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By ANITA FRITZ

The first step to creating a mishoon, or dugout canoe, is to find the right tree.That’s exactly what organizers of the 6th annual Pocumtuck Homelands Festival have done, and the weekend celebration will highlight a traditional mishoon of the...

By DOMENIC POLI

LEVERETT — Michael J. Kittredge II, whose homemade candle as a cash-strapped teenager evolved into an industry giant, has died. He was 67.Kittredge, founder of the Yankee Candle Co., died Wednesday evening at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston...

By ANDY CASTILLO

Gianni Calabrese of South Deerfield was 21 years old the first time he stepped foot on American soil. Nearly two decades later and now an American citizen, Calabrese, who owns Gianni Fig's Ristorante in the village center, has a story similar to that...

By ANITA FRITZ

SOUTH DEERFIELD — On March 10 at 7 a.m., Barbara Messinger got the phone call no mother should ever have to receive.“The minute it rang, I knew it wasn’t good,” Messinger said. “The doctor on the other end said I should get to Boston immediately — my...

By GRACE BIRD

After multiple years of requests by Gill and Erving, the state is finally edging toward installing barriers on the French King Bridge.The bridge connects the towns of Gill and Erving and is a well-known site for suicides.Gill Police Chief Christopher...

By ANITA FRITZ

GREENFIELD — Hope & Olive restaurant’s owners have been named Entrepreneur(s) of the Year.The Franklin County Community Development Corporation received nominations this year for the three owners of the 12-year-old restaurant, which took root in the...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

GREENFIELD — Questions of proper communication among School Committee members have flared back up following the filing of an Open Meeting Law complaint by a member of the education task force for Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution...

By MAX MARCUS

NORTHFIELD — Redemption Christian Academy, a prep school at 154 South Mountain Road, is closing at the end of the school year. The school’s campus in Troy, N.Y. will remain open.Students at the Northfield campus will finish out the year. Graduation is...

By DOMENIC POLI

SOUTH DEERFIELD – The Channing Bete Company expects to cease operations June 30, the South Deerfield publisher announced Tuesday.The first position eliminations will come June 24, and most employees will be released between June 24 and July 3,...

By JASON BUTYNSKI

GREENFIELD — At one point during the fourth quarter of Monday night’s WMass Division 3 Boys’ Basketball first round game, Murdock High School junior guard LJ Hicks took the first shot of a one-and-one. As the shot went into the air, players from both...

By GRACE BIRD

SHELBURNE FALLS — A craft brewery has opened in Shelburne Falls, the latest addition to the half-dozen or so clustered around Franklin County.Zack Livingston, a Worthington native and University of Mass. graduate, opened Floodwater Brewing Co. at 40...

By DOMENIC POLI

DEERFIELD — The first five dwellings of a senior condominium project at the base of Sugarloaf Mountain are occupied, and the project’s developer said two more are expected to be available in a couple of months.The Condominiums at Sugarloaf, approved...

By DOMENIC POLI

DEERFIELD — A former English teacher is suing Deerfield Academy over alleged gender discrimination and retaliation during her 18 years at the prestigious prep school.Sonja Krusic O’Donnell has filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer,...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

GREENFIELD — The “most significant seizure of heroin within the Northwestern District in recent memory,” has led to an eight-year state prison sentence for a Greenfield man, according to Assistant District Attorney Jeremy Bucci.Stephen Hall, 28,...

By JOSHUA SOLOMON

GREENFIELD — A decision on a new library will have to wait, at least until next month, following a dramatic decision Wednesday to table the City Council vote on the $19.5 million project.Following a speech by Precinct 1 Councilor Vern Sund, who was...

By RICHIE DAVIS

NORTHFIELD — The sale of Lane Construction Corp.’s West Northfield gravel pits this week for nearly $9.6 million to North Carolina-based Eurovia Atlantic Coast LLC is part of a much larger selloff of Lane’s “plants and paving division” for a $555...

By DAVID McLELLAN

Sand was spat up into the air, accompanied by the sounds of dozens of engines, like the roars of steel beasts.And they took off, about 40 men on their motorcycles embarking on an annual ride.On Saturday, Aug. 25, the Mohawk Ramblers Motorcycle Club...

By DAVID McLELLAN

MONTAGUE — The Brotherhood of the Spirit was many different things over its 20-year lifetime.It was first and foremost a commune, part of the New Age and hippie movements, but it was also the organization that ran several local businesses, including...