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If you’re on social media or know people who are (hint: that’s all of us), you can help create a saner country. How? By helping to combat disinformation.We are being encouraged to hate and fear each other. This isn’t one-sided, and it’s especially...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Board of Health is reviewing draft revisions that would further restrict tobacco sales in Montague.One of the proposed changes would allow nicotine pouches to be sold only at “adult-only retailers” that sell tobacco, also called...

By H. PATRICIA HYNES

On a blackboard in a 1930s log cabin at Jacob’s Pillow dance theater in the hills of western Massachusetts, I came upon an intriguing question written in chalk: When do you feel your true self? Visitors had left responses on the blackboard, some...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Coin experts across the region are sounding the alarm about an influx of fakes manufactured in China and infiltrating the U.S. market.Chinese-made counterfeits of collector and circulating coins are more rampant than ever, according to...

TURNERS FALLS — The statue of Jesus outside of the former Farren Care Center on Montague City Road has been moved to the front of the Our Lady of Peace Church on 7th Street in Turners Falls.According to the Rev. Stan Aksamit of Our Lady of Peace, the...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — In the days before former Montague Tree Warden Mark Stevens died of pancreatic cancer on Oct. 17, he had one last job to complete.On Oct. 3, Stevens, in his pajamas and Crocs, placed “no parking” signs on the side of Avenue A where...

By ERIN-LEIGH  HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The Heartwing Center, formerly known as the Montague Catholic Social Ministries, unveiled its new name to the public during a sign unveiling Wednesday on 3rd Street in Turners Falls. For 30 years, The Heartwing Center has operated as a...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Restoration of Elmer’s Store in Ashfield, roadwork around the region and downtown management services in three towns around Franklin County are on the way thanks to more than $10.3 million in grants coming to Franklin County and the North Quabbin,...

Firstly, let me state that I will hold my nose and vote for candidate Kamala Harris, as the alternative is just too horrible to entertain. But as we get nearer I question more and more the wisdom and vision of Harris and the mainstream Dems. In this...

 Avenue A Trick or TreatingTURNERS FALLS – Come and show off your Halloween costume on Thursday, Oct. 31 between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Avenue A in Turners Falls.Local businesses and organizations will be inviting costumed kids into their workplaces...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

MONTAGUE — When Nicole Miller was a student at Franklin County Technical School, she was one of just two girls in a male-dominated field of study. Now, as a teacher at the school, Miller helps connect girls to women working in the trades.Freshmen...

Montague Villages service starting MONTAGUE — Montague Villages, an all-volunteer nonprofit serving Montague residents ages 60 and older, will begin providing services starting Friday, Nov. 1.The nonprofit is dedicated to helping older adults remain...

Monday, Oct. 7 6:10 a.m. — Caller from East Main Street states the neighbor who lives above her makes lots of loud noises and she believes she does this intentionally. Caller states she would like this on record at this time, declines to speak with an...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — The Parks and Recreation Department received Selectboard approval to put $5,000 from an account dedicated to unanticipated engineering costs toward the task of estimating how much it will cost for a partial preservation of the former...

By DOMENIC POLI

What would you do if you loved cornhole but there was no league in your area? Well, if you’re David Knox and Michael Shedd, you would start your own.The two hit it off while playing in a Northampton club in 2022 and on Jan. 3 of this year held the...

Selectboard provides updates on town projects MONTAGUE — The Selectboard provided updates on a series of ongoing and new town projects on Monday.Parks & Recreation Department Director Jon Dobosz said the replacement of the Montague Center playground...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

MONTAGUE — A $2.8 million project involving a screw pump replacement and other essential equipment upgrades is underway at the Montague Clean Water Facility. The facility at 34 Greenfield Road was originally built in 1962, according to Clean Water...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — After nine years in business, Brick & Feather Brewery on 11th Street is tapping out.“We are closing our Turners Falls brewery and taproom by the end of the year,” the business wrote in a post on its Facebook page on Tuesday. “It has...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MILLERS FALLS — As a family of five with a day care facility at their home in Millers Falls, Caitlin Thomas and her husband Brandon understand the need for child care and having a space where children can just be children. “Being a day care provider,...