward the Pioneer Valley Regional School’s athletic booster programs.
By CHRIS LARABEE
NORTHFIELD — While the Winchester High School Selection Committee only moved Hinsdale High School to the next stage in its process of finding an anchor school for high schoolers from Winchester, New Hampshire, the Pioneer Valley Regional School District is planning on staying in the mix as a choice school.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
As the organization explores a new assessment model amid regionalization, the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for Northfield EMS is seeing an increase in the contributions paid by the four communities it serves.
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
NORTHFIELD — After voters shot down a proposal for a public safety complex in May 2023 due to concerns about the burden on taxpayers and wetlands encroachment, the Emergency Services Facility Committee is evaluating plans for a facility on the same property that would only house the Fire Department.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
Three Franklin County communities — Turners Falls, Shelburne Falls and Northfield — are set to be part of a pilot program adding a shared rural downtown coordinator position to lead revitalization efforts.
By MARGOT FLECK
By SHERYL HUNTER
There’s no denying that January is a slow time for live music, especially shows by more prominent musicians who choose not to tour this time of year. But all is not lost. You need not look further than our local breweries to find and enjoy some excellent local music. As a bonus, these shows are often free and in an intimate setting.
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