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By DOMENIC POLI

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

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — A quarter-century after receiving a Peacemaker Award for her efforts at Greenfield High School and in the community, Jamie Poremba still draws on those experiences in her career today.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Interim Franklin County Sheriff Lori M. Streeter has announced plans to run for sheriff and seek the Democratic nomination on the November 2026 ballot.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The soon-to-open storefront at 365 Main St. will not be the first Art Deviation Gallery & Store that Greenfield resident JJ White has owned, but it will differ from the one that operated briefly in South Deerfield in 2020.

By GARRETT COTE

AMHERST — Tied 2-2 entering the bottom of the eighth inning, a dormant UMass baseball offense needed a spark — its only two runs coming from Albany miscues.

By RYAN AMES

It’s do-or-die the rest of the way for the UMass hockey team.

By STEVE MCKELVEY

As the 2025 baseball season opens, it will again reveal what is likely one of the strongest pipelines of any sport management program in the country. That pipeline, into what is one of the hardest segment of the sport industry to break into, leads to Major League Baseball’s 30 teams, and specifically into their “front office.” The McCormack Department of Sport Management will count 48 alums currently employed in the front office of MLB teams. You read that right: 48 alums.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A couple was sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading guilty to animal cruelty in Franklin County Superior Court on Wednesday afternoon.

By SARENA NEYMAN

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

CHARLEMONT — Facing a potential shutdown by the Board of Health for a lack of reliable access to heating and a kitchen for tenants, Oxbow Resort owner Travis DeCere shared the upgrades he has made to the Route 2 property.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — It’s better late than never for the group of student thespians portraying an ogre and his donkey sidekick, along with a plethora of fairytale creatures, in “Shrek the Musical.”

By EMILEE KLEIN

HADLEY — U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service employee Jackie Stephens starts her day at the Cronin Aquatic Resource Center in Sunderland by checking her email to see if she’s been fired.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — In the wake of last year’s ballot question to remove the MCAS test as a graduation requirement, school officials this week decided on the competency determination students must meet to get their diplomas at Turners Falls High School.

By SHERYL HUNTER

Pete Seeger said that “the key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.”

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ROWE — A former Mohawk Trail Regional School ski coach and Rowe park manager is being sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a student from 2016 to 2019.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — To remain compliant with Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection standards, the city’s Department of Public Works must hire a potable water specialist who holds a Grade 3T drinking water license and certification before the second week of April, according to DPW Director Marlo Warner II.

By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — Courageous Strides, a therapeutic riding program, is searching for a new host farm and horses after leasing in Bernardston for six years.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GILL — Residents came before the Selectboard on Monday to discuss the status of immigrant sanctuary in Gill, police response to possible Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in town, and options for community outreach and information sharing on immigration rights.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Officials at the Greenfield-based Connecticut River Conservancy are left waiting amid the freeze of $13 million in federal funding that had been awarded to the environmental advocacy nonprofit, including $11.5 million for river restoration in New Hampshire.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — A new committee aimed at finding ways to best serve the city’s homeless population is gaining momentum following City Council approval of its formation last week and the appointment of its leader.