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By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Anyone with a cellphone in their pocket can likely be tracked — to the grocery store or the gym, to work or school, to religious services or health care appointments. With prolific data available on Bay Staters’ day-to-day lives, a bill seeks...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard voted Wednesday to offer the town administrator job to Orange’s health agent and tasked two members with recommending a contract, all while hoping to close a frustrating chapter in which two previous candidates had their...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard hopes the third time’s the charm in its town administrator search, as offers made to two previous finalists were later rescinded for undisclosed reasons.The board voted unanimously in mid-April to offer the position to Kevin...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — With candidates emerging for some of the higher profile elected positions in the city, including for mayor, City Council and School Committee, a handful of seats have yet to garner interest for the November election.“I’m pleased to see we...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town is scheduled to discuss Wednesday the contract a public service veteran has proposed as he vies to take the reins as interim town administrator for six months to a year.The Selectboard interviewed Carter Terenzini, most recently the...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — All 10 of the projects recommended for Community Preservation Act funding will continue on to City Council on Wednesday for a final stamp of approval. The Ways & Means Committee voted unanimously on Tuesday to support the projects earlier...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — After counting the ballots three times late into Tuesday night, Richard “Rick” LaPierre was elected to be the new member of the Selectboard, winning by a narrow margin.LaPierre defeated Tricia Yacovone-Biagi by six votes, getting 139...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — More than 20 years ago, local and state officials gathered on Chapman Street for a groundbreaking that one former lawmaker hailed as a “milestone in the community.” Less than three years later, money for the project — Greenfield Community...

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE — Citing traffic safety concerns on Route 2, the Zoning Board of Appeals has started to strictly enforce the town’s bylaw that limit one use per lot in the commercial district.“There are significant issues on Route 2. We need to make sure...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — With voters being asked to consider an addition to the Public Safety Complex at annual Town Meeting, the Public Buildings Committee gave its first of two presentations at Monday’s Selectboard meeting.The addition would include individual...

By BELLA LEVAVI

COLRAIN — After months of scrambling to identify funding and engineering services, the Colrain Sewer District has received an earmark in the state budget from state Sen. Paul Mark, D-Becket, and assistance from the engineering firm RCAP...

By MARIANNE BULLOCK

The mayor is right, a tight budget does require tough calls, and I believe that is what she did — make hard decisions before the budget got to the City Council. And now, the council is doing the hard work to readjust those tough calls, to hopefully...

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — Dan Keller has said he will not seek reelection to the Selectboard in the 2023 election, but he never promised his name wouldn’t appear elsewhere on the ballot.The 20-year Selectboard veteran opted to retire from the three-member board, but...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The city recently received two Community Compact Connector grants that will “enhance human resources” work in the city, according to officials. One of the two grants provides $50,000 toward a study, led by the Edward J. Collins Jr. Center...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard voted unanimously Thursday to offer the town administrator position to one of the two candidates interviewed earlier in the week and to form an hoc committee to review contract drafts.Kevin Flynn will replace Gabriele Voelker...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Though regional school districts could receive more money to pay for student transportation than they’ve gotten in years through Gov. Maura Healey’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposal, the Massachusetts Association of School Committees is still...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — After a federal judge in Texas suspended FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone, Gov. Maura Healey issued an executive order on Monday that is meant to clarify that a state law passed last year to protect abortion access from out-of-state...

By CHRIS LARABEE

MONTAGUE — After experiencing a hit-and-run earlier this month at the intersections of Routes 47 and 63, Gabrielle Slavin was looking for answers to two questions: Who hit her? And what can be done to fix a road design that’s experienced more than 35...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Tensions were high at Wednesday’s Selectboard meeting, as the clerk walked out after being denied the vice chair position and accusing board members of colluding against her.The Selectboard was reorganizing following Monday’s annual town...

By SAM DRYSDALE

The state needs to take action to make remote participation in town meetings permanent, according to the president of the Local Government Advisory Commission.In Lexington, where LGAC President Jill Hai is a selectboard member, representatives at Town...