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By CHRIS LARABEE, MADISON SCHOFIELD, ANTHONY CAMMALLERI, ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN and DOMENIC POLI

The MCAS scores for 2024 have been released, showing that approximately 30.1% of Franklin County and North Quabbin students met or exceeded expectations, 48.5% partially met expectations and 21.5% did not meet expectations in the math and English...

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...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — An electrical fire that started in the basement of a 23 Burrill Ave. home on Tuesday afternoon left the two-story building “uninhabitable,” according to Fire Chief James Young.Homeowner Naomi Carlyle said she was cooking in her kitchen 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...

Friday, Sept. 133:39 p.m. — Suspicious activity reported at Shelburne Falls Coffee Roasters on Federal Street. Services rendered.Saturday, Sept. 147:39 a.m. — Vehicle theft involving a green 2013 Kia Soul reported on Silver Street. Report taken.9:15...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — No injuries resulted from a minor fire on the first floor of a multi-family home at 79 Fifth St. on Monday morning.According to Turners Falls Fire Chief Todd Brunelle, dispatchers received a report of smoke in the building at 8:45 a.m....

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 AMALIA WOMPA

An eye-catching art exhibit by Timothy Gorts has found a temporary home in Greenfield’s Artspace gallery.Having a later start to art than most, Gorts proves both in his artworks and in the title of his exhibition that “It’s Never Too Late To...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Weathervane Community Arts (WCA), in partnership with the Montague Common Hall, will host an inaugural six-class series called “The Art of Makam,” where participants will learn the modal music system of makam, taught by Boston-based musician and...

Thursday, Sept. 510:29 a.m. — Larceny reported at Big Y on the Mohawk Trail. Services rendered.1:13 p.m. — Larceny reported at Franklin County’s YMCA on Main Street. Services rendered.1:51 p.m. — Hit and run involving a white 2017 Kia Optima reported...

TURNERS FALLS — The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) will hold a public information and input session regarding FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.’s application for a water quality certification from MassDEP.The...

Tuesday, Sept. 38:39 a.m. — Walk-in to the station states she was scammed and lost several thousand dollars. Report taken. 12:10 p.m. — Multiple callers reporting a transformer on fire at Second Street and Avenue A. Eversource notified.6:25 p.m. —...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Human Error Publishing will host its Great Falls Word Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Shea Theater Arts Center, where local writers, poets and book publishers will celebrate 15 years of storytelling. Starting at noon, authors and...

Monday, Aug. 26 5:45 a.m. — Suspicious activity reported at The Arbors at Greenfield on Meridian Street. Services rendered.Tuesday, Aug. 27 7:52 a.m. — Hit and run involving a black 2017 Cadillac reported on Deerfield Street. Report issued.11:44 a.m....

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival has earned the reputation as a place to find garlic in unexpected places, like chocolate chip cookies and ice cream. But Greenfield resident Chris Weeks made sure to save room for 25 cloves …...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Two Greenfield Police employees — Deputy Chief William Gordon and Officer Zoe Smith — were sent to Florida to provide disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.Gordon was deployed as a reservist, or on-call employee, for the...

Monday, Aug. 197:03 a.m. — Chad Michael Klaiber, 34, of Phillips Street in Greenfield, was arrested on a warrant and on a charge of failure to register as a sex offender. Also arrested was Eric Scott Poirier, 53, also of Phillips Street in Greenfield,...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

DEERFIELD — South County EMS transported a young man to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield after his motorcycle crashed into a silver Toyota RAV4 on Sugarloaf Street on Friday. Deerfield and Sunderland Police blocked off a portion of Sugarloaf...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

It’s never too late to follow a dream or pursue a passion, as proven by Haydenville artist Madge Evers, whose latest collection of mushroom spore prints, “The New Herbarium,” is now on display at Salmon Falls Gallery in Shelburne Falls.Evers said she...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Less than two weeks after a more than three-hour foot pursuit resulted in a temporary shelter-in-place at the Discovery School at Four Corners and an alleged attempted carjacking and assault, the Police Department is considering its use...