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By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The Greenfield School Department will soon have its own food truck, increasing the district’s ability to offer free, nutritious meals to children across the city.“I’m very excited about this project,” said Food Service Director Greta...

By SHERYL HUNTER

Before long, we will be packing up a picnic basket and heading down to the Energy Park to soak up the sounds of the Coop Concerts. But until then, we have All Coop’ed Up, the annual spring concert presented by members of the Franklin County Musicians...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Authorities are searching for three people accused of stealing a deposit bag with $1,464 from the Taco Bell/Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant on the Mohawk Trail on Tuesday.Greenfield Police Lt. Todd Dodge said two men and a woman were...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

In a world of rapidly rising energy costs and quests for sustainable energy, one of the oldest forms of heating may provide an alternative, although its use is not without controversy.Proponents of modern wood heating systems, fueled by either wood...

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — Voters made quick work of a Special Town Meeting warrant on Tuesday, unanimously adopting 10 articles in 16 minutes.Twenty-five residents convened in the Town Hall Annex at 24 South Main St. and gave their blessing to all articles, most of...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A reading specialist has been selected as the winner of the 2023 Pioneer Valley Excellence in Teaching Award for Orange’s elementary schools.Cheryl Dodge said she was with students at Fisher Hill Elementary School earlier this month when...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

March is maple month. I love walking down the road with my dog and peering into the containers along the way to see how much sap they have collected. The season has had its ups and downs this year, but as I write this, it has been a pretty good one...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

LEYDEN — The town made progress toward road discontinuances and becoming a Green Community with the approval of related warrant articles during a discussion-heavy Special Town Meeting on Monday.The meeting, held at Town Hall, lasted roughly two hours...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — An oil sheen that was reported on the Connecticut River has raised concerns from environmental advocacy organizations, though FirstLight Hydro Generating Co. reported that no sheen was visible upon inspection on Monday.According to...

By MADDIE FABIAN

AMHERST — Growing up, Holyoke resident Carolyn Diaz Rodriguez preferred helping her grandfather with building projects in lieu of doing chores. Originally from the Dominican Republic, she has always loved using a hammer and working with her hands.Now...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Three men have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a man they know on North Main Street on Monday before leading police on a high-speed chase that ended in Belchertown.Ali Ayala, 22, of Springfield, Alex Santana, 31,...

By EMILEE KLEIN

CHARLEMONT — The Hawlemont Regional School District School Committee approved a $2.49 million budget last week for fiscal year 2024, which includes a Charlemont town assessment increase of 3.96% and a Hawley town assessment decrease of 4.22%.The...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ASHFIELD — The First Congregational Church of Ashfield will host a film series, “Black Voices: Listening to Our Brothers and Sisters,” starting this month and continuing through June. “We want people to see the church as a place that is trying to be a...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — A renowned organist and Yale professor is coming to Deerfield as “The Brick Church” Music Series hosts the first of two spring shows.Nathaniel Gumbs will perform on Sunday, March 26, at 3 p.m. at the First Church of Deerfield, 71 Old Main...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Dollar General location at 369 Federal St. is temporarily closed while the corporation that oversees it addresses store maintenance issues.There is no precise timeline for the store’s reopening, Dollar General Corporation’s public...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — Despite being among the youngest in the room, a group of teenage environmentalists were turned to for guidance during a climate action panel at the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew. Their generation, after all, will be most...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

WARWICK — Three candidates for Warwick’s School Committee shared a unified vision for the new independent school district while meeting with residents at the former Warwick Community School on Sunday.The candidates — Adam Holloway, Alan Genovese and...