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By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

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...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — After a few weeks of sorting out write-in votes and tracking down winners to accept their election, results are finally in for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s School Committee election, which saw six seats on the ballot...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD and ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The ballots have been counted and the results are in: MCAS is no longer a requirement for graduation. But what does this change mean for students in Franklin County? “No one has a full-fledged plan yet,” said Martha Thurber, chair of the Mohawk Trail...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Electronic voting tabulators will soon be coming to Whately, however, it is unclear whether the community will actually use them for future elections without first getting resident input.The Selectboard approved using $2,000 in American...

By DOMENIC POLI

Despite the presidential election having passed, reports of stolen or damaged political lawn signs appear to be continuing in some areas of Franklin County.After a rash of incidents on Montague and Old Wendell roads, Shutesbury Police Chief Kristin...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

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...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

GREENFIELD — In hopes of providing community members with a safe space to express their feelings, whether they be concerns or hopes, about the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election, Dean of Students Shelley Errington Nicholson led a dialogue at...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

After the presidential election victory of Donald Trump on Tuesday, many Democrats — including in Massachusetts, where residents favored Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris by a large margin — may be left scratching their heads as to how...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI and ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Bar and restaurant owners in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region are generally pleased after roughly 64% of Massachusetts voters rejected ballot Question 5 on Tuesday, a measure that would have gradually increased how much employers must pay...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL and ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The 2024 presidential election proved to be a decisive one for Republican Donald Trump, with the former president claiming victory the morning after the election after winning key battleground states such as Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.In...

By DOMENIC POLI

State Sen. Paul Mark coasted to reelection on Tuesday, besting Republican challenger David Rosa to earn a second term representing 57 communities throughout Franklin, Hampshire, Berkshire and Hampden counties.The Democrat from Becket will be sworn in...

By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — Massachusetts voters said yes to auditing the Legislature and to giving union rights to drivers for ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft, but rejected a measure that would have allowed the use of certain plant-based psychedelics.Question...

By CHRIS LARABEE

ROYALSTON — In a nation so bitterly divided over its politics, there’s perhaps no town more evenly divided than Royalston, in which election results Tuesday evening showed President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead tie,...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

COLRAIN — Voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to adopt the Community Preservation Act and institute a 3% surcharge on real estate taxes to fund historic preservation, recreation and housing projects.Question 6 failed, with 573 “no” votes...

By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON — U.S. Reps. James McGovern and Richard Neal easily won reelection on Tuesday, as Massachusetts Democrats maintained their hold on the state’s Congressional delegation.In addition to McGovern and Neal, two other incumbents fended off Republican...

By ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE, WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted...

By STEVE LeBLANC

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts voters said yes to auditing the Legislature but rejected increasing the hourly wage for workers who collect tips.Those were among five measures on Tuesday’s ballot, including giving union rights to drivers for ride-hailing...

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and ALI SWENSON

WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day unfolded relatively smoothly as voters faced only scattered disruptions and delays after an election season marked by concerns over disinformation, foreign influence and threats to election workers and voting...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

Gov. Maura Healey cast her ballot at an Arlington elementary school Tuesday morning, and after dropping off Dunkin’ coffee and donuts for poll workers turned north to spend most of Election Day in her native — and more electorally active — New...

By DOMENIC POLI

Roughly 244 million Americans are eligible to vote this year and those registered in Franklin County came out in swarms to cast their ballots in what pundits are calling the most important election in the nation’s history.Greenfield City Clerk Kathy...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

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...