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By SHERYL HUNTER

The Franklin County Community Chorus will raise its voices together in song and welcome in the holiday season when it holds its annual winter concert on Sunday, Dec. 8, at 3 p.m. at the Greenfield High School. The chorus will deliver a program of...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Changing Lives Though Literature, an alternative sentencing option that offers those on probation reduced sentences upon completion of a 10-week literature program, is inspiring many of its graduates to pursue higher education.The program...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

A week after warm weather led to warnings of fire danger statewide, homeowners are starting to turn their thermostats up as temperatures drop.But for many, the extra expense to heat their homes is a tough ask. That’s why state and local agencies are...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College will use $96,323 in grant funding to plan training programs in the fields of clean energy and weatherization technology.Out of a roughly $2 million pool of Equity Workforce Planning and Capacity Grants awarded...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Local and state officials gathered alongside health care workers on Monday afternoon to celebrate the return of a community health center to town.The first community health center in western Massachusetts was founded in 1997 in Turners...

By AMALIA WOMPA

GREENFIELD — Francesca Passiglia, teen librarian at Greenfield Public Library, and Judy Raper, associate dean for community engagement at Greenfield Community College, put their heads together last year in an effort to combine their skills and...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — As part of an internationally recognized day to remember transgender and gender-diverse people whose lives ended as a result of hate crimes or suicides, Community Action Pioneer Valley welcomed the community to a Transgender Day of...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — A slate of vendors and speakers provided information on clean energy options to a full house of attendees during Greening Greenfields’ Energy Fair at the Jon Zon Community Center Monday night.Seven vendors showcased their energy-efficient...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — In the days following the presidential election, local LGBTQ organizations began hosting support sessions to help foster community amid rising fears that a second Trump administration will rollback the progress made on rights and legal...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Orange Merchants Group has opened the seventh annual lamppost-decorating competition’s contestant field to include local families.The tradition that had previously been reserved for Orange businesses and organizations will have more...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Friday, Nov. 15, marked the last day of Greenfield Community College’s fourth celebration of “First Generation Week,” held in recognition of the 54% of GCC students who are the first in their families to attend college.In the school’s...

By AMALIA WOMPA

GREENFIELD — Entrepreneurs from across western Massachusetts gathered Wednesday to celebrate the region’s economic growth during the Franklin County Community Development Corporation’s 45th annual meeting.Executive Director John Waite, recapping the...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — In hopes of providing community members with a safe space to express their feelings, whether they be concerns or hopes, about the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election, Dean of Students Shelley Errington Nicholson led a dialogue at...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD – Greenfield Community College (GCC) will host the inaugural Franklin County Intergenerational Film Festival on Nov. 14 to showcase and celebrate six short films created by teens and older adults during GCC’s Cyber-Senior Program.The...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to adopt the Community Preservation Act and institute a 3% surcharge on real estate taxes to fund historic preservation, recreation and housing projects.Question 6 failed, with 573 “no” votes...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Voters will have a chance to reconsider a measure they turned down at Town Meeting in June. Colrain’s Question 6 on the Nov. 5 ballot asks whether or not the town should institute a 3% surcharge to its real estate tax in order to adopt the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The redevelopment of the former Wilson’s Department Store on Main Street is receiving more than $6.3 million as part of an infusion of state grants to foster housing and economic development.The money is part of a pool of $161 million in...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Ralph C. Mahar Regional School alumnus is planning a Thanksgiving-themed footrace on Nov. 9, with all proceeds going to the Orange Food Pantry.Jacob Tenney, a 2021 graduate, said the first Mahar Turkey Trot will consist of a 5-kilometer (or...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — A diverse group of Greenfield Community College alumni discussed their experiences with liberal arts education and the unique career pathways that can follow during a panel discussion at the college on Thursday afternoon.GCC Professor...