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By CHRIS LARABEE
CHARLEMONT — Following $1.5 million in investments to the Mohawk Trail State Forest Campground, the Department of Conservation and Recreation kicked off the 2024 camping season on Friday and welcomed folks back to the campground that had been closed...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — The former Greenfield Community College building at 270 Main St. might soon be converted into Ja’Duke Inc.’s newest location for performance art, driver’s education and a preschool center.Ja’Duke owners Kimberly Williams and Nicholas...
By WILLIAM LAMBERS
Each of us can support the humanitarian agencies in Gaza who are appealing for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. By writing letters to your elected officials you can make a difference in getting the cease-fire. It’s urgent with food, water and...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
BOSTON — Western Massachusetts school committee members and educational leaders took to the State House Monday morning to advocate for policy changes and increased funding for the region’s school districts. At the Massachusetts Association of School...
By DOMENIC POLI
BERNARDSTON — The Windmill Motel was sold at auction earlier this month to a private out-of-state lender.The motel at 497 Northfield Road, which was opened by Kolman Nemes in 1981, was bought for $750,000 on April 10, according to Marianne Sullivan,...
ATHOL 163 Benwoods Drive. $495,000. B: Ellen Tannehill and Ulysse Millet. S: David M. Cullinane and Sharon M. Cullinane. Jones Street. $35,000, B: FWP Realty Partners LLC. S: Virginia Realty Inc. 19 Kendall St. $121,500. B: My Jireh Properties LLC....
By ABNER ROJAS
SPRINGFIELD — As the Realtor Association of Pioneer Valley’s new CEO arrives to a Massachusetts housing market plagued by high prices and a lack of stock, he aims to work alongside elected officials to maximize the availability of different kinds of...
By COLIN A. YOUNG
The signs of spring are all around: the days are getting warmer, baseball is back and Massachusetts home prices are setting records as demand continues to outpace the inventory of houses for sale.The real estate analysts at The Warren Group reported...
By CHRIS LARABEE
SOUTH DEERFIELD — After a successful move to Yankee Candle last year, the 17th annual Wheeling for Healing event is back on May 19, as the fundraiser seeks to continue raising tens of thousands of dollars for cancer patients receiving treatment within...
By ALISON KUZNITZ
BOSTON — Massachusetts State Police have begun implementing a program to improve interactions with people on the autism spectrum, building upon legislation that won Senate approval in January and remains before a House committee.Participating drivers...
By CRISTINA JOHNSON
Over the last century, the U.S. military has primarily used asbestos because the World War II war effort needed cheap materials to mass-produce military equipment quickly. Considered a “wonder material,” asbestos was abundant in the markets, and...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — As it enters its third year, the Baystate Franklin Family Medicine Residency Program is welcoming four new doctors this summer and anticipates retaining three members of the original cohort to work at the hospital after they graduate,...
By JAMES PENTLAND
NORTHAMPTON — The recent settlement of a lawsuit filed by home sellers against the National Association of Realtors may make little difference to real estate transactions in Massachusetts, area professionals say.In the lawsuit, home sellers in states...
By ANITA FRITZ
National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week happens in March, so it’s a good time to think about your pulmonary health.If you or someone you know has shortness of breath because of lung problems, pulmonary rehabilitation can help.Whether you want to manage...
By COLIN A. YOUNG
BOSTON — What difference can a year make? When it comes to home sales in Massachusetts, the answer is about $50,000.There were 2,042 single-family homes sold in Massachusetts in February, the exact same number of sales as in February 2023. But...
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — More Massachusetts families would become eligible for subsidized child care and “transformational” grants that kept the early education system afloat during the pandemic under a bill the Senate unanimously passed late last week.It’s the...
By COLIN A. YOUNG
BOSTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in 1913 that “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,” and Massachusetts residents on both ends of the political spectrum agreed this week that Beacon Hill could stand to open the...
By DOMENIC POLI
The parent company of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan has announced it signed a definitive agreement with Baystate Health to acquire its subsidiary, Health New England.Point32Health, a health and well-being organization based in...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
GREENFIELD — With the sale agreement receiving its final signature on Wednesday, Greenfield Savings Bank now owns the historic Leavitt-Hovey House, finalizing a transaction that began last year under former Mayor Roxann Wedegartner’s administration.As...
SPRINGFIELD — Baystate Health has appointed Peter D. Banko as president and CEO, succeeding Mark Keroack.Banko was most recently president and CEO of Centura Health in Colorado.“Among a slate of high-qualified candidates, Peter stood out for both his...
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