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By ALEXA LEWIS
HOLYOKE — Unperturbed by the rain that pelted their colorful signs, dozens of impassioned community members hailing from cities and towns across the region gathered in song and frustration to protest state clean energy siting practices they think will be more harmful to the environment than helpful.
By CHRIS LARABEE
With its regional agreement sent off to the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for a technical review, the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board is expecting to bring its new school district proposal to voters in the fall.
By SHERYL HUNTER
Kris Delmhorst never intended to create an album focused on themes like loss, death and grief, but it turns out these subjects heavily influence many of the songs on her new release, “Ghosts in the Garden.” The Shelburne Falls resident launched her 10th album on March 7 and will hold a record release show at the Iron Horse in Northampton on Friday, May 9, at 7 p.m. She is currently on tour to support the album.
By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN
MONTAGUE — After falling by the wayside, the Mother’s Day breakfast hosted by Montague Elks Lodge 2521 is returning on Sunday, May 11.
By MITCH ANTHONY
When I moved to Greenfield in the 1970s, downtown could have been a scene from a Norman Rockwell painting. Parking was free on Friday nights, and the stores on Main Street stayed open late. Boys bought their first ties at Bartlett’s Men’s Store, and picking up a mail order at the Sears catalog store was a routine errand for everyone. Sullivan’s Drugstore would even stay open just for you if you couldn’t make it before their usual closing time.
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
NORTHFIELD — Assistant Town Clerk Dan Campbell will soon take his seat on the Selectboard after winning the sole contested position in this year’s town election by 60 votes, besting his opponent Barbara Brassor.
NEW SALEM — There were no surprises in Monday’s contest-free election, as Richard Taupier won reelection to his three-year Selectboard seat with 61 votes, and Steven Blinder and Barbara Doyle earned three-year terms on the Swift River School Committee with 60 and 58 votes, respectively.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
COLRAIN — In just an hour and half, Colrain residents approved all 25 articles on the Annual Town Meeting warrant on Tuesday, thus adopting a local meals tax and approving a $5.29 million budget for fiscal year 2026.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
HEATH — Residents will be asked to consider buying a $125,000 truck for the Highway Department and setting aside money to hire a new town administrator at Annual Town Meeting on Saturday, May 10.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
To say Hannah Gilbert has been unhittable in recent games isn’t really hyperbole.
By SCOTT MERZBACH
HOLYOKE — With family roots in the newspaper industry and many years serving as chairman of Newspapers of New England, Holyoke native Donald R. Dwight, who died at the age of 94 on Sunday, is being recalled for a life lived by the same principles that guided his commitment to locally owned, independent journalism.
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
After a four-match skid, the Frontier boys volleyball team is back in the win column.
GREENFIELD — In an effort to stimulate the local economy, Gagne Wealth Management Group has partnered with the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce to launch the first-ever Gagne Wealth Gift Card promotion. With a $10,000 donation, the initiative will inject more than $20,000 into small businesses across Franklin County.
By ALEXA LEWIS
As the cardinals in Vatican City prepare to begin a conclave to select a new pope on Wednesday, Bishop William Byrne of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield said that local Catholics are in a period of prayer as they eagerly await the election of “a joyful shepherd who will lead the 1.4 billion Catholics in the world.”
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — As a proposed zoning amendment seeking to raise the height restriction on construction nears a City Council vote this week, members of the Historical Commission expressed concerns over how such a change might impact aesthetics and shared a desire to preserve historic character.
By DOMENIC POLI
WARWICK — Residents on Monday adopted Annual Town Meeting’s 26 articles, which included accepting the First Parish Unitarian Church and Meetinghouse and 32 acres on Hastings Pond Road as a gift from the First Parish and Religious Society.
By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL
NORTHAMPTON — Local gender-affirming care clinic Transhealth is condemning a recent review put out by the federal Department of Health and Human Services that recommends against the use of medical treatment for gender dysphoria in youth.
By AL NORMAN
“Massachusetts has had a housing crisis for decades.”
By CHRIS LARABEE
DEERFIELD — Selectboard Chair Tim Hilchey was reelected to his seat on Monday, fending off a challenge from former Selectboard member David Wolfram, 814-558.
Bill Bradley, the great Knicks player and Rhodes Scholar, went up for a jump shot at the end of the game. As usual, it was good and put the Knicks up by eight points with almost no time on the clock. Rather than the usual cheer, Bradley heard some boos coming from the fans. Confused, after the game Bradley asked the trainer why some fans had booed him. The trainer told him that the spread on the game was projected at six points and that winning by eight had cost fans money.
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