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By ANDY CASTILLO

A cold November breeze swept beneath Greenfield Garden Cinemas’ iconic Main Street marquee on a recent evening, rustling a poster promoting an upcoming release displayed just outside the glass doors: “Sound of Metal. Music was his world. Then silence...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The American flag is often wrapped in controversy and questions. Is it OK to kneel during the national anthem? Should politicians always wear one as a lapel pin? But those aren’t the only inquiries people have raised about Old Glory.Some are...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

If a challenge on the greens is what you’re searching for, Crumpin-Fox Club is the place for you. Golf Advisor ranked the Bernardston club’s 18-hole track the 33rd toughest public course in the country, making it the most challenging in all of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Opposing attorneys agreed to work together on a statement of facts so Judge Richard Carey can analyze the argument behind a motion to dismiss in the case of a man accused of raping a 14-year-old Northfield Mount Hermon School student when...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — People have been told not to “poke the bear.” But apparently, no one has said a bear shouldn’t poke a human.Matthew Bete got a text from his father, who lives around the corner, shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday to inform him of a bear...

By ZACK DeLUCA

CHARLEMONT — The Selectboard voted this week in favor of pursuing acquisition of the Charlemont Inn through foreclosure, so it can sell the property to a local developer to be turned into low-income elderly housing.Byron Gilchrest, a Charlemont...

By DOMENIC POLI

Are you searching for a furnished house with a tall painted fireplace? Or perhaps a beautiful Victorian with a vanity, hand-dressed metal bed and braided country-style rugs would suit your home needs?Orange native Nathaniel Ellis wants to find you...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The former Greenfield police sergeant convicted in January of vehicular homicide stemming from a 2017 incident has been released from prison early.James B. Rode, 50, was sentenced on Jan. 27 to two years behind bars, with 15 months of...

By MAX MARCUS

A project to build barriers on the French King Bridge — to address suicides and other safety issues — that was at least five years in the making has apparently been deprioritized by the state Department of Transportation, leaving local officials...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — When New Salem resident Susan Arnold moved to the North Quabbin region in the late 1980s, she discovered a friendly face who helped her settle in.Through her jobs with Valuing Our Children, the Montachusett Opportunity Council, Peoples Bridge...

By JEFF LAJOIE

The Northfield Mount Hermon School athletic department has found a new director.Debby Ghezzi was named the school’s new athletic director, and she’ll take over the program this summer, replacing interim AD Greg Leeds.Ghezzi has served as AD at Lake...

By BERA DUNAU

Asparagus, one of the culinary treats of spring, has a long history in the Pioneer Valley. And some more of that history just might be growing in one couple’s yard.Charlotte Briggs and her wife have a spear of asparagus growing in their yard that was...

By SHELBY ASHLINE

GILL — When Montague resident Amy Bowse first read about a contest to craft a design for an F.M. Kuzmeskus bus that would honor Big Brothers Big Sisters of Franklin County, she wasn’t sure she should enter.Bowse, a self-employed graphic designer, was...

By LUIS FELDMAN

WHATELY — Bella Vendetta, who worked for the Club Castaway strip club and planned to move forward with a line-up of LGBTQ performers, claims she left after three weeks following a dispute with ownership over those plans. “My original thoughts were...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

DEERFIELD — Northfield Mount Hermon wrestling coach Zachary Bates knows all about the tradition and pride of his team’s program.One of the top prep teams in New England year after year, Bates, who grew up in Leyden and attended Pioneer Valley Regional...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A charge against an Amherst woman who allegedly threatened a newspaper journalist in summer 2018 has been dismissed after more than a year of court cases, jail time and mental health evaluations.The misdemeanor charge of threatening to...

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — A Holyoke man has not been found since fleeing after the vehicle he was riding in was pulled over just north of Exit 28 on Interstate 91 northbound in Bernardston at around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.Lakeam A. Bennett, 27, provided false...

By DAVID McLELLAN

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a week-long series about the state of farming in Franklin County.People thought she was crazy.At 92 years old, Carol Hillman, owner of New Salem Preserves & Orchards, 67 South Main St., has started a new business...

By DOMENIC POLI

Editor’s Note: This story is part of a week-long series about the state of farming in Franklin County.Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But, other times, that smoke you’re holding is wrapped in a tobacco leaf grown along the Connecticut River — in...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — An Ashfield man and former teacher was sentenced Wednesday morning to three years’ probation after changing his plea on charges related the 2017 inappropriate touching of his friends’ daughters.Douglas J. Forbes, 53, pleaded guilty in...