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Leading Smith Vocational 3-2 going into the bottom of the sixth, the Franklin Tech baseball team's bats came to life. The Eagles put four across in the inning, and Kyle Begos closed things out in the seventh, allowing Franklin Tech to come away with a...
The Frontier Baseball Booster Club is holding its fourth annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale on Saturday. The sale is sponsored by Fairview Farms in Whately, with hanging baskets, patio pots and annuals available for sale. The sale will run from 9:30 a.m....
By DOMENIC POLI
ORANGE — Richard Sheridan, a longtime public servant whose Selectboard tenure ended in January, died unexpectedly on April 29. He was 78.Selectboard members on Wednesday held a moment of silence for their former colleague and Chair Tom Smith praised...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
It wasn’t easy for road races to recover following the pandemic. But when you have local support like the WMass Mother's Day Half Marathon in Whately, things can get right back to pre-COVID levels.The 14th running of the Mother’s Day Half Marathon...
By CHRIS LARABEE
SOUTH DEERFIELD — With tosses of dirt, dozens of residents, town officials and legislators celebrated the start of Tilton Library’s expansion Friday morning.The ceremony was more than a decade in the making and officially kicked off the project as the...
By H. PATRICIA HYNES
Ambassador Vanessa Frazier, the state of Malta’s permanent representative to the United Nation, spearheaded the November 2023 resolution for a temporary cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, given that 70% of those killed in Gaza were children and...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CHARLEMONT — A vote on the special permit application for Hinata Mountainside Resort could come as soon as next week, as the Planning Board and applicants ironed out conditions on the permit Thursday evening.If approved, the Planning Board would give...
By CHRIS LARABEE
In anticipation of Green River Festival in June, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) and former festival operator Signature Sounds are presenting a history of the region’s largest and most popular musical event.With a trove of...
By JACOB NELSON
Local wool for your wardrobe … and for your garden?That’s the idea behind a new project from Western Massachusetts Fibershed, an organization working to strengthen our local fiber economy, right alongside our local food economy.Peggy Hart is a core...
Good morning!Unless there’s a hole in the fence I’ll be covering the Belmont Stakes from Union Avenue. The days of slipping ushers a five spot with a wink and a nod are gone. Ticketmaster wants $164 to simply walk through the gate and $1,000 for a...
By DIANE BRONCACCIO
ROWE — Annual Town Meeting voters will consider creating a two-town fire district with Charlemont, expanding the town cemetery and enlarging Pelham Lake Park when they meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the Rowe Elementary School, following a Special Town...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
HAWLEY — Voters will consider adopting a resolution to change the state flag and seal, and whether to approve the town’s Mohawk Trail Regional School District assessment, which is seeing a 19% increase, during Monday’s Annual Town...
By CHRIS LARABEE
CONWAY — With the adoption of a new policy this week, historical records have been returned to the town vault following a “series of misunderstandings” between the Historical Commission and town clerk over the custody and safety of the records.After...
By SCOTT MERZBACH
AMHERST — Disturbed by the arrests of 132 protesters on the University of Massachusetts campus this week during a pro-Palestinian encampment, Colson Whitehead, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the...
Hits weren’t going to be easy to come by at Vets Field in Greenfield on Thursday night with Greenfield’s MacKenzie Paulin and Franklin Tech’s Hannah Gilbert in the circle. Gilbert was near perfect for the Eagles, giving up just two hits while striking...
It was quite a second round for a pair of local golf teams a the 43rd Massachusetts Four-Ball Championship at The Club at New Seabury in Mashpee.Crumpin-Fox Club’s Mark Waskiewicz and Troy Miller went low on the Dunes course to earn the best finish of...
By THOMAS JOHNSTON
SOUTH DEERFIELD — It’s been a long time since the Greenfield baseball team beat Frontier. The Redhawks have had the Green Wave’s number in recent years, winning all seven contests the two rivals have played since the 2019 season. Greenfield’s last win...
By DIANE BRONCACCIO
HEATH — Annual Town Meeting voters will be asked to consider an overall $1.6 million fiscal year 2025 spending plan for town government services on Saturday, along with another $1 million assessment for its share of the $26.7 million Mohawk Trail...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — The Interfaith Council of Franklin County and the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice honored 31 local students for their work fighting racism and bullying, spreading compassion, and acting as forces for positive change in their...
By CHAD CAIN
AMHERST — A day after 132 people were arrested in pro-Palestinian protests on the University of Massachusetts campus, the university’s student government Wednesday night formally declared it had no confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes and his...
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