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Cooper Whitney finished with 21 points for the Four Rivers boys basketball team, which cruised to a 67-34 victory over St. Michael’s on Monday. Meir Dragon tallied 16 points and 14 rebounds in the win for the Otters.Greenfield Elks Hoop ShootThe...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

LEVERETT — Leverett residents are asking town officials to be skeptical of plans for turning the sprawling, 60-acre estate of Yankee Candle founder Michael J. Kittredge II into a 400-home development reserved for people 55-and-over, even if a portion...

By BRUCE SPENCER

The colonists had not been long in New England before they noticed that there were tall conifers rising above all others as groups or groves of column-like trees. When word got back to England concerning these majestic trees, they soon became the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Three weeks after the Franklin County YMCA submitted its permit to demolish the Zion Korean Church, the Historical Commission voted unanimously to declare the 182-year-old church historically significant and hold a public hearing before a...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

WARWICK — In a speedy, 17-minute meeting on Monday night, voters approved all seven articles on the Town Meeting agenda, including amending the zoning bylaws regarding accessory dwelling units (ADUs), allocating free cash for the installation of solar...

By BILL DANIELSON

My last visit to the Thinking Chair occurred on Sunday, Oct. 20. It was a bright, sunny day and there had been a frost during the night and this produced some interesting effects on the remaining leaves down in the meadow. The following Saturday was...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — A Shelburne Falls playwright is developing a play about the life of an emergency management coordinator during a global pandemic, and is looking for audience feedback.Two free readings of “How to Fold a Fitted Sheet and Other...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE – Santa’s making a shopping list and checking it twice before visiting It’s A Wonderful Night in Turners Falls and Millers Falls Magic this weekend.It’s A Wonderful Night in Turners FallsOn Friday, Dec. 13, shops along Avenue A and Third...

With Massachusetts Shotgun Deer Hunting Season heading into week 2, a total of 60 deer were checked into Franklin County stations over the weekend. Deerfield’s Austin Snape came in with largest buck, measuring 180 pounds with nine points. Here's the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — More than $100,000 was stolen from the “ATM Tree” in the Big Y plaza early Friday morning in a robbery that Police Chief Todd Dodge said was likely not performed by amateurs.“We can expect at this point that the individuals who were...

By DOMENIC POLI

BERNARDSTON — A New Hampshire teen was taken into custody on Monday morning after allegedly taking a parent’s vehicle from Hinsdale, attempting to hit police officers as she made her way through Vermont and causing property damage at Kringle Candle...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Planning Board is recommending a pair of zoning ordinance amendments that, if passed by City Council, would bring the city’s accessory dwelling unit (ADU) bylaws in line with a new state law and eliminate the cap on the number of...

By CHRIS LARABEE

NORTHFIELD — In the spirit of Shakespeare, the public is invited to an informal performance of “The Winter’s Tale,” as the Valley Players bring their “Bard in the Bar” reading series to The Brewery at Four Star Farms.Folks are invited to join the...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

NEW SALEM — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the two Gardner residents who were killed in a three-vehicle crash on Daniel Shays Highway (Route 202) as Gerald and Margaret Patriquin.The Patriquins, ages 89 and 74, were...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

CHARLEMONT — In the face of rising property values, the Selectboard and Board of Assessors have voted to lower the tax rate for fiscal year 2025 by $2.40 compared to FY24’s numbers. Residents can expect a tax rate of $18.30 per $1,000 valuation,...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

A recent survey conducted by the abortion fund Tides for Reproductive Freedom evaluated obstacles to accessing abortion care in Massachusetts.The organization both provides funds for those who would otherwise be unable to access abortion care and...

By TINKY WEISBLAT

I recently put out a call on Facebook for local folks who have beloved holiday food traditions. I received a lot of responses, some of which will appear in this paper in the weeks and years to come.Jeanne Douillard of Greenfield remembers both...

By ZICHANG LIU

AMHERST — University of Massachusetts Amherst professors Chang Liu and Xiaojun Wei have discovered a new method to detect per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — “forever chemicals” found in water, soil, air, food and other consumer products — thus...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Officials are unsure whether a citizen’s petition, which proposes the city adopt an ordinance instituting a special permit requirement to possess a rooster in the suburban and urban residential districts, contradicts the city’s...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — LaunchSpace and the central Massachusetts-based Workers Credit Union have teamed up to educate 16- to 24-year-olds on personal finance in the event they want to start their own businesses.“It’s something that LaunchSpace has always really...