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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...

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GILL — After advocating for funding since 2017, the Gill Elementary School roof replacement project has been accepted by the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s (MSBA) Accelerated Repair Program.The Selectboard, detailing the status of the...

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TURNERS FALLS — School Committee members got an inside look at the new veterinary sciences building at Franklin County Technical School this week.Principal Brian Spadafino guided the cohort of members through the 4,800-square-foot building on the...

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TURNERS FALLS — The state’s remaining Strathmore mills are dwindling, with the former mill complex at 20 Canal St. on track for demolition next year and its only other counterpart, located in Russell, having partially collapsed on Monday.According to...

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GREENFIELD — Though the average resident’s experience with Election Day ends once their ballot is entered into the electronic tabulator or old-fashioned ballot box, for municipal clerks and their staff, it’s not over yet.City Clerk Kathy Scott and...

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ORANGE — Residents gathered behind Orange Town Hall on Monday afternoon to celebrate the installation of a bronze plaque on the stone monument commemorating the former Memorial Hall at Prospect and High streets, which was torn down in 1996. The work...

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MONTAGUE CENTER — An effort to preserve the stories of Montague Center residents through audio storytelling is beginning community outreach efforts with a kick-off event at the Montague Common Hall this week. Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov....

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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...

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MONTAGUE — The state Department of Transportation is proposing a roundabout as a potential solution for the dangerous intersection where Route 63 meets Route 47 and North Leverett Road.In 2019, the Selectboard requested that MassDOT examine the...

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ERVING — As part of a total $23 million being awarded to 18 housing projects across the state, $227,553 in predevelopment funding will help advance the senior and affordable housing project being planned on Care Drive. Rural Development Inc., a...

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GREENFIELD — On the eve of Election Day, the Interfaith Council of Franklin County welcomed people of all faiths and political backgrounds to the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew for an evening of prayers, songs and conversations about the...

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TURNERS FALLS — Turners Falls High School students debuted a range of creative scarecrows as part of their midterm project in digital filmmaking and theater arts teacher Jonathan Chappell’s class, with five category winners selected. The five winners,...

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MONTAGUE — The Board of Health is reviewing draft revisions that would further restrict tobacco sales in Montague.One of the proposed changes would allow nicotine pouches to be sold only at “adult-only retailers” that sell tobacco, also called...

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TURNERS FALLS — In the days before former Montague Tree Warden Mark Stevens died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 17, he had one last job to complete.On Oct. 3, Stevens, in his pajamas and Crocs, placed “no parking” signs on the side of Avenue A where...

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GILL – The Selectboard and Finance Committee met with Police Chief Christopher Redmond on Monday to continue to discuss the possible addition of a third, full-time police officer to the department. The meeting focused on examining data that Redmond...

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GILL — Northfield Mount Hermon students will perform the Shakespeare comedy “Twelfth Night” this week for its fall play from Thursday, Oct. 31 through Saturday, Nov. 2 at the Chiles Theater in the school’s Rhodes Arts Center.According to the school...

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MONTAGUE — The Parks and Recreation Department received Selectboard approval to put $5,000 from an account dedicated to unanticipated engineering costs toward the task of estimating how much it will cost for a partial preservation of the former...

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TURNERS FALLS — After nine years in business, Brick & Feather Brewery on 11th Street is tapping out.“We are closing our Turners Falls brewery and taproom by the end of the year,” the business wrote in a post on its Facebook page on Tuesday. “It has...

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MILLERS FALLS — As a family of five with a day care facility at their home in Millers Falls, Caitlin Thomas and her husband Brandon understand the need for child care and having a space where children can just be children. “Being a day care provider,...

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TURNERS FALLS — For the fourth installment of Cloudgaze Productions and Eggtooth Productions’ “A Happening” series, people are invited to explore a world bigger than themselves during the immersive “A Happening IV: Leviathan” arts festival. The Shea...