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By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Anyone seeking a great way to dive into gardening season – or simply celebrate spring in a beautiful place – is invited to visit the Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center in Orange on Saturday morning, April 26. At 10:30 am, they’ll host a free, one-hour program called Grow Great Gardens, after which attendees are welcome to take self-guided tours. The event coincides with their farm stand’s opening day.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Several local Democratic Town Committees in Hampshire and Franklin counties, and Holyoke, are making an appeal to the Massachusetts congressional delegation to take stronger steps in confronting the Republican Party, the Trump administration and billionaire Elon Musk.

ORANGE — The Literacy Project will hold an open house at its relatively new site at 18 South Main St. from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 17.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Franklin County Community Meals Program closed on the former Mike’s Place property on Jan. 31 and plans to move the Orange Food Pantry into its new home in mid-May.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — With three members absent for various reasons, the Mahar School Committee on Wednesday approved a 4% budget increase for the next school year.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Southbridge man was sentenced on Friday to time served and two years’ probation after changing his plea on four charges related to a 2023 incident in which a man was stabbed in Orange before the assailants led police on a high-speed chase that ended in Belchertown.

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Additional resources for people and their families in opioid addiction recovery journeys are coming to the region with the help of a grant program leveraging national opioid settlement funds distributed to communities.

ORANGE — The Orange Community Band will present the 44th Pops Concert in Orange Town Hall’s Ruth B. Smith Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 25.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Town officials believe they are already in compliance with 10 remedial measures that were recommended by the Office of the Inspector General after discovering that Orange lacked formal policies regarding credit card use by employees.

I gave this speech to a gathering of over 300 citizens at Memorial Park in Orange this past Saturday. People of all ages, veterans, teachers, workers, retirees, disabled and the able, gather each Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon to stand out against tyranny and for the American people.

WENDELL — Gail Mason will convene the first event in the 2025 “Honoring Elders” series at the Wendell Meetinghouse on Tuesday, April 8, with Karen and Michael Idoine as the honorees. The event is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.

By PAUL FRANZ and DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A fire that killed two dogs and three cats at 41 Rogers Ave. on Sunday afternoon was determined to have started on the left side of the house’s first floor, according to a state Department of Fire Services spokesperson.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard voted unanimously this week to offer its part-time community development director job to Tracy Murphy, the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission’s senior planner.

By PAM HARTY

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — Franklin County activists are joining counterparts in all 50 states with standouts that are intended to send a message to President Donald Trump and his administration: take their hands off American jobs, health care and social services.

By HANNAH MORIN

ATHOL — When the annual River Rat Race returns on April 12, it will mark six decades of canoe racing, community spirit and unforgettable moments on the water.

ORANGE — The town has sent a bid out through the Franklin Regional Council of Governments for roadwork throughout town. FRCOG will bid the work along with other towns in the region to get a better project cost.

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

ORANGE — Athol resident Robert G. Osborne’s long and storied career in the art world is on display at the Stage on Main gallery, giving residents a glimpse into some of his earliest creations from the 1960s as well as artwork created within the past decade.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Residents say they want to see investments in housing and infrastructure to bring more families and businesses to town.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town has a new pharmacy after two months without one.