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By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL – The town’s new municipal website is up and running and will soon serve as an official posting place for public meeting notices and other community information.Gillian Budine, vice chairwoman of the Wendell Selectboard, said the newest...

By DOMENIC POLI

Artificial intelligence is changing the phone scam game. But, experts say, the rules are the same.“I think we would always be wary when we pick up the phone when we don’t know who is calling,” said Anita Wilson, director of the Consumer Protection...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Thanks to a $99,773 grant, area seniors will gain increased access to technology and the resources to learn how to use it. The award, which comes from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, will benefit the Council on...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Several area senior centers will help older adults get up to speed on technology thanks to a state digital literacy grant.At the South County Senior Center, seniors will be able to enter a lottery for one of 129 iPads or for a stipend to pay internet...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — There seems to be no limit to the depths scammers will go to create a victim, with fictitious missing child posts serving as one of the latest online trends.Social media posts meant to tug at a community’s heartstrings with a youngster’s...

By MARY BYRNE

The state’s K-12 education department is encouraging districts to restrict or ban students’ cellphone use in schools, possibly moving toward a statewide mandate in the future.Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Commissioner Jeffrey...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town launched a new municipal website last week, representing an upgrade from the company that designed and serviced the previous one.Assistant Town Clerk Rachael Fortier addressed the Selectboard on Wednesday to explain the new layout...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — At June 3’s Annual Town Meeting, residents will be asked to consider several Planning Board amendments to Conway’s wireless telecommunications facility bylaws, alongside a singular addition to the town’s marijuana bylaws.In an effort to...

By MARY BYRNE

After the discontinuation of the local resource directory Look4Help, Franklin County and North Quabbin area resources will be incorporated into 413Cares, a similar resource that traditionally has been more active in Hampshire and Hampden counties....

By LIESEL NYGARD

BERNARDSTON — A $74,411 federal grant is helping the town address safety concerns by improving radio operability for first responders.The money, awarded through the United States Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Rural Health Care grant program,...

By EMILEE KLEIN and LIESEL NYGARD

A new broadband network for Colrain, Charlemont, Heath, Leyden and Rowe that prevents major outages and improves the resiliency of internet access will be completed by June 30.The system creates three backhauls and a 10-gigabyte circuit connection...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — The city launched a new website this week, designed with an eye toward improved usability and accessibility. “We’re really excited about it,” said Caitlin von Schmidt, administrative assistant to the mayor. “I really do hope people find...

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...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — As educators and policymakers alike are learning to navigate a world in which artificial intelligence can write both high school essays and legislation, some in Massachusetts have embraced the new, controversial technology with open arms.But...

By BELLA LEVAVI

HAWLEY — In the wake of multiple residents taking a step back from overseeing the town website, the Communications Committee is considering how to change the website moving forward. “For what it was when it came out it was good,” said Communications...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Almost all of the houses in Northfield and Bernardston not previously covered by Comcast are gaining coverage under a new, 10-year licensing agreement about to be signed by all parties. “When they came through western Mass. to bring towns up to snuff...