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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 EMILEE KLEIN

NORTHAMPTON — The “Doomsday Clock” is moving forward.

GREENFIELD — An Enterprise box truck rented from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, sustained significant roof damage Tuesday after reportedly striking a bridge.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — After starting Atlantic 10 play 0-2 and having struggled throughout its non-conference slate, it looked as if the UMass men’s basketball team was headed back toward the bottom half of the league following a promising 20-win season a year ago.

By BILL DANIELSON

It was a Sunday and a big storm was on the way. The morning was fairly calm, but clouds had moved in and there wasn’t much time before the snow started to fall. In a perfect world I could have simply kicked off my shoes and settled in for a quiet winter morning, but we don’t live in a perfect world. Instead, we live in a world that requires firewood to be moved from time to time, and, like it or not, it was time.

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).

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — If the ground beneath you felt a little shaky on Monday, you’re not the only one — tremors from a 3.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Maine could be felt more than 100 miles away in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region.

11:15 a.m. — Reporting party from Highland School Apartments on Millers Falls Road states she would like it on record that several packages have gone missing from the common area where mail and packages are delivered. The property manager has been notified and will be checking cameras. No police services needed.

11:16 a.m. — Parking problem reported on Wells Street. Services rendered.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERIand DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A 65-year-old Westfield man is dead after falling into a sand silo at Chicopee Concrete Service on Friday morning.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — For the early portion of the first half, anxious murmurs spread through the Mullins Center as the UMass men’s basketball team racked up as many turnovers (6) as points nearly 10 minutes into the game. The 2,772 fans that showed up were wondering if the Minutemen would too. But as he did on Sunday against La Salle, Minutemen sophomore Jaylen Curry changed the trajectory of Wednesday night’s contest with George Washington.

By CHRIS LARABEE

With help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR), businesses across Franklin County will use grant money to increase their capacity and expand the local food supply chain.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Down by three with under 15 seconds remaining in the UMass men’s basketball team’s game at Fordham on Jan. 15, the Minutemen needed a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime after being up as many as a dozen earlier in the second half.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Police Department has completed renovations to its dispatch center, a roughly two-year-long project that Chief Todd Dodge said was done primarily in-house through the Central Maintenance Department and volunteer work.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Combining art and activism, the latest Artspace Community Arts Center exhibit aims to explore what the future may hold.

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 CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — People were encouraged to band together and weave a tapestry of local resilience, as they work toward a stronger community during Greenfield Community College’s 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — In the midst of a UMass men’s basketball second-half avalanche that catapulted it ahead of La Salle by 14 with under four minutes to go, Minutemen guard Jaylen Curry stepped into an open 3-pointer at the top of the key.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — City Council will hear the Fire Department’s request for up to $1.9 million to replace its 25-year-old ladder truck in February.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — The deteriorating bridge over Bear River on Beldingville Road has been approved for replacement by the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT), meaning the project will now enter the design phase.