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ERVING — Town officials are seeking an explanation from engineering consulting firm Tighe & Bond regarding what they say is a $200,000 discrepancy in cost estimates for demolition of the vacant International Paper Mill.Out of four possible demolition...

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MONTAGUE — The Attorney General’s Office has determined that members of the Board of Assessors violated the Open Meeting Law when they met in October 2022.The determination, announced in a letter to Montague Director of Assessing Karen Tonelli, was...

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CONWAY — Even those who are driven to help others sometimes need help. Just ask raptor rehabilitator Tom Ricardi, whose bird enclosures were recently ravaged by a fallen pine tree.According to Ricardi, the tree tore through one of the property’s cages...

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While the temperature’s ups and downs might be puzzling this winter, local maple syrup producers are reluctant to question a good thing. For them, after all, the weather has been perfect.“We’re getting really good runs,” said Howard Boyden, owner of...

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MONTAGUE — With the Selectboard’s vote to enter the Complete Neighborhoods Initiative, Montague has begun exploring prospective redevelopment of the Farren Care Center property.The Complete Neighborhoods Initiative, a regional project Montague entered...

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After falling in love with Franklin County while filming his 2021 thriller “The Secret of Sinchanee,” Team House Studios’ Steven Grayhm is back to film “Sheepdog,” a drama he feels is his “magnum opus.”Written, directed and starring Grayhm, who is...

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GREENFIELD — Police responded to Greenfield High School for a potential threat made by phone shortly before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and quickly deemed the area safe.“All students and staff are safe,” Greenfield School Department Superintendent Christine...

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ERVING — A proposed redesign of Route 2’s problematic intersection with the east side of Holmes Street looks to improve safety in the Farley village area.The intersection has been the subject of safety concerns for decades and last discussed for...

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TURNERS FALLS — Due to its association with the nation’s capitol, a Smithsonian exhibit, in some ways, may feel out of place in small-town Montague. In other ways, though, it feels just right.“This is about the small-town vibe,” said Caitlin Kelley,...

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GREENFIELD — A Turners Falls man facing charges related to the December death of a Greenfield man who was struck by a pickup truck while crossing the street is due back in court for a pretrial conference set for March 1.According to Greenfield Police...

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BERNARDSTON — For generations, people have dismissed addiction as a weakness of willpower. Standing before some of the area’s older residents on Monday afternoon, science instructor Thomas Collins refuted this stigma with science.“I think the new way...

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COLRAIN — A Colrain man was hospitalized with neck pain Wednesday afternoon after snowy road conditions caused a two-vehicle crash on Dwight Cross Road.According to Massachusetts State Police Trooper Eric Baumann, a black Toyota Tacoma pickup truck...

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NORTHFIELD — Replacement of the Schell Bridge will not be funded under the 2022 Rural Surface Transportation federal grant program, a major blow to the prospective project announced by the office of state Sen. Jo Comerford last Wednesday.“It’s...

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TURNERS FALLS — Amid rising fuel costs nationwide, a local nonprofit helped a small cluster of residents who sought guidance applying for fuel assistance this week.A workshop was held Thursday at The Brick House Community Resource Center as part of...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

Depending on who you ask, Franklin County is either a rural oasis of festivals, fairs and hidden gems or just a cluster of sleepy towns. Highlighted by his latest photo exhibit, local photographer Joe R. Parzych finds the beauty in both.Parzych, a...

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MONTAGUE — The Selectboard, eyeing future development as demolition of the adjacent Farren Care Center looms, accepted the property and office building at 356 Montague City Road during Monday’s Selectboard meeting.Trinity Health of New England, the...

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TURNERS FALLS — After around five years of advocacy, Franklin County Technical School’s aviation program is ready for takeoff within the next two years with help from a $4.2 million state grant.Superintendent Rick Martin accepted the award, which was...

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For the first time in the accolade’s 17-year history, Clinical & Support Options’ (CSO) Exemplary Team Award has been given to the organization’s co-response team for its recent expansions and associated success with having mental health clinicians...

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BERNARDSTON — A bicyclist was flown to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday afternoon.The incident occurred at around 4:10 p.m. on Church Street near Cushman...

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TURNERS FALLS — The family of Turners Falls resident Dylan Lapointe is collecting donations in the wake of his death, which resulted from a car that collapsed onto him due to the failure of a jack stand Tuesday morning.According to his mother, Debi...