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MONTAGUE — With approval from the Selectboard, Town Planner Maureen Pollock has applied for a $500,000 grant from the state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) to continue progress on measures to address speeding and increase pedestrian safety in...

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TURNERS FALLS — Human Error Publishing will host its Great Falls Word Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Shea Theater Arts Center, where local writers, poets and book publishers will celebrate 15 years of storytelling. Starting at noon, authors and...

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GILL — Thanks to a $13,000 Community Compact grant, Gill will work with the University of Massachusetts Boston’s Edward J. Collins Jr. Center for Public Management on a wage classification study, the first that Gill has done in roughly two decades.The...

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Steven Grayhm spent over a decade writing and directing the locally shot film, “Sheepdog,” which screened publicly for the first time last weekend at the 40th annual Boston Film Festival. The film follows the story of U.S. Army Combat Veteran Calvin...

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MONTAGUE — Smith College junior Nadira Talayee and Montague resident Francia Wisnewski both love to run. While Wisnewski was running a 2021 New York City marathon to raise money for the nonprofit Free to Run, that organization was providing a safe...

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MONTAGUE — After two years of development by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and gathering community feedback, the Planning Board approved Montague’s Comprehensive Plan this week. The 84-page plan is designed to act as a...

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Residents of Montague, Gill and Erving won’t have to look far to find a fall festival this weekend, with abundant activities planned on Saturday, Sept. 28, and Sunday, Sept. 29. Gill Community Contra Dance and Fall Festival The second annual Gill...

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MONTAGUE — Amid difficulty filling two open patrol officer positions, the Police Department received unanimous approval from the Selectboard on Monday to offer a $10,000 sign-on bonus in hopes of attracting quality applicants.The first open position...

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MILLERS FALLS — The Millers Falls branch of the Montague Public Libraries will close temporarily beginning Thursday, Sept. 26, for interior renovations.According to the Montague Public Libraries’ website, renovations at the Millers Falls Library...

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TURNERS FALLS — Toting buckets and nets, roughly 30 volunteers made the trek down into the muddy pit that is the drained power canal to rescue sea lampreys on Monday. This yearly rescue, conducted when the power canal is drained for yearly...

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GREENFIELD — Archaeologists studying the Great Falls Massacre have made progress in their pursuit to understand the 1676 battle with new musket ball and artifact discoveries near Meridian Street, Colorado Avenue, Colrain Road and Nash’s Mill Road in...

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MONTAGUE — Amid continued complaints about odor emanating from Flower Power Growers, the Selectboard voted 2-1 in favor of having Town Administrator Walter Ramsey look into the cost and feasibility of having a third-party consultant evaluate the 180...

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Michael Holden and Sue McMahon, both former members of the Bernardston Harley Owners Group (HOG) Chapter, had the idea to try and reconnect with two former members of the chapter.Holden knew that 25 years ago, Steve and Lee Carrol moved out of the...

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MONTAGUE — Residents and town officials are discussing concerns about speeding after a 12-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle last weekend at the corner of Fifth and L streets, resulting in a head and knee injury.According to Fifth Street resident...

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MONTAGUE — An upgrade at the Montague Clean Water Facility is one step closer, with the Selectboard having accepted a nearly $2.4 million bid for a screw pump replacement project.Three companies submitted bids that the environmental engineering firm...

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TURNERS FALLS — RiverCulture Director Suzanne LoManto believes “good public art is a response by an artist to the times we live in and the people who make up a community.”The completion of the 3,200-square-foot mural on the exterior of the Shea...

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BERNARDSTON — The Bernardston Veterans Memorial at Cushman Park celebrated new additions to the memorial on Saturday, including two new stones at the memorial and three dedicated granite benches.The re-dedication ceremony was attended by around 35...

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GREENFIELD — Over the last 13 years of creating his movie “Sheepdog” through building relationships with veterans and their families, director and actor Steven Grayhm sought to tell the stories of U.S. veterans once they return to civilian life.The...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — A lot has changed since 1954. What hasn’t changed is the tight-knit relationships fostered by the Turners Falls High School Class of 1954.On Thursday, nine of the class’ 19 surviving members got together at Terrazza Ristorante to mark...

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BERNARDSTON — The Selectboard has approved the formation of a committee that will steer the creation of the town’s Senior and Veteran Tax Work-Off Program, making it one of the most recent Franklin County communities to pursue the tax relief...