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SUNDERLAND — In December 1989, one of the coldest on record in the region, John Sackrey was in Conway with a small team building an addition onto a home.That addition, for an associate working with Berkshire Design Group, kicked off a decades-long...

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WHATELY — The Selectboard adopted a single tax rate for all properties in town of $13.34 per $1,000 valuation for fiscal year 2025, representing a roughly 2.5% decrease from the previous year.The decision came following an extended discussion...

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DEERFIELD — On a recommendation from the Board of Assessors, the Selectboard adopted a single tax rate for fiscal year 2025 of $13.25 per $1,000 valuation on Wednesday evening, an approximately 4.3% decrease from FY24.Sticking with past practices, the...

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NORTHFIELD — As 2024 wraps up, Northfield residents are encouraged to usher in the new year with some bright lights in the dark.On New Year’s Eve, residents are asked to put out luminaria along their walkways and driveways.Adopting the community event...

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DEERFIELD — The site plan review for the 1888 Building rehabilitation and addition project has been pushed to Monday, Jan. 6, as the town works to flesh out the parking and driveway designs.While the hearing was originally scheduled for Monday...

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NORTHFIELD — In the spirit of Shakespeare, the public is invited to an informal performance of “The Winter’s Tale,” as the Valley Players bring their “Bard in the Bar” reading series to The Brewery at Four Star Farms.Folks are invited to join the...

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WHATELY — With funding for a feasibility study in hand, progress on the former Center School’s rehabilitation will start picking up steam in 2025.With a $14,000 grant match in hand following approval at the Nov. 12 Special Town Meeting, Town...

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GREENFIELD — After decades working out of a satellite office on Federal Street, Community Legal Aid has found a new home in downtown Greenfield.Community Legal Aid, which provides free civil legal services to low-income and elderly residents in...

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NORTHFIELD — A benefit this weekend will raise money for the Holly Avenue resident whose home was severely damaged in an October fire that killed her two dogs.The event will be held at the Montague Elks Lodge, located at 1 Elks Ave. in Turners Falls,...

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GREENFIELD — More products and facility upgrades will be coming to the Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center, as the Franklin County Community Development Corporation has reeled in two separate grants.The Franklin County CDC was awarded a...

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NORTHFIELD — The Fire Department and mutual aid partners quickly knocked down a Main Street structure fire on Wednesday morning, which had a potentially unusual cause — the sun.Firefighters responded to 83 Main St. at around 10:42 a.m. and saw flames...

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With bodies of water receding and brush fires throughout the state, it was clearly a dry fall for the Pioneer Valley and new data analysis confirms the season was historically dry for western Massachusetts.Preliminary National Weather Service data for...

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GREENFIELD — With just dozens of the more than 1,000 items placed on the Greenfield Common remaining as of Monday afternoon, The Scarf Project’s seventh annual donation of scarves, mittens and other warm clothing proved to be another success.Each year...

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WHATELY — With the incoming presidential administration campaigning on transformational changes to the way government functions, the Whately Selectboard issued a statement this week reaffirming its commitment to serving residents.Brought forward by...

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DEERFIELD — With folks confined to their homes in the early days of the pandemic, but still looking for local produce, Julia Coffey and her team at Mycoterra Farm branched out to bring products to their doors in the form of Mass Food Delivery.While...

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GREENFIELD — After a year off, the Franklin County Festival of Trees is returning this year with a new venue and a glowing partnership.The annual fundraising event is coming to the Roundhouse at the Franklin County Fairgrounds and will run alongside...

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NORTHFIELD — Citing a lack of “articulated public health, safety or welfare justification sufficient to justify the prohibitions,” the Attorney General’s Office has rejected the vast majority of the language within two bylaws that were approved at the...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — With the scope and price of Frontier Regional School’s fire alarm replacement project changing, requests are coming before each of the four community’s selectboards to allocate more money.The district previously allocated $200,000 of...

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DEERFIELD — As the town continues to look at the intersection of Routes 5 and 10, North Main Street and Mill Village Road, it has released a road safety audit detailing safety concerns in the area, while also laying out some potential enhancements.The...

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MONTAGUE — As the town prepares to undertake the demolition of the Strathmore mill complex, it will be seeking residents to join the process through a community involvement plan, a requirement of the federal grant that is funding the project.As...

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DEERFIELD — The Selectboard officially approved a grant agreement for the 1888 Building project with the Community Preservation Committee last week, as the town prepares to move the process to site plan review.Voters at the Oct. 7 Special Town Meeting...