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By DOMENIC POLI

Local officials are taking extra security measures to ensure polling locations remain safe amid the increasingly heated political climate.Divisive rhetoric and repeated falsehoods by Republican nominee Donald Trump, along with two failed attempts on...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — RiverCulture is planning a temporary mural project that will expand public art across multiple villages next summer. Suzanne LoManto, director of RiverCulture, an organization seeking to foster Montague’s creative economy, told the...

Monday, Sept. 30 2:37 p.m. — Officer assisting a tractor-trailer unit on Turnpike Road having mechanical issues. Vehicle was moved to Sandy Lane out of the way of traffic. Services rendered.3:56 p.m. — Walk-in to the station reports vehicles are still...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — Brian McCue of Montague says that outside of weddings and funerals, the only way to get people together is to have a party. On Saturday, Oct. 19, what McCue considers to be the best party in western Massachusetts, the Wizard Costume Ball,...

TURNERS FALLS — The Fifth Street Bridge over the canal, also known as the Green Bridge, will remain closed until Friday, Oct. 25, as maintenance work being conducted by the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) continues.According to a post on...

United Arc to host info session ahead of 2024 electionTURNERS FALLS — The United Arc’s Advocacy Committee, along with the Franklin County League of Women Voters, will hold an educational session regarding election candidates, their positions on...

Recently, I went to a local tailor shop in our area owned by immigrants. It was so impressive to experience their welcoming attitude and obvious pride in their shop. I began to think about our current attitudes in this country toward immigrants. I...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Residents got a first look at accessibility improvements proposed for Avenue A during a public input session at the Great Falls Discovery Center on Tuesday evening.Improved access to businesses through the addition of ramps and...

Monday, Sept. 238:13 a.m. — Reporting party from Fairway Avenue would like it on record that someone went through his car last night and threw stuff everywhere. He does not believe anything is missing. Services rendered.9:58 a.m. — Joshua David...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — As odor complaints from abutters of Flower Power Growers continue, the Selectboard has voted in favor of having a third-party consultant evaluate the odor mitigation efforts at the 180 Industrial Blvd. marijuana grow facility.Town...

Monday, Sept. 1612:05 p.m. — Walk-in to the station reports his vehicle was struck while parked at the North Village Smokehouse on Federal Street. Reporting party was advised of options. No surveillance camera footage available.8:34 p.m. — Report of...

Oct. 12: Montague Fall Festival MONTAGUE CENTER — The Montague Fall Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the village common. Craft vendors will be in attendance, along with Erving Police Officer Laura Gordon and K-9 Ziva....

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The recent decision to offer takeout breakfast Thursday through Saturday is boosting business at El Nopalito at 196 Turners Falls Road.“People seem to like stopping in [and] getting their burritos to go,” said Jahmes Peters, owner of the...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Police from across western Massachusetts gathered Tuesday morning to say goodbye to Montague Police K-9 Artie.Artie, who served the Montague Police Department for nearly a decade, was euthanized on Wednesday, Oct. 2, following a sudden...

TD Bank accepting donations for boy struck by vehicle TURNERS FALLS — TD Bank locations are accepting donations for 12-year-old Jaiden Fred, who is recovering from a head injury, a knee injury and road rash he sustained after being hit by a vehicle at...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — James Ruddock, an officer with the Montague Police Department, met his partner for the first time in 2014. The puppy named Artur, affectionately called “Artie,” would prove to live up to the meaning of his name during his years of service...

Monday, Sept. 9 1:50 p.m. — Callers from Moltenbrey Apartments on Avenue A report a female is harassing and threatening others in the building. Jasmine Montalvo, 44, of Avenue A in Turners Falls, was arrested on a charge of violating a harassment...

By DOMENIC POLI

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — A Turners Falls man facing charges in connection with firing a BB/pellet gun at people and property in Buckland earlier this year was one of two people arrested in Rhode Island on Saturday for the alleged sexual assault of two...